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SANJAY SHARMA, Ph.D.
Home address: 6135 Mt Philo Road Phone: 802-881-4250
Charlotte, VT 05445 Email: [email protected]
USA
Administrative/Business Leadership
I have over thirty-five years of academic and institutional leadership experience. My administrative
experience includes an ongoing term as the Dean of the School of Business Administration,
University of Vermont, USA, and a term as a very successful Dean of the John Molson School of
Business at Concordia University, the largest business school in Canada, sixteen years (nine of
which were as CEO or General Manager) as senior manager in multinational corporations, three
years as the Director of Executive MBA program at Saint Mary’s University, and one year as
founder and Director of a university-wide interdisciplinary research centre (Centre for Responsible
Organizations) at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
Academic
2011 onward
Dean, School of Business Administration (BSAD), University o Vermont, (UVM) USA
UVM is a comprehensive small premier research university in the US. I took on the challenge of
transforming its business school into a world class ranked school. Some of the achievements of
the school during my first year include:
AACSB re-accreditation: BSAD at UVM was one of the last AACSB accredited schools
on a 10-year re-accreditation cycle. In the previous review cycle it was put on a 5 year
continuing review due to significant and major problems and issues. AACSB switched in
the early 2000s to a 5 year cycle since several business schools tended to lose momentum
for continuous improvement during 10 year cycles. In spite of the 5 year continuing
review during 2002 to 2007, BSAD lost momentum and the continuous improvement
processes stopped. We kick started the process and put into place several key indicators
in order to achieve re-accreditation.
Updating the Undergraduate Curriculum: The undergraduate curriculum had not been
reviewed since 1974 and lacked distinction and was out of touch with organizational
needs. I struck an ad hoc committee that spent 750 collective hours benchmarking against
the most innovative programs, obtaining feedback from alumni/ employers/ students, and
examining courses and program offerings at other colleges at UVM. The revised
curriculum received a unanimous vote from the faculty and positions BSAD for the 21st
century in offering a distinctive program. The revision comprised consolidation and
reconfiguration of the current concentrations and drawing on more electives from other
colleges. The students will opt for one of three strategic themes: sustainable business,
global business and entrepreneurship and one of five concentrations: accounting, finance,
marketing, business analytics, and management. This eliminates several of the earlier 9
concentrations which are less relevant academically and for which we had chronically
low enrollments. The curriculum also emphasizes experiential learning, career
development, and business communications. Even though the new curriculum has not yet
been rolled out, the 2012 entering class has the highest average SAT score in UVM’s
history.
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Developing a Differentiated and Relevant MBA Program: Another ad hoc committee
struck by me has recently revamped the MBA program following a process identical to
the review of the undergraduate program. The MBA program had not been reviewed for
38 years and lacked distinction. The revised curriculum will be effective for students
entering in the fall of 2014. This 12 month program will work in partnership with several
leading businesses and will be focused on sustainable entrepreneurship and differentiate
us in the market.
Career Management Services: BSAD did not have a career development function. I
engaged the Board of Advisors to take on this challenge and they helped raise funds to
hire a career development professional (and we continue to raise funds to hire employer
relations professionals) to build this area. Students are being prepared for successful job
searches through career advice, resume writing, dress and etiquette workshops, mock
interviews, and networking events. The business community and alumni have been
actively engaged in our career management process.
Experiential Learning and Community Engagement: The revamped curriculums include a
large component of experiential learning. Significant new experiential learning
components were added to the program. This helped us engage our alumni and the
business community as well as provide practical knowledge to students. The initiatives
include (i) a major boost in internships, (ii) live projects with organizations, (iii) students
developing experience in organizing and managing events (business pitch competition,
family business case competition, family business awards), (iv) coaching and sending
students to national and international case competitions, (v) executive special topic panels
(e.g., financial regulations, interactive marketing, careers in finance, careers in
sustainability, etc..), (vi) networking events with alumni visiting campus and networking
on sector specific roundtables with students and students visiting New York and Boston
to be hosted by alumni and networking with groups of alumni, and (vii) inviting a large
number of guest speakers in classes, at the school, and at the campus level.
Faculty and Staff Recognition and Retention: I instituted awards for staff recognition and
outstanding scholarship to recognize and reward staff and faculty members who excelled
in their respective domains. We are working on revising our lists of target journals to
recognize and reward excellence and balancing workloads to ensure more equitable
distribution of effort by faculty members.
Reputation Building and Alumni Engagement: I worked actively to engage alumni and
the Vermont community in the business school. This has involved writing to,
telephoning, emailing, and personally visiting alumni, companies, and state government
officials. Several of the new initiatives that I have started at BSAD involve active
engagement by alumni, business community and state officials. These include:
1. Business Idea Pitch Competition: Competition open to all UVM students,
organized by BSAD students, funded by BSAD alumnus, judged by alumni and
members of the Vermont business community (entrepreneurs and venture
capitalists). The winners work with the ecosystem of support created at the school
in the past year: venture capitalists, incubation at the Vermont Center for
Emerging Technologies, business acceleration at MassChallenge in Boston, and a
crowdsourcing funding platform.
2. Family Business Awards: To recognize and honor family businesses set up by our
alumni that have achieved economic success and have given back substantially to
the community. The judges for this competition include prominent donors and
alumni.
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3. The First Global Family Enterprise Case Competition. This will be the first ever
global family enterprise case competition in the world. The competition is in
January 2013, we closed entries in September 2012 and we have 14 schools
already registered for the 2014 competition! The top family business and
entrepreneurship programs all over the world have signed up for this competition.
The first competition in January 2013 will put BSAD on the global map with
teams from Sweden, Germany, Spain, Italy, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico,
US, and Canada.
4. Deans Leadership Speaker Series: In addition to many guest speakers in classes
and at the school level, this brings prominent corporate CEOs and business
leaders to talk to the entire campus.
5. Vermont Investors Forum: This forum will be held at UVM for the first time and
hosted by the business school students. The forum enables our students and
faculty to interact with leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, state
government officials, businesses, and listen to new business ideas.
Fundraising: I have met over a hundred alumni and donors over the past year to update
them on our progress (curriculum review, careers, internships), and get them behind the
vision and goals of the school. During the past year, fundraising receipts amounted to
around $1 million but we have proposals worth $20 million in the pipeline and expect a
great deal of success during the next year.
2007 to 2011
Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
JMSB is the largest business school in Canada with over 9,000 students in undergraduate,
graduate, and doctoral programs and over 350 full-time and adjunct faculty, and 120 staff
members. The JMSB is a diverse workplace with 67% of the faculty members being born outside
Canada. The student body exhibits a similar diversity. The large size of the school reflects the
complexity and multiplicity of stakeholders that who need to be engaged and whose concerns
addressed for organizational success. Some of the achievements of the school during my tenure
as Dean are highlighted below. These achievements were made possible by an effective and
dedicated leadership team that we were able to forge.
Fundraising: Over $50 million from private donors for research chairs/ professorships,
research centers, graduate student scholarships, student initiatives and to partially fund
the new business school building. Successful management of the transition from multiple
locations to the new $120 m seventeen floor LEED silver certified business building. The
new Research Centers included the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and
the Bell Centre for Business Process Innovation. Thirteen new chairs and professorships
included those in sustainable enterprise, entrepreneurship & family business social/
environmental accounting, relationship marketing, consumer behavior, strategic
management information systems, financial derivatives, integrated risk management,
financial planning, employee motivation, evolutionary consumer behavior, and corporate
governance.
Engaging the Business Community: The success in fundraising was been based on the
close interactions that we developed with the business community and alumni and on the
confidence and excitement generated about the strengths, successes, and the academic
potential of the school. The business community and alumni were actively engaged by
creating multiple interfaces between prominent members of the business and the school
and showcasing the faculty’s research and the talent of our students. The profile of the
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school’s advisory board was raised and they were more effectively engaged as the
school’s ambassadors, influencers, connectors, and fundraisers.
Financial Viability: Quebec universities are funded for each full time equivalent (FTE)
student by the provincial government. While the provincial funding is in constant decline,
we were constrained by a cap on tuitions at unrealistic levels of $1600 per year. In this
extremely difficult financial situation, the school had suffered large deficits in past years.
We significantly improved the financial viability of the school by changing the mix of
undergraduate and graduate students. The provincial funding is higher for graduate
students and even higher for thesis based research students and doctoral students. As
such, we raised FTE funding by 50% and enrollments by 40% by increasing the
proportion of graduate/doctoral students to enable the school to benefit from funding
priorities of the provincial government. At the same time we improved the viability of
private programs and started successful new programs. The school now has a healthy
surplus of revenues over expenses.
Academic vision and Strategic Planning: Initiated the school’s strategic planning process
with a shared vision to educate business leaders with excellent foundations in traditional
management knowledge and the ability to manage in future complex, multi-stakeholder,
sustainable global business environments. The school signed on to the UN Principles for
Responsible Management and this helped guide curriculum revisions to strengthen our
strengths in traditional disciplines and add ethics, sustainability, globalization,
entrepreneurship, and management of emerging technology to the curriculum. At the
same time, we raised admission standards, improving academic quality of the student
body.
Rankings: We worked on the academic quality of, and student experience in, our MBA
program and for the first time JMSB was ranked in the Financial Times top 100 EMBA
programs in 2010 and The Economist top 100 MBA programs during 2010 and 2011,
rising in the rankings. We improved our benchmark indicators on traditional disciplines
(Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Entrepreneurship, and Management) while
increasing focus on sustainable operations of the school, sustainability in our academic
curriculum and in student initiatives/conferences including community/social
entrepreneurship and international development internships. This helped us improved our
rankings in Corporate Knights to 3rd
in Canada and Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey
Pinstripes to #34 in the world and helped our students win international competitions in
CSR, ethics and sustainability. This also helped us impart a more holistic education to our
students while they remained rooted in traditional disciplinary knowledge. We created a
new MBA Community Service Initiative and also an International Co-op focused on
sustainable development. These initiatives helped students develop strengths in
social/sustainable entrepreneurship.
New Programs: Based on discussions with the local community, other universities, and
graduate programs in non-business disciplines, we undertook the development of a
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration in 2009. This program was successful
beyond our expectations. In its second year (fall 2010), the program accepted 120
students from an applicant pool of 350. The first entering class of 2009 included 60
students from an applicant pool of over 200. These included 12 Ph.D. students in
medicine from McGill, and graduate students in engineering, natural sciences, social
sciences, and fine arts. The entering class of 2010 included 22 Ph.D students from McGill
in medicine and natural sciences. The average GPA of the entering class is above 3.75. In
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2011, we finalized a new joint graduate degree in business and law with the University of
Montreal.
Existing Programs: We significantly improved the financial viability of the academic
programs by managing the process of closing chronically losing executive programs and
energizing high potential private and executive programs such as the MBA, EMBA, CA,
CMA, and MBA/CFA, to improve enrollments and generate healthy surpluses. We also
put into place faculty workload and class size guidelines and consolidated operations to
reduce inefficiencies.
Accreditation: The school had been put on notice by AACSB due to lack of progress on
the assessment of learning, academically qualified faculty ratios, and the lack of strategic
planning. When I joined in 2007, the situation was unchanged and the school was on the
verge of losing its AACSB accreditation. We persuaded AACSB to give us an extension
and we put into place a process for implementing Assessment of Learning, initiated and
implemented the process for strategic planning, implementation, and monitoring. We
were able to secure internal and external funding to hire 30 new full time faculty
members to improve our Academically Qualified faculty ratios. AACSB reviewed our
progress in 2008 and re-accredited the school in January 2009.
Student experience: We created a sponsorship program for undergraduate and graduate
case competitions to coach students for national and international case competitions and
fund travel. During my tenure, the students attained over 95 podium finishes in national
and international case competitions. This helped raise the national and international
reputation and profile of the school.
Cultural change: When I interviewed for the position as Dean of the John Molson School
of Business, I was told that due to historical reasons, the biggest challenge I faced was a
faculty that was “divided, demoralized and de-motivated.” I believe that I successfully
seized that challenge and restored a collaborative spirit in the school. I believe that my
most significant contribution was the implementation of a positive operating culture of
the faculty, restoring transparency, fairness, impartiality, due process and equity.
2005-2007
Director, CMA Centre for Responsible Organizations, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo,
Canada Conceived and founded the cross-university centre for knowledge leadership, program development
and community outreach in responsible organizations.
1998-2001
Director, Executive MBA Programs, Saint Mary’s University, Canada
Improved the national ranking of the EMBA program in Canadian Business from 10th out of 12
Canadian EMBA programs to 3rd
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University/Departmental administrative committees
UVM
2012 Chair, Search Committee. Dean, College of Engineering and
Mathematical Sciences
2011 onward Strategic Initiatives Committees: Cost Structure and
Rationalization; Internationalization and Diversity
Concordia University
2008-09 Collective Bargaining Committee with Faculty Union
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Member, Search Committee for the Dean of Arts and Science at
Concordia
2007 onward University Sustainability task Force
2008 onward University Information Technology Task Force
2008-09 Member, Search Committee for Dean of Arts and Science
2008-09 Member, Search Committee for President of Concordia
2007 onward Member, University Senate
2007 onward Member, University Academic Cabinet
2007 onward Member, University President’s Cabinet
Wilfrid Laurier University:
2006 Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee
2006 Member, Ph.D. Advisory Board
2003 Member, MBA Program Curriculum Review Committee
Saint Mary’s University:
2000-01 Member, University Senate Promotion and Tenure Review Committee
1998-01 Member, University Graduate Studies Committee
1998-01 Member, University Environmental Studies Committee
1998-01 Member, Faculty of Commerce Executive Committee
1996-97 Member, Ph.D. Program Planning Committee
1996 Member, Small Business/Entrepreneurship program Planning Committee
1996-99 Departmental Representative, EMBA Council
1998-01 Departmental representative, Library resources
1996-98 Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee
Board Memberships
Member, Board, Network for Business Sustainability
Member, Board, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan
Member, Board, Enterprise for a Sustainable World
Member, Burlington Council of Arts, Vermont (2012 onward)
Member, Board of Governors, Marianopolis College, Montreal (resigned 2012)
Member of the Board of Directors , The Institute for Governance of Public and Private
Organizations, Montreal (resigned 2011)
Member of the Board of Directors, The Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management
Foundation (resigned 2011)
Member of the Board of Directors, eConcordia Inc. (resigned 2011)
Member of the Board of Directors, Knowledge One Inc. (resigned 2011)
Business Leadership
During the 16 years of my business career, I navigated complex multi-stakeholder and multi-
cultural situations in Asia and Africa to successfully initiate and build new businesses. In
addition to developing and implementing several new projects, I was a member of the team that
helped pioneer the franchising concept in India. The sales revenues of the company I headed as
CEO at that time grew by 900% during my tenure.
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1986-1992
Managing Director, Chanrai International Plc. UK I was responsible for West African operations, which included cotton/cashew plantations &
processing plants, textile and edible oil manufacturing, commodity trading and exports. This job
involved multi-stakeholder collaboration with federal/provincial/local governments, local
communities and indigenous people/tribes, special interest groups, international development
agencies, and international banks and financial institutions. Annual sales revenues of operations
managed US$500 million.
1981-1986
Chief Executive Officer, Sanraj Group Ltd., India
The company manufactures processed foods, soaps, chemicals, food processing plant and
equipment and franchising operations in processed foods. I helped establish the company’s
pioneering franchising operations and was awarded the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce national award for innovative marketing. The sales revenues of the company grew by
900% during this period. Approximate annual sales revenues of operations managed: US$200
million.
1979-1981
Financial Controller, Vardhman Spinning and General Mills Ltd., India.
Company manufactures cotton/synthetic fibres, textiles, garments, and steel. Approximate annual
sales revenues US$ 2 billion.
1976-1979
Assistant Manager (Finance), J.K. Synthetics Ltd., India.
Company manufactures synthetic fibres, cellulose fibres, tire cord, textile machinery,steel
pollution control equipment, and garments. Approximate annual sales revenues of company:
US$ 5 billion.
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Academic Experience and Research Leadership
My research was recognized via the award of the federally funded Canada Research Chair (CRC)
in Organizational Sustainability. This was the first CRC in sustainability in a business school.
My research has been published in the top ranked management journals (such as Academy of
Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal
of Marketing, Academy of Management Executive, and Business Ethics Quarterly. I have worked
with other leading scholars to co-found and build the credibility of a new field of scholarship at
the Academy of Management: Organizations and the Natural Environment. In 2002, I co-
founded a community of scholars, Group of Researchers on Organizations and the Natural
Environment (Gronen) that brings together North American and European scholars to develop
research agendas and foster collaboration across the two continents. This community meets
every two years in Europe.
I have won several peer awards for my research including Best Dissertation Award, Social Issues
in Management Division at the Academy of Management 1996, two Best Paper Awards at the
Academy of Management 1997 and 2005, and a Best Paper Award at the Administrative
Sciences Association of Canada 2003. I was a Fulbright Fellow in 2001-2002 and I served on
research adjudication committees of councils such as Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada for three years. In my role of institutional leadership in helping develop a new
field of scholarship, I have been invited to participate in a number of international and national
research bodies such as the Canadian National Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment
(Greening of the Curriculum Committee); the US National Academies (including the National
Science Foundation) Taskforce on Environmental, Social and Behavioral Research; the Research
Advisory Board of the Oikos Foundation for the Economy and Ecology at University of St.
Gallen, Switzerland; and the Corporate Sustainability Advisory Committee at the Houston
Advanced Research Centre, among others. I have been invited to advise several corporations and
not-for-profit organizations such as the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation,
Coke, and SNC Lavalin, among others. I serve on the Boards of eConcordia, Knowledge One,
and Marianopolis College in Montreal.
July 1st 2011 Professor of Management (with tenure), School of Business
Administration, University of Vermont, USA
July 1st 2007 Professor (Management), (with tenure) The John Molson School of
Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2006 Canada Research Chair in Organizational Sustainability
2004 Professor (Policy) (with tenure), School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid
Laurier University, Canada
2001-2004 Associate Professor (Policy) (with tenure), Wilfrid Laurier University
1998-2001 Associate Professor (with tenure), Saint Mary’s University
1996-1998 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Saint Mary’s University
1992-1996 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Calgary
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International and National Academic Committees
2008 onward AACSB Academic Task Force on implementing Principles for
Responsible Management Education
2007 Chair, Greening of Industry International Conference, Waterloo, Ontario
2006 onward Chair, Organizations and the Natural Environment Interest Group
Membership and Nomination Committee
2001-2004 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research
Grants Adjudication Committee
2003-2004 The National Academies (National Research Council/National Science
Foundation-USA) Taskforce on Environmental, Social and Behavioral
Sciences Research for the National Science Foundation, USA
2004 onward Research Advisory Board, Oikos Foundation for the Economy and
Ecology, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
2002-2003 Chair, Organizations and the Natural Environment Interest Group,
Academy of Management
2001-2002 Program Chair, Organizations and the Natural Environment Interest
Group, Academy of Management Annual Meetings
2000-2001 Professional Development Workshops Chair, Organizations and the
Natural Environment Interest Group, Academy of Management Annual
Meetings
1997-1998 Canadian National Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment,
Greening of Curriculum Committee
1996-1999 Chair, Internationalization and Integration Team, Organizations and the
Natural Environment Interest Group, Academy of Management
1998-2000 Member, Publications Team, Organizations and the Natural Environment
Interest Group, Academy of Management
2000-2003 Member, Greening Team, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy
of Management
2000 Track Chair, Atlantic Schools of Business Annual Conference
Awards and Honours
2009 Inducted into the India Abroad Power List of prominent members of the Indo-
Canadian community for contributions to Canadian and global society
2009 Sustainability Leadership Award from Sustainable Concordia
2005 Barrett & Koehler Award for Best Academy Paper on Organizations and the Natural
Environment, Academy of Management
2005 Runner-up, Faculty Pioneer (Sustainability) Award, Aspen Institute
2003 Outstanding Service Award, Organizations and the Natural Environment Interest
Group, Academy of Management
2003 Best Paper, Strategy Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
2003 Business School Faculty Rising Star Award by the “Corporate Knights” Magazine
for establishing the triple-bottom line as a standard business practice.
2005 Wilfrid Laurier University research merit award
2004 Wilfrid Laurier University research merit award
2003 Wilfrid Laurier University research merit award
2002 Wilfrid Laurier University research merit award
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2001-02 US Fulbright Scholar (at UNC-Chapel Hill)
1996 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy
of Management
1997 Jossey-Bass/New Lexington Award for Best Academy Paper on Organizations and
the Natural Environment, Academy of Management
1999 ANBAR Citation of Excellence for research impact
1976 Panjab University, India Gold Medal for finishing first in the MBA program
1974-76 Escorts-Goetze (corporate) merit scholarship for finishing first in all semesters of the
MBA program at Panjab University, India
1974 University of Delhi, India merit list of top 10 students in the B.Com. (Honours)
program
Research Grants
2009 $43,280: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for “Green Alliances:
Strategies, Alliance Portfolios, and Performance Implications.” With Ulrich
Wassmer and Raymond Paquin (co-investigator).
2006 $500,000: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant for
Canada Research Chair in Organizational Sustainability
2005 $160,603: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard
Research Grant for “Organizational capabilities, institutional influences, and
environmental management systems: A comparative study of the NAFTA
countries.” (Principal Investigator).
2005 $105,250: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard
Research Grant for “A Longitudinal Analysis of Technical and Administrative
Environmental Innovations.” (Co-investigator).
2004 $28,100: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Strategic
Research Cluster Design Grant for “Building Canadian Corporate
Competitiveness through Sustainable Development” (co-applicant).
2002 $49,800: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research
Development Grant for “The Sustainability of Canadian Business in the New
Economy” (Collaborator)
2000 $45,296: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard
Research Grant, for “Sustainability Strategies in the Canadian Forest Products
Industry” (Sole applicant)
1994 $26,852: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral
Fellowship.
2005 $1,500: Wilfrid Laurier University Research Travel Award
2000 $2,500: Senate Research (Internal SSHRC) Grant, Saint Mary’s University for
“Stakeholder influences on sustainability in the Canadian forest products industry”
1998 $2,550: Senate Research Grant (Internal SSHRC), Saint Mary’s University for
“Environmental responsiveness in the Canadian forestry industry.”
1997 $3,150: Senate Research Grant (Internal SSHRC), Saint Mary’s University for
“Environmental responsiveness in the Canadian forestry industry.”
1996 $2,160: Senate Research Grant (Internal SSHRC), Saint Mary’s University for
“Biodiversity conservation strategies in the North American biotechnology
industry.”
1995 $1,500: Dissertation Research award from the University of Calgary.
1995 $3,000: Research funding from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
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Teaching Awards
2000-2002 “Professor of the Program” voted by the EMBA Class of 2000-2002 at Saint Mary’s
University
1996-97 “Professor of the Year- Award for Teaching Excellence”, voted by the MBA Society
at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax
Nominated for executive MBA, MBA and undergraduate teaching awards six times
at Saint Mary’s University
Local Community Service
1996-2001 Rotary Club of Halifax
Chair, Environment Committee; Chair, International Programs Committee;
Member, Scholarships Committee; Member, Four-Way Test Committee
Educational Qualifications
1996 Ph.D., Faculty of Management, University of Calgary.
1976 M.B.A., Panjab University, India (University Gold Medal).
1974 B.Com. (Honours), The University of Delhi, India (University Merit list).
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Academic Publications
I. Books
Marcus, A., Shrivastava, P., Sharma, S. & Pogutz, S. 2011. Cross-sector Leadership for a Green
Economy: Integrating Research and Practice on Sustainable Enterprise. Palgrave
Macmillan: New York, NY.
