Faculty
The DeGroote School of Business faculty members are selected for their research, teaching skills and their ability to generate new business knowledge. Their connections in the business community help to provide students with the opportunities they need to pursue the practical side of their business education and to facilitate their post-graduate activities.
Lauded year after year as one of the country’s “most innovative” research-intensive universities, McMaster boasts faculty who are committed to turning their innovations into inventions, and to moving their technologies into the marketplace.
Michael Lee-Chin & Family Institute Director
The Director of the Michael Lee-Chin & Family Institute for Strategic Business Studies reports directly to the Dean of the DeGroote School of Business and is accountable for the current and long-term effectiveness of the Institute.
The primary responsibilities of the Director role are to provide leadership and direction, and to plan and develop programs and activities to support the mission and vision objectives of the Institute. The Michael Lee-Chin & Family Institute has a strong focus on investigation into the creation of value in an enterprise. This mandate strives to provide business professionals with the techniques and expertise to understand and assess more fully, business strategies and the tangible and intangible assets that contribute to their value.
Michael Lee-Chin & Family Chair in Investment and Portfolio Management
This chair was created as part of a $5 million gift from Michael Lee-Chin and family and is held by Dr. Ronald Balvers. Dr. Balvers’ focus is on business valuation, and the resulting impact on investment strategy and portfolio management.
Michael Lee-Chin & Family Professor in Strategic Business Studies
Created as part of a $5 million gift to the DeGroote School of Business by Michael Lee-Chin and family, the Professorship, held by Dr. Goran Calic, creates synergies between business theory and business practice by bringing real life cases and projects to the classroom. Goran Calic’s research focuses on understanding why some individuals are more creative and some organizations are more innovative than others. His area of research is primarily concerned with early-stage entrepreneurship.
Michael Lee-Chin & Family Industry Professor in Strategic Business Valuation
The primary responsibilities of the Michael Lee-Chin & Family Industry Professor are to:
- Bring real world valuation challenges and practices into the classroom to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the fields of valuation, value creation and value investing; and:
- Provide students with knowledge of the techniques and expertise to understand and assess more fully, business strategies and the tangible and intangible assets that contribute to their value.
This Professorship is currently vacant.
Michael Lee-Chin & Family Institute Faculty Members
Amir Akbari, Finance and Business Economics
Vishwanath Baba, Human Resources and Management
Justin Y. Jin, Accounting and Financial Management Services
Yoontae Jeon, Finance and Business Economics
Manish Kacker, Marketing
Ken Li, Accounting and Financial Management Services
Yang Pan, Marketing
Devashish Pujari, Marketing
Jiaