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Dr. Sui Sui
Professor
DepartmentGlobal Management Studies
EducationPhD
OfficeTRS 1-090
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 556710
Overview
Dr. Sui Sui is a Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on understanding the impact of EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large corporations. Some of her work examines how ethnicity, gender, immigrant and Indigenous ownership influence firm performance and internationalization. Other research has focused on how corporate board diversity affects firms' innovation and environmental commitment, such as carbon emission disclosure.. She has published in the most prestigious Financial Times Top 50 academic journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and received numerous research grants and awards. She serves as Associate Editor for the Multinational Business Review, Journal of Comparative International Management, and Revista de Administração de Empresas (Journal of Business Management), as Editorial Reviewer Board Member for the Journal of World of Business, and as Associate Member for the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Dr. Sui uses innovative teaching methods such as COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) and has won the Teaching Innovation Award multiple times. She supervises research for students at all levels, including undergraduate, MSCM, and Ph.D. students, and has published with them in reputable academic journals such as the Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship and the Journal of Comparative International Management.
Dr. Sui's research has a very practical focus and has received frequent coverage in the media, such as the Wall Street Journal, CTV News, and Yahoo Finance. She was invited by the Bank of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and the Canadian Minister of State Small Business and Tourism to participate in research seminars and roundtable meetings on how to help entrepreneur firms to succeed in the global markets.
International entrepreneurship; immigrant, women and indigenous entrepreneurship; corporate board diversity; corporate social responsibility (CSR); equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI); environmental, social, and governance (ESG); gender, ethnicity and prosocial in crowdfunding
| Refereed Journal Articles |
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| Baum, M., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S. (2024). Tempted to fail? The interplay of peer performance and SME export market entry intensity on their export market exit. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2024.2397746 (external link, opens in new window) |
| Sui, S., & Morgan, H. M. (2024). Home Peers, Business Owners’ Gender, and the Export Intensity of SMEs. Journal of Comparative International Management, 27(1), 1-15. |
| Chowdhury, M. U., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Li, D. (2024). Linking Developing Country Firms’ Relational Capital to Their Export Performance in Global Value Chains: The Moderating Role of Technological Turbulence. Journal of Comparative International Management, 27(1), 31-42. |
| Wang, Z., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Ye, Y. W. (2023). How small companies capture value from their intellectual property: a qualitative study. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1-25. |
| Sui, S., Baum, M., & Li, D. (2023). Export duration and product innovations: do born globals learn by exporting differently?. Multinational Business Review. |
| Singh, V., Sui, S., & Guo, X. (2023). Board gender diversity, government subsidies, and green vehicles sales: Evidence from China. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 32(2), 790-801. |
| Baum, M., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S. (2023). A vicarious learning perspective on the relationship between home-peer performance and export intensity among SMEs. International Marketing Review, 40(2), 197-223. |
| Ruth, D., & Sui, S. (2022). The Effect of Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Responsibility on Innovation: Evidence from the Top-Patenting Firms. Journal of Comparative International Management, 25(2), 178-193. |
| Li, Y., Sui, S., & Wu, S. (2022). The effect of gender fit on crowdfunding success. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 18, e00333. |
| Sui, S. Morgan, H. & Baum, M. (2022) Differences in women- and men-owned export businesses: Are women-owned export business more financially successful when they adopt an intensive export strategy? Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 1-18. |
| Morgan, H., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S. (2021) No Place Like Home: The Effect of Exporting to Country of Origin on the Financial Performance of Immigrant-Owned SMEs. Journal of International Business Studies, 52(3), 504-524. |
| Sui, S., Baum, M., & Malhotra, S. (2019) How Home-Peers Affect the Export Market Exit of Small Firms: Evidence from Canadian Exporters, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 43(5) 1018–1045. |
| Sandberg, S., Sui, S. & Baum, M. (2019) What resources hinder SME export failure? Market experience and moderating effects of firm-specific resources on emerging market exit, Journal of Business Research: 98: 489-502. |
| Morgan, Horatio, Sui, Sui, & Baum, Matthias (2018) Are SMEs with immigrant owners exceptional exporters?” Journal of Business Venturing, 33(3): 241-260. |
| Sui, S., Morgan, H. & Baum, M. (2015) Liability of Outsidership and Internationalization of Immigrant-Owned SMEs: The Role of Language, Journal of World Business, 50(4): 804–814. |
| Sui, Sui & Baum, Matthias (2014) “Internationalization Strategy, Firm Resources and the Survival of SMEs in the Export Market,” Journal of International Business Studies, 45(7): 821–841. |
| Sui, Sui, Yu, Zhihao, & Baum, Matthias (2012) “Prevalence and longitudinal trends of early internationalisation patterns among Canadian SMEs,” International Marketing Review, 29(5): 519 – 535. |
| Sui, Sui & Yu, Zhihao (2012) “The Pattern of Foreign Market Entry of Canadian Exporters,” Canadian Public Policy, 38(3): 341-359. |
| Policy/Trade Reports |
| Sui, S. (2016) Brexit: What Will it Mean for Toronto Businesses, Toronto Region Board of Trade, OnBoard, Fall, page: 34. |
| Atkinson, R., Chu, D., Côté, J., Gagné, R., Goldfarb, D., Homsy, M., Scarfone, S., Sui, S., Van Assche, A. (2016) Taking Advantage of the Economic and Trade Agreement With Europe, Conference Board of Canada, Publication 11738. |
| Sui, S. & Morgan, H. (2015) Going where Business Relationships Lead: Challenges and Opportunities for Francophone Businesses, RDÉE Canada (Le Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité). |
| Sui, S. & Glodfarb, D. (2015) For Innovators Only: Canadian Companies’ EU Export Experience, Global Commerce Centre, Conference Board of Canada, Publication 6634. |
| Sui, Sui & Morgan, Horatio (2014) “Selling Beyond the US: Do Recent Immigrants Advance Canada’s Export Promotion Agenda?” Global Commerce Centre, Conference Board of Canada. |
| Sui, Sui & Goldfarb, Danielle (2014) “Not For Beginners: Should SMEs Go to Fast-Growth Markets?” Global Commerce Centre, Conference Board of Canada, Publication 5936. |
| Goldfarb, Danielle & Sui, Sui, “Business ‘beginners’ should stay out of developing countries: study,” The Globe and Mail, February 6, 2014. |
| Certificate: Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) |
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| European International Business Academy (EIBA) Awards: |
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| Academy of Management (AOM) Awards: |
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| Lazaridis Institute Awards: |
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| Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Awards: |
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| Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) Awards: |
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| Other Awards and Recognitions: |
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| Awarded grants (selected)2024 | |
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| 2024 | Indigenous Education Council Curriculum Development Grant |
| 2024-26 | TRSM Research Development Grant |
| 2024 | Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Grant |
| 2024 | SSHRC Explore Grant |
| 2024 | TRSM Matching Funds |
| 2023 | SSHRC Explore Grant |
| 2023 | TRSM Research Advancement Grant |
| 2022 | TRSM Research Development Grant |
| 2021 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Strategic Programs Grant, “Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Network” |
| 2020 | Research Advancement Grants |
| 2020 | RBC Immigrant, Diversity and Inclusion Project |
| 2019 | Ryerson Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Explore Grant Competition |
| 2018 | Ryerson SIG Grant |
| 2017 | Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) Research Development Grant |
| 2016 | SSHRC Insight Development Grant |
| 2016 | Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Immigrant, Diversity & Inclusion Research Grant |
| 2016 | Ryerson SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) |
| 2015 | Ryerson SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) |
| Graduate Thesis |
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| Thesis: Export to Country of Origin or Not: 1.5-Generation Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Canada |
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| Thesis: An experimental economics study of nudges in jury decision-making |
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| Thesis: Study on the Diversification of Listed Real Estate Companies in China from the Perspective of Corporate Finance |
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| Thesis: The Effect of Board Gender Diversity on Environmental Performance during COVID: The Moderating Effects of National Culture (under review at the Journal of Business Ethics) |
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| Thesis: Canadian SME Internationalization to the UAE: a Case Study Through a Network-based Lens (accepted for publication in the Journal of Comparative International Management) |
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| Thesis: Recognition of Opportunity for Internationalization in the Sahara Africa: an Attention-based Perspective (under revision at the Journal of Africa Business) |
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| Thesis: The Effects Of Firm Relational Capital On Exporter Performance: The Moderating Role Of Technological Turbulence (under revision at the Journal of Comparative International Management) |
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| Thesis: How Do Gender and Immigrant Background Affect a Company Owner's Decision to Engage in Direct or Indirect Exporting (accepted for publication in the Journal of Comparative International Management) |
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| Thesis: Small Companies and Value Capture from Their Intellectual Properties: a Qualitative Study (published at the Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship) |