Wüstenhagen,R, Sharma, S., Starik, M. & Hamschmidt, J. 2008. Sustainability, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Academic Publishing, Northhampton, MA. ISBN: 978-1
84720 037 2.
Sharma, S., Starik, M. & Husted, B. (Editors). 2007. Organizations and the Sustainability
Mosaic: Crafting Long-Term Ecological and Societal Solutions. Edward Elgar
Academic Publishing, Northhampton, MA. ISBN: 1 84542 005 5.
Sharma, S. & Aragón-Correa, J.A. (Editors) 2005. Environmental Strategy and Competitive
Advantage. Edward Elgar Academic Publishing, Northhampton, MA. ISBN: 1 84542 005 5.
Starik, M ., Sharma, S. & Egri, C. (Editors) 2005. New Horizons in Research on Sustainable
Organizations: Emerging Ideas, Approaches, and Tools for Educators and
Practitioners. Greenleaf Publishing, UK. ISBN: 1 874719 77 2
Sharma, S. & Starik, M. (Editors) 2004. New Perspectives on Research in Corporate
Sustainability: Stakeholders, Environment and Society. Edward Elgar Academic
Publishing, Northhampton, MA. ISBN: 1 84376 459 8.
Sharma, S. & Starik, M. (Editors) 2002. Research in Corporate Sustainability: The Evolving
Theory and Practice of Organizations in the Natural Environment. Edward Elgar
Academic Publishing, Northhampton, MA. ISBN: 1-84064-906-2.
II.Refereed Journal Articles
Wassmer, U., Paquin, R. and Sharma, S. 2012. The Engagement of Firms in Environmental
Collaborations: Existing Contributions and Future Directions. Business & Society,
Published online on March 28, 2012. Forthcoming in print in 2013.)
Sharma, P. & Sharma, S. 2011. Drivers of Proactive Environmental Strategy in Family Firms.
Business Ethics Quarterly. 21(2): 309-332.
Sharma, S. 2009. The Influence of Organization Design, Information and Benchmarking on
Environmental Practices in the Canadian Hotel Industry. Business Strategy and the
Environment, 18:266-276.
Sharma, S. 2009. The ecological antecedents of terrorism: A critique of Shrivastava.
International Journal of Strategic Sustainable Management, 1(2): 124-126.
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Manzanares, A.R., Aragón-Correa, J.A., and Sharma, S. 2008. The Influence of Stakeholders on
Environmental Strategy of Service Firms: The Moderating Effects of Complexity,
Uncertainty and Munificence. British Journal of Management, 19: 185-203.
Aragón-Correa, J.A., Hurtado-Torres, N. Sharma, S. & Garcia-Morales, V.J. 2008.
“Environmental strategy and performance in small firms: A resource-based perspective.”
Journal of Environmental Management, 86(2008): 88-103.
Sharma, S., Aragón-Correa, J.A., & Rueda, A. 2007. The Contingent Influence Of Organizational
Capabilities On Proactive Environmental Strategy In The Service Sector: An Analysis Of
North American And European Ski Resorts. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences,
24(4): 268-283.
Sharma, S. 2007. “Integrated social and ecosystem stewardship.” Business Strategy and the
Environment. 16 (1): 90-91.
Sharma, S. & Henriques, I. 2005. “Pathways of stakeholder influence in the Canadian forest
products industry.” Business Strategy and the Environment. 14: 384-398.
Sharma, S. & Henriques, I. 2005. “Stakeholder influences on sustainability practices in the
Canadian forest products industry.” Strategic Management Journal, 26(2): 159-180.
Joshi, A. & Sharma, S. 2004. “Customer Knowledge Development: Antecedents and Impact on
New Product Performance." Journal of Marketing, vol. 68 (October): 47-59.
Hart, S.L. & Sharma, S. 2004. “Engaging fringe stakeholders for competitive imagination.”
Academy of Management Executive, 18(1):7-18.
Sharma, S. & Ruud, A. 2003. “On the path to sustainability: Integrating social dimensions into
the research and practice of environmental management.” Business Strategy and the
Environment, 12: 205-214. Lead article.
Aragon-Correa, A. & Sharma, S. 2003 “A contingent natural-resource based view of proactive
environmental strategy.”Academy of Management Review, 28(1): 71-88.
Sharma, S. 2001. "L'organisation durable et ses stakeholders." Revue Francaise de Gestion,
13 (November-December): 154-167.
Sharma, S. 2001. “Different strokes: The effect of different regulatory styles on environmental
strategy in the North American oil and gas industry.” Business Strategy and Environment
10(6): 344-364.
Sharma, S. 2000. “Managerial interpretations and organizational context as predictors of firm choice
of environmental strategies.” Academy of Management Journal, 43(4): 681-697
Sharma, S. & Vredenburg, H. 1998. “Proactive environmental responsiveness strategy and the
development of competitively valuable organizational capabilities.” Strategic Management
Journal, 19(8): 729-53.
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(“Building organizational capabilities in the Canadian energy sector.” Research translation of the
above article, Academy of Management Executive, 13(2): 88-89. 1999)
Sharma, S, Pablo. A.,and Vredenburg, H. 1999. “Corporate environmental responsiveness
strategies: The role of issue interpretation and organizational context.” Journal of Applied
Behavioral Science, 35(1): 87-109.
Sharma, S. & Nguan, O. 1999. “The biotechnology industry and biodiversity conservation
strategies: The influence of managerial interpretations and risk propensity.” Business
Strategy and the Environment. 8 (Jan-Feb): 46-61.
Sharma, S. 1999. “Trespass or symbiosis: Dissolving the boundaries between marketing strategy
and strategic management.” Journal of Strategic Marketing. 7(2): 73-88
Sharma, S., H. Vredenburg, & F. Westley. 1994. “Strategic bridging: A role for the multinational
corporation in Third World Development”, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, vol.
30(4): December 1994, pp. 458-476.
Hung, C.L. & Sharma, S. 1999. “Canadian cooperative alliances in Pacific Asia: An overview of
strategic orientation and performance.” Journal of Asian Business ̧15(2): 61-77.
III. Other journal publications
Book review of “Organizations, Policy and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic
Perspectives” in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 20(2): 181-182, 2004.
“Living Corporate Citizenship.” In Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 14: 116-118, 2004.
Guest editor for special issue on Corporate Social Responsibility of Business Strategy and the
Environment, volume 12, June 2003.
IV. Book Chapters
Marcus, A.A., Shrivastava, P. Sharma, S. & Pogutz, S. 2011. “Introduction: Cross Sector
Leadership for Green Economy.“ In Marcus, A., Shrivastava, P., Sharma, S. & Pogutz,
S. 2011. Cross-sector Leadership for a Green Economy: Integrating Research and
Practice on Sustainable Enterprise, Pages xi-xvi. Palgrave Macmillan: New York, NY.
Wüstenhagen, R., Sharma, S., Starik, M. & Wuebker, R. 2008. Sustainability, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship: Introduction and review. In R. Wüstenhagen, S. Sharma, M. Starik, &
J. Hamschmidt (Eds.) 2008. Sustainability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, pages 1-
23. Edward Elgar Academic Publishing, Northhampton Edward Elgar Academic
Publishing, Northhampton, MA.
Husted, B., Sharma, S & Starik, M 2007. “Organizations and the Sustainability Mosaic: Crafting
Long-Term Ecological and Societal Solutions.” In Sharma, S, Starik, M. & Husted, B.
