Rotman Faculty: Global Impact
Learn from the world’s leading business thinkers.
The management faculty at Rotman is the largest in Canada, and is ranked among the top twenty globally for business research. Our 130 faculty members bring their stellar reputation for groundbreaking scholarship, teaching excellence, and insight into a wide range of management issues into every classroom experience.
Ajay Agrawal
Strategy
Professor of Strategic Management
PhD, University of British Columbia
Founder of the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman and co-founder of The Next 36 to support Canada’s next top entrepreneurs.
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The Creative Destruction Lab
Brian R. Golden
Strategy
Professor of Strategic Management
Vice-Dean, Professional Programs
PhD, Northwestern University
Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network
Executive Director, Collaborative For Health Sector Strategy
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Brian Golden on the Business of Healthcare
Dilip Soman
Marketing
Professor of Marketing
PhD, University of Chicago
Consults for Microsoft, FedEx, P&G, Life Insurance Company of India, Corus Entertainment, and the Hong Kong Government
Taught Canada’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) at the MBA level – Behavioural Economics in Action
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Dilip Soman on Behavioural Economics
John Hull
Finance
Professor of Finance
Maple Financial Group Chair in Derivatives and Risk Management
PhD, Cranfield University
Author of widely-cited works Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, and Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets.
In 2011, received a lifetime achievement award from Risk, one of the world’s leading financial risk management magazines.
"The research we do at Rotman quickly finds its way into the classroom. We work hard to give our students the best experience possible, and the blend of theory and practice – the real world impact – is why I enjoy teaching here."
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John Hull on Sub-Prime Mortgages
Richard Florida
Business Economics
Professor of Business and Creativity
PhD, Columbia University
Senior editor of The Atlantic, and author of several global bestsellers, including the award-winning The Rise of the Creative Class.
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Richard Florida on the Creative Class
Sarah Kaplan
Strategy
Professor of Strategic Management
Professor of Strategic Management
PhD in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management
Co-author of New York Times business bestseller Creative Destruction
McKinsey Consultant in New York City, 1990 -1999
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Susan Christoffersen
Finance
Associate Professor of Finance
PhD, Cranfield University
PhD, Wharton.
Recipient of the Outstanding Paper Award from the Swiss Finance Institute.
Over twelve years of experience teaching courses on capital markets and corporate finance at the undergraduate and graduate level.
"Because Toronto is a major financial centre, there is a terrific interplay at the Rotman School between academic experts and industry professionals, making for a rich learning environment for our students."
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Wendy Dobson
Business Economics
Adjunct Professor of Business Economics
PhD, Princeton University
Chairs the Pacific Trade and Development research network and has published extensively on the future of India and China in the world economy.
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Tiziana Casciaro
Organizational Behaviour
Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour
PhD, Cranfield University
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Voted Favourite OB Professor by the Rotman MBA Class of 2011
Formerly an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, Casciaro specializes in the study of social networks within and between organizations.
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Geoffrey Leonardelli
Organizational Behaviour
Professor of Finance
PhD, Ohio State University
An expert on leadership, negotiations and group behaviour
Has received widespread media coverage for his studies on the value of being different, and on the barriers keeping women and minorities from leadership roles.
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Turning Students into Leaders
Ole-Kristian Hope
Accounting
Deloitte Professor and Professor of Accounting
PhD, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
MBA, University of Michigan
Widely published in journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Review of Accounting Studies and the Journal of International Business Studies.
"We have high expectations of our students, but we’re also on their side, helping them achieve their best. It’s in part because of our students that the accounting department has become one of the best in the world."
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Mara Lederman
Strategy
An applied economist and an expert on the airline industry; part of a team of faculty members responsible for delivering Rotman's Integrative Thinking courses, Lederman's research is on market structure and organizational design.
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An applied economist and an expert on the airline industry; part of a team of faculty members responsible for delivering Rotman's Integrative Thinking courses, Lederman's research is on market structure and organizational design.
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Avi Goldfarb
Marketing
Associate Professor of Marketing
PhD, Northwestern University
Published author of over 30 articles on brand value, behavioural modeling in industrial organization, and the impact of information technology on marketing, on universities, and on the economy.
"Integrative Thinking, developed here at the Rotman School, is a powerful framework for learning how to make better decisions."
Associate Professor of Marketing
PhD, Northwestern University
Published author of over 30 articles on brand value, behavioural modeling in industrial organization, and the impact of information technology on marketing, on universities, and on the economy.
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Joseph Milner
Operations Management
Associate Professor of Operations Management
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for his work on service in call centres and dynamic pricing in supply chains, Milner's insights are sought after by students aspiring to leadership roles in firm operations.
"Rotman has a reputation with global reach. The best students in the world come here to work together, and we send them back trained, ready to do business, ready to run businesses."
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