(eds.) Organizations and the Sustainability Mosaic: Crafting Long-Term Ecological
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and Societal Solutions. Edward Elgar Academic Publishing, Northhampton, MA. ISBN: 1
84542 005 5.
Sharma, S. 2005. “Through the lens of managerial interpretations: Stakeholder engagement,
organizational knowledge and innovation.” In Sharma, S. & Aragón-Correa, J.A. (Eds.)
Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage, pp 49-70. Edward Elgar Academic
Publishing, Northhampton, MA.
Sharma, S. & Aragón-Correa, J.A. 2005. “Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive
Advantage: A Review from the Past to the Future.” In Sharma, S. & Aragón-Correa, J.A.
(Eds.) Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage. Edward Elgar Academic
Publishing, Northhampton, MA.
Sharma, S. and Starik, M. 2004. “Stakeholders, Environment and Society: Multiple perspectives,
emerging consensus." In Sharma, S. & Starik, M. (eds.) New Perspectives on Research in
Corporate Sustainability: Stakeholders, Environment and Society: 1-22. Edward Elgar
Academic Publishing, Northhampton, MA.
Starik, M. and Sharma, S. 2005. “Sustainable organizations: Emerging approaches for strategic
change.” In Starik, M. and Sharma, S. (eds.) New Horizons in Research on Sustainable
Organizations: Emerging Ideas, Approaches, and Tools for Educators and
Practitioners. Greenleaf Publishing, UK.
Sharma, S. 2002. “What really matters: Research on corporate sustainability.” In Sharma, S. &
Starik, M. (eds.) Research in Corporate Sustainability: The Evolving Theory and
Practice of Organizations in the Natural Environment: 1-29.. Edward Elgar Academic
Publishing, Northhampton, MA.
V. Teaching Cases
“Triba Water: A Business Model for Developing Nations.” #120042-G. Laurier Institute, 2003.
VI. Work in Progress
Hamprecht, J. & Sharma, S. “A resource based view of institutional entrepreneurship: The context
of sustainable development. Under review at the Academy of Management Review.
Dentchev, N. & Sharma, S. “The instrumental importance of secondary stakeholders.” Under
review at the Academy of Management Review.
Hart, S.L. & Sharma, S. “Base of the Pyramid: Predicting MNC entry and success.” Under review
at the Journal of International Business Studies.
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VII. Refereed Conference Proceedings.
Sharma, S. 2009. Drivers of Sustainability Strategy in Family Firms. Proceedings of the 20th
Annual Conference of the International Association of Business and Society. Snowmass,
CO: June 18-21.
Sharma, S., Aragón-Correa, A. & Rueda, A. 2006. The contingent effect of uncertainty on
proactive sustainability in North American and European ski resorts. Proceedings of the
17th
Annual Conference of the International Association of Business and Society, Merida,
Mexico, March.
Manzanares, A.R., Aragón-Correa, J.A., Sharma, S. & Sanchez, R.L. 2006. The Moderating
Effect Of The General Business Environment On The Relationship Between Stakeholder
Integration And Environmental Strategies. 2006. Proceedings of the Group on
Organizations and the Natural Environment Second Research Conference, St. Gallen,
August.
Bowen, F. & Sharma, S. 2005. Resourcing Environmental Strategy: Behavioral and Resource-
based Perspectives. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Hawaii, August.
Barrett and Koehler Best Paper- Academy of Management, Organizations and the
Natural Environment,
Sharma, S. & Aragon-Correa, A. 2004. Editors. Research on advanced environmental management:
Opportunities and capabilities. Gronen (Group on Organizations and the Natural
Environment) Research Workshop.
Sharma, S., Aragon-Correa, A. & Rueda, A. 2004. “A Contingent Resource-Based Analysis of
Environmental Strategy In The Ski Industry.” Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences
Association of Canada Annual Meetings, Quebec, June.
Sharma, S. & Henriques, I. 2003. “Stakeholder influences and sustainability practices in the
Canadian forest products industry.” Best Paper, Strategy Division, Administrative Sciences
Association of Canada Annual Meetings, Halifax, June.
Sharma, S. & Henriques, I. 2002. “Stakeholder pressures and sustainability strategies in the
Canadian forestry industry.” Proceedings of the Greening of Industry Network Annual
Conference, Gotenburg, Sweden, June.
Sharma, S. 2001. “Stakeholder influences and sustainability knowledge creation.” Proceedings of
the Eleventh Meeting of the International Association of Business & Society, Sedona, AZ,
March
Sharma, S. 2000. “Differences in regulatory styles and environmental strategies in the U.S. and
Canadian energy sectors.” Proceedings of the Eleventh Meeting of the International
Association of Business & Society, Burlington, Vermont, March.
Sharma, S. 1999. "Sustainability thinking and practices in the Canadian forest products industry.” In
Best paper Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Greening of Industry Network,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, November.
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Sharma, S. 1999. “Sustainability strategies in the forestry industry.” In Wood, D.J. & Rehbein, K.
(Eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth Meeting of the International Association of Business &
Society, Paris, June.
Joshi, A. & Sharma, S. 1999. “Environmental Turbulence and Firm Performance: The Mediating
Role of Market Orientation Processes” Proceedings of the Annual Summer Educators
Conference of the American Marketing Association.
Sharma, S. & Nguan, O. 1998. “Biodiversity strategies of biotechnology companies in developing
countries.” In Calton, J. & Rehbein, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of
the International Association of Business and Society, pp. 229-234, Kona, Hawaii, March
Sharma, S. 1997. “A longitudinal investigation of corporate environmental responsiveness:
Antecedents and outcomes.” In Dosier, L. N. J.B. Keys. Best Paper Proceedings, Academy
of Management Meetings, Boston, MA.: 460-464. Jossey-Bass/ New Lexington Press Best
Award for Best Academy Paper on Organizations and the Natural Environment.
Sharma, S. & St. Cyr, A. 1997. “ A resource market approach to micro and small enterprises
development.” In Weber, J. & Rehbein, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth Annual
Meeting of the International Association of Business and Society, pp. 314-319, Sandestin,
FL, March
Sharma, S. 1997. “Trespass or symbiosis: Dissolving the boundaries between marketing strategy
and strategic management.” Proceedings of the Atlantic Schools of Business Annual
Meetings, October 1997, Fredericton.
Sharma, S. 1996. “An empirical investigation into the influence of managerial cognitions and
organizational context on corporate environmental responsiveness.” In Logsdon, J. &
Rehbein, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the International
Association of Business and Society, pp. 386-391, Santa Fe, NM: March.
Sharma, S., & H. Vredenburg. 1994. “Environmental Response in the Canadian oil and gas
industry.” In S. Wartick & D. Collins (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference of
the International Association of Business & Society, pp. 448-453., Hilton Head, S.C.:
March.
Sharma, S. 1994. “Environmental management - Global interconnections and the Third World
perspective: A role for private business”, in S. Wartick & D. Collins (eds.), Proceedings of
the Fifth Annual Conference of the International Association of Business & Society, pp. 505-
510., Hilton Head, S.C.: March.
Sharma, S. & H. Vredenburg. 1994. “Stakeholder relations and environmental response in the
Canadian oil and gas industry”, in A. Rahim (ed.), Proceedings of the Second Biannual
International Conference on Advances in Management, Calgary, AB: June.(abstract)
Sharma, S., H. Vredenburg, & F. Westley. 1993. “Strategic bridging: A role for the multinational
corporation in Third World Development”, in S. Wartick & D. Collins (eds.), Proceedings
of the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Association of Business & Society, pp.
103-108., San Diego, CA.: March.
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Sharma, S. & H. Vredenburg. 1993. “Incorporating environmental concerns into strategy: A source
of competitive advantage”, in Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Administrative
Sciences Association of Canada, Lake Louise, AB: May-June.(abstract)
VIII. Refereed conference presentations:
Sharma, S and Sharma, P. 2012. Sustainable Innovation in the Canadian Winery Industry. Sixth
Bi-annual conference of the Group of Researchers on the Natural Environment (Gronen),
June 2012, Marseilles, France.
Sharma, S and Sharma P., 2012. Sustainability across generations: Family influences on a
proactive environmental strategy. 72nd Annual Conference of the Academy of
Management, August 2012, Boston, MA
Tsai, M., Mathews, D., Myrtle, R. and Sharma, S. 2012. Leadership and Management: A
crucible experience. Society of Education in Anesthesiology, May 2012, Milwaukee, WI
Tsai, M., Mathews, D., Myrtle, R. and Sharma, S. 2013. Leadership and Management: A
Crucible Experience. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference. Orlando,
FL
Sharma, P. & Sharma, S. 2010. The influence of familiness on proactive environmental strategies
in family firms. Presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management,
Montreal, QC, August 2010.
Sharma, S. 2010. Sustainable Global Enterprise: Building Research on Caring and Daring
MNEs. Presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Montreal,
QC, August 2010.
Wassmer, U., Sharma, S. & Paquin, R. 2010. Environmental sustainability and
interorganizational collaboration: A review and research agenda. Presentation at the
Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, Montreal, QC, August 2010.
Sharma, P. & Sharma, S. 2010. Drivers of proactive environmental strategies in family firms.
Paper presented at the Fourth Gronen Conference, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy,
June 2010.
Wassmer U., Paquin R. & Sharma S. 2010. What We Know And Don’t Know About
Environmentally Focused Partnerships. EURAM 2010, May 19-222nd
, Rome, Italy
Ratiu, C., Sharma, S. & Molz, R. 2009. Developing capabilities for proactive sustainability
strategies. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management,
Chicago: IL, August 6th-11th
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Sharma, S. 2009. Finding the balance between reliability and validity: What is measured? All
Academy Symposium at the 73rd Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management,
Chicago: IL, August 6th-11th
Ratiu, C., Sharma, S. & Molz, R. 2008. “Evolutionary change of organizations in the natural
environment” The 3rd
Gronen Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus, May.
Manzanares, A.R., Sharma, S., Aragón-Correa, J.A., Sanchez, R.L., & Tapia, I.M. 2006. The
Relationship Between Stakeholder Integration Capability And Environmental Strategy.
The European Academy of Management Conference, Oslo, May.
Sharma, S. 2005. Sustainable Organizational Innovation via Stakeholder Engagement. Presented
at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, ONE, Honolulu, August.
Sharma, S. 2005. Strategic competences for environmental strategy. Presented at the Academy of
Management Annual Meetings, BPS and ONE, Honolulu, August.
Bowen, F. & Sharma, S. 2004. “The role of slack, resources, and dynamic capabilities in
innovation.” Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Puerto
Rico, October.
Sharma, S. 2004. “Stakeholder engagement, innovation and competitive advantage.” Paper
presented at the Greening of Industry Conference, Hong Kong, November 9th.
Sharma, S., J. Aragón-Correa and A. Rueda (2003), ‘Gestión medioambiental proactiva:
validación de un instrumento de medida’, Paper presented at the XIII annual meeting of
ACEDE, Salamanca, Spain.
Sharma, S., Jones, L. & Simanis, E. 2003. “Business Strategies for the base of the economic
pyramid.” Presentation at the Greening of Industry Conference, San Francisco, October.
Sharma, S., Jose, P.D. & Sankaran, K. 2003. “Developing a Canadian-Indian Network for
Sustainable Development. “Presentation at the Greening of Industry Conference, San
Francisco, October.
Sharma, S. 2003. “Stakeholder integration and organizational innovation.” TIM and ONE. Academy
of Management Annual Meetings, Seattle, August.
Sharma, S. & Henriques, I. 2003. “Stakeholder influences on sustainability practices in the
Canadian forest products industry.” ONE, Academy of Management Annual Meetings,
Seattle, August.
Sharma, S. & Henriques, I. 2003. “Stakeholder influence strategies in the Canadian forest
products industry.” SIM, Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Seattle, August.
Hart, S.L. & Sharma, S. 2002. “Radical transactiveness and competitive imagination.” ONE, SIM
and BPS. Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Denver, August.
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Hart, S.L. & Sharma, S. 2002. “Stakeholder engagement and knowledge creation.” Paper presented
at the Strategic Management Society Annual Meetings, Paris, September.
Sharma, S. 2000. “Different strokes: Differences in regulatory styles and environmental strategy in
the Canadian and U.S. energy sectors.” ONE, Academy of Management Annual Meetings,
Toronto, 2000.
Sharma, S. 2000. “Sustainability strategies in the Canadian forest products industry: An
exploration.” ONE, Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Toronto, 2000.
Sharma, S. & Nguan, O. 1998. “The biotechnology industry and biodiversity conservation
strategies: The influence of managerial interpretations and risk propensity.” ONE, Academy
of Management Annual Meetings, San Diego, August.
Sharma, S. & Vredenburg, H. 1998. “Proactive environmental responsiveness strategies and the
development of competitively valuable organizational capabilities. “ Paper presented at the
Spring 1998 meeting of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Science
(INFORMS), Montreal, April 26-29th.
Sharma, S. 1996. “Proactive environmental responsiveness: Catalysts for changing organizational
paradigms and organizational capabilities.” BPS, ONE, and SIM. Academy of
Management Annual Meetings, Cincinnati, OH, August 1996.
Sharma, S. 1995. “Proactive environmental response: Trigger for organizational learning and
organizational capabilities.” ONE, Academy of Management Annual Meetings at
Vancouver, BC: August.
Sharma, S. 1995. “Environmental strategies and organizational capabilities.” Proceedings of the
Fifth Greening of Industry Network Conference, Toronto, ONT: November.
Vredenburg, H. & Sharma, S. 1995. “Anticipating strategic outcomes as a function of legislation
mandating plain packaging.” Paper presented at the Society of Consumer Psychology
Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA: May.
Hung, C.L. & Sanjay Sharma. 1995. “ Factors affecting the success of strategic alliances
between Canadian and Pacific-Asian companies: An exploratory study.” Paper presented
in the International Business division of the Annual meetings of the Administrative Sciences
Association of Canada, Windsor, Ontario: June 1995.
Sharma, S. 1994. “Opportunity framing of environmental issues: The role of visionary
leadership in issue construction”, OMT, MOC, and SIM divisions
of the Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Dallas, TX: August.
IX. Research Workshops
2010: Panelist, ONE Doctoral Consortium, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management,
Montreal, QC, August 2010.
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2010: Panelist, SIM/ONE Junior Faculty Consortium, Annual Meetings of the Academy of
Management, Montreal, QC, August 2010.
2009: Facilitator, workshop on “Becoming Embedded: Co-Creating Business With the
Community” at the Annual Form for the Clinton Global Initiative chaired by President
Bill Clinton. Workshop participants included heads of state, Nobel Prize winners, former
US Secretaries of State and diplomats, and academics. September 2009.
2009: Facilitator, workshop on “Integrating Clean Technologies and Base of the Pyramid
Business Model” at the Cornell Global Forum. Workshop participants included CEOs of
several Fortine 500 companies.
2009: Sharma, S. 2009. Preparing for an academic career in sustainable business. 2009.
Presented at the ONE Doctoral Consortium at the 73rd Annual Meetings of the Academy
of Management, Chicago: IL, August 6th-11th
2005: Presented “Developing a Research Program and Crafting Theoretical Papers” at the
Organizations and the Natural Environment Junior Faculty and Doctoral Consortium at
the Academy of Management Annual meetings, Honolulu.
2005: Presented “Developing strategies for capacity building at the Base of the Pyramid” at the
Academy of Management Annual meetings, Honolulu.
2004: Invited faculty at the Oikos Academy, St. Gallen University, Switzerland to run a one
week international workshop on developing a winning dissertation. 17 doctoral proposals
have been selected from dozens of international applicants.
2003: Organized a workshop (with Mark Starik) “New Horizons and New Prespectives in
Research on Corporate Sustainability.” Academy of Management Annual Meetings,
Seattle.
2003: Panelist in the Junior Faculty Consortium, SIM and ONE, Academy of Management
Annual Meetings, Seattle.
2003: Panelist in the Doctoral Consortium, ONE, Academy of Management Annual Meetings,
Seattle.
2002: Facilitated the Organizations and the Natural Environment Junior Faculty and Doctoral
Consortium at the Academy of Management Meetings, Denver, August
2002: Facilitated a research workshop on “The evolving theory and practice of organizations in
the natural environment” at the Academy of Management Meetings, Denver, August
2002: Conducted a workshop on developing research proposals and dissertations on
environmental strategy and sustainability at IIIEE, Lund University, Sweden, June
2001: Facilitated the Organizations and the Natural Environment Junior Faculty and Doctoral
Consortium at the Academy of Management Meetings, Washington DC, August
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2001- “Teaching a mandatory course on environmental management” Presentation made a
workshop on Advances in teaching environmental subjects, Academy of Management
Meetings, Washington DC, August
2000- Participated in a workshop of international experts on Trade and the Environment "A letter
to the World Trade Organization Commission on Trade and the Environment (CTE)" at
Burlington, Vermont, March.
1999- Ran a workshop "Conducting Quantitative Research in Sustainability" at the Eighth
Annual Greening of Industry Conference, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
November.
1999- One of the 10 academics invited to the Annual Leaders Conference jointly hosted by the
Boston College Center for Corporate Community relations and the Aspen Institute for
Corporate Leadership in Orlando in March. The academics facilitated knowledge
building and dissemination of cutting-edge research in social innovations and
competitiveness to over 300 corporate presidents and vice-presidents of the world's
largest companies.
1998- Co-organized the workshop "Internet Based Teaching of Global, Technological, and
Environmental Issues: A Workshop for Web-Shy Faculty" at the Academy of Management
meetings in San Diego, 1998.
Organizers: Paul Shrivastava, Bucknell University; Paul Meising, SUNY,
Albany; Sanjay Sharma, St. Mary's University, Canada.
1998- Invited to participate in a workshop on “Greening the Business Curriculum: Integrating
sustainability into the core”, held by the National Roundtable on the Environment and
Economy, Ottawa, March 11-12.
1997- Co-organized and facilitated a two day session at the 1997 Annual Academy of Management
Meetings at Boston, MA titled, “Seeing 20/20: Setting the research agenda for the next
millennium.” This session included noted management scholars including Stuart Hart, Jim
Walsh, Alan Rugman, Jane Dutton, Bruce Kogut, Tom Donaldson, Afred Marcus,
Hayagreeva Rao, among others.
1996- Organized a preconference session at the Academy of Management Annual Meetings,
Cincinnati, Ohio titled, “Learning from Personal Sustainability Initiatives.” Participants:
Mark Starik (George Washington U.), Harrie Vredenburg (U. of Calgary), Gordon Rands
(Penn. State), and Gary Throop (Clarkson).
1995- Session Chair and Coordinator for two academic sessions and one academic workshop at the
Fifth Greening of Industry Network Conference in Toronto, November 1995.
1994- Academic session chair and discussant for the Second Annual Meeting of the International
Conference on Advances in Management.
1994- Invited to attend the doctoral consortium of the Business Policy and Strategy division at the
Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Dallas, Texas, 1994.
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X. Technical Reports
1994- Prepared a report under contract to the Ministry of Health, Government of Canada, “Strategic
Adaptation Scenarios in the Canadian Tobacco Products Industries Consequent to
Introduction of Plain Packaging for Cigarettes.” This constituted a portion of the final report
issued by the Auditor General of Canada on the implications of the introduction of plain
packaging for cigarettes in Canada.
XI. Invited Research Talks
“Sustainability in a Transition Economy.” Keynote Speech at the 21st Annual Conference of
the International Association of Business and Society, Banff, AB March 25-28th , 2010.
“Energy and the Future of Sustainable Business.” At Advancing Canada’s Competitive
Advantage Conference: A National Forum on Management, Montreal, September 30th to October
2nd
, 2009.
“The environmentally sustainable (family) business: Does the family matter?” Keynote
address at the 5th Annual Family Enterprise Research Conference, April 24-26
th, 2009, Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
“Integrating sustainability into business education” invited talk at the meeting of the
Canadian Federation of Business School Deans, November 28tgh 2008, Montreal.
“New directions in research on corporate sustainability” invited keynote talk at the 3rd
Gronen conference, Nicosia, Cyprus, May 2008
“The spirit and philosophy of Gronen” invited keynote talk at the 3rd
Gronen conference,
Nicosia, Cyprus, May 2008
“Sustainability and Competitive Advantage” keynote talk to the Montreal business
community at the Desjardin Financial celebration of Earth week, April 2008
“Lean, Mean and Green” Invited keynote talk at the Evolution of Innovation 2007 Tech
Leadership Conference, Communitech, May 10th
2007, Waterloo
“Guiding Your Organization Toward Green: Implementing a Corporate Sustainability
Strategy” Invited keynote talk at Energy Matters 2007, organized by the Region of Peel, March 27th
2007, Mississauga
“Adopting an integrated perspective on sustainability via a stakeholder perspective.”
Invited talk at the Faculty of Forestry Studies, University of Toronto, February 2007.
“Drivers of sustainability for the Canadian economy.” Invited talk at the Ontario Premier’s
Research and Innovation Forum, October 2006.
“The UN Education for Sustainability Decade: What does it mean for Business?” Invited
panelist at a Showcase session organized by the United Nations Development Program and United
Nations University at the Greening of Industry Network Conference, Hong Kong, November 2004.
“What is good research in corporate sustainability.” Invited talk at the Oikos Sustainable
Academy, St. Gallen University, August 2004.
“Research in sustainability: Personal experiences.” Invited talk at the Oikos Sustainable Academy,
St. Gallen University, August 2004.
“Policy drivers for sustainable organizations.” Invited by the Environmental and Social
Sustainability Department of the World Bank Group, Washington DC, May 2004.
“Stakeholder engagement and disruptive innovation.” Invited by the Gronen Expert Scholars
Workshop on Environmental Management at the University of Granada, Granada, Spain, April
2004
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“Teaching strategy using the triple bottom line.” at a invited panel in the Triple Bottom Line
Conference organized by Schulich School of Business, Toronto and the McConnel Foundation,
November 2003.
“A Contingent Natural Resource-Based View” at the Research Seminar series at UNC, Chapel
Hill, November 2001
“Competitiveness through sustainability” at the Saint Mary’s University Business Breakfast
Series, 2001
“Stakeholder integration and sustainable knowledge creation.” At the Woodlands Conference,
Houston, Texas, January 2001.
"Sustainability and Competitiveness" at Dalhousie University, February 2000.
“Managing for the Triple Bottom Line” at the Ivey Business School Speaker Series, January 2000.
“A Theory of Corporate Environmental Responsiveness.” at the Research Seminar Series, Faculty
of Commerce, Saint Mary’s University (1996).
“Environmental Management and Sustainable Development: A Distinction.” at the Research
Seminar Series, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary (1995).
“Corporate Environmental Responsiveness in the North American Oil and Gas Industry.” at the
Research Seminar Series, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary (1995).
XII. Academic editorial and review
Journals:
Editorial boards:
Organization Studies
Business and Society
Business Strategy and the Environment (resigned)
International Journal of Business Environment
Ad-Hoc reviewer for the following journals:
Academy of Management Executive
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Alternatives
British Journal of Management
Business and Society
Business Strategy and the Environment
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
Corporate Environmental Management
Ecology and Society
Ecological Economics
European Journal of Management
Family Business Review
International Journal of Operations Research
International Journal of Production Economics
Journal of Business Research
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of Management Inquiry
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Journal of Management Studies
Organization Science
Sloan Management Review
Strategic Management Journal
Meetings:
Academy of Management (Business Policy and Strategy, Social Issues in Management and
Organizations and Natural Environment), 1994-2010.
Administrative Sciences Association of Canada - Marketing, Business Policy, and International
Business Divisions, 1993-2007.
International Association of Business & Society, 1993-2010
International Conference for Advances in Management, 1993, 1995.
Granting Committees
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Reviewer for research proposals
1999, 2000, 2001, 2006
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Adjudicator for research
proposals 2002-2004
Teaching and Student Advising
Courses designed and taught
John Molson School of Business
EMBA 672: Strategic Management
EMBA 699: Sustainable Strategy
Wilfrid Laurier University
BU 801: Doctoral Seminar in Foundations of Management Thought (Ph.D.)
BU 701: Competitive Strategy for a Sustainable World (MBA elective)
BU 601: Strategic Management (MBA integrated core)
BU 661: International Strategy (MBA elective)
BU491: Strategic Management in the Changing Social, Environmental and Ethical
Context of Business (BBA Core)
At Saint Mary's University
Sustainability Strategies for Business (MBA core)
Strategic Management (MBA and EMBA capstone)
International Business (MBA and EMBA elective)
Strategic Marketing (MBA elective)
Marketing Management (B.Com core)
Executive Development Programs:
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2012: Building Competitive Imagination for Sustainable Innovation (Johnson School of
Management, Cornell University)
2012: Opportunity Framing for Sustainable Innovation (Institute for Sustainable
Enterprise, Bangalore, India)
2012: Building a Sustainable Enterprise (Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Bangalore,
India)
Learning in a Global Environment (Saint Mary’s)
Global Strategies for Business (Saint Mary’s)
Base of the Pyramid Strategies (Sustainable Enterprise Academy)
Building Better (Sustainable) Businesses (International Finance Corporation/World Bank)
Developing Strategic Leadership Thinking and Execution (Nova Scotia Public Service
Commission)
Strategic Leadership (Saint Mary’s- Maritime Life Insurance Company)
Developing a Sustainable Enterprise (At over 20 Fortune 500 corporations)
Other universities
Sustainable Enterprise (UNC-Chapel Hill- team taught)
Strategic Leadership and Change (Designed capstone course for Dalhousie University’s
Financial Services MBA Program and wrote course content).
Organizations and the Natural Environment (Athabasca University distance education
course)
Student Supervision and Advising activities
Doctoral Dissertation Committees
Dissertation Advisor for Julie Nash, Ph.D student at the Gund Institute for
Ecological Economics, University of Vermont (2012 onward)
Dissertation Supervisor for Catalin Ratiu in the Joint Montreal Ph.D. Program
(Concordia, McGill, HEC and UQAM), 2007-2011. Defended in August 2011. Dr.
Ratiu is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Marcos.
Dissertation committee of Ted London, doctoral student at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill for his dissertation “How are Capabilities Created? A Process
Study of New Market Entry” Advisor: Stuart Hart. Dissertation successfully
defended on March 28th
2005 and now a faculty at University of Michigan.
Dissertation Committee of Antonio Rueda at University of Granada, Spain for his
dissertation in the area of Business Strategy and the Environment. Advisor: Alberto
Aragön-Correa. Successfully defended April 2005 and now a faculty at University
of Granada, Spain.
External examiner for Adam Nguyen’s doctoral dissertation defence
“Interorganizational favour exchange: Definition, types and outcomes” at York
University, Schulich School of Business, September 2005.
External examiner for oral defence of Ph.D dissertation defence at the following
universities:
o York University (Schulich School of Business), Canada
o University of Aalborg, Denmark,
o University of Granada, Spain,
o Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
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o University of Waterloo, Canada;
Masters Thesis Committees
Advisory committee for Tom Berkhout’s thesis, The Voluntary Adoption Of Green Electricity
by business organizations in Canada, Environmental Studies Department University of Waterloo,
Canada (Advisor: Ian Rowlands). Successfully defended, May 2005.
Advisory committee for Anika St. Cyr, for her graduate thesis “ A resource market approach to
micro and small enterprises development” in International Development Studies at Saint Mary’s
University.
Advisory committee for Dalhousie University Library Science student David McDonald
(advisor: Dr. Larry Amey) for his thesis “Developing a sustainable collection: Sustainable
development and sustainable environmental management.
Masters Research Projects
Supervisor and Advisor for the following Masters Major Research Projects at Saint Mary’s
University and Wilfrid Laurier University:
BU 690R: Deering, Darren. 2007. “Strategic Management: A Survey of the Field” (in-
progress)
BU 690: Raghuram, Ashwini. 2007. “Life cycle analysis of a sustainable restaurant.” (in
progress)
BU 690: Yognath, Janana. 2007. “Stakeholder integration and sustainable performance in
the oil and gas industry.”
BU 690R: Marcus, Joel. 2007. “Strategic Mode: An Integration of Behavioural and
Economic Perspectives on Strategic Management.”
BU 480: Javed, Humera. 2007. “Sustainable leadership: Building Creative Capabilities of
Social Enterprise Leaders.”
BU 690: Harris, Joanna. 2006. “Factors affecting success and failure of corporate BOP
strategies.”
BU 690: Dattani, Kalpa. 2006. “The Role of Canadian Stakeholders in Achieving the
United Nations Millennium Development Goals.”
BU 690: Van Dorsser, Andrew. 2004. “Institutional and organizational barriers to the
adoption of renewable distributed generation options by Ontario businesses.”
BU 680: Strauss, Lisa. 2004. “Drug pricing strategies of pharmaceutical firms for
developing countries.”
BU 680: Deering, Darren. 2004. “Strategic Responses to the Kyoto Accord and the
Effects on Organizational Context.”
BU 690: McDoom, Siddiq. 2003. “Measurement and Evaluation of Carbon Emissions for
a Viable Trading System under the Kyoto Protocol.”
BU 690: Gawne, Brad. 2001-03. “Siberut Island: A Proposal for Implementing Sustainable
Development Activities Inside Siberut.”
BU 690: Goris, Steve. 2001-03. “Siberut Island: A Marketing Plan for Implementing
Sustainable Development Activities on Siberut.”
Duffett, Harold. 2000-2001. “Building an Institutional Framework for Organic Farming in
Nova Scotia.”
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Ranelli, Michael. 2000-2001. “Developing a comprehensive model for organizational
learning.”
Carey, Ryan. 1999-2000. “The forecast growth of regional gas markets and the competitive
positioning of PanCanadian Resources Limited”
Ferguson, Scott. 1999-2000. “A strategic growth plan for the Metro Centre.”
Countway, Norm. 1999-2000. “Identification of applications for new technology diffusion
in spectral imaging.”
Sadek, Joseph. 1999-2000. "How to do business in Egypt."
Smith, George. 1998-99. “Public policy implications: Deregulation of the Canadian energy
industry.”
Papadopoulos, Yusef. 1998-99. “Diffusion of agricultural innovations: A conceptual model
for Atlantic Canada.”
Kato, Hiroyuki. 1998-99. “Implications of mass customization strategies.”
Gorla, Daniele. 1998-99. “A study of the gaps between corporate image and corporate
reputation.”
Mander, Mark & Douglas, Tim. 1998-99. “Lifelong Learning Online”
Nguan, O.Y. 1996-97. “The biodiversity industry and biodiversity conservation”
Managerial determinants of responsiveness.”
Morrison, K. R. 1996-97. “ A market opportunity analysis for a cultured eel industry in
Nova Scotia.”
Lee, B. 1996. “Seniorcare: A Business Plan.”
Coldwell, D. 1997-98. “The impact of advertising on perceived service quality in electronic
banking.”
Coaching students for case competition
Coach: Saint Mary’s Senior undergraduate team for the Bristol Case Competition for Atlantic
Canadian Business Schools. Saint Mary’s team were finalists and runners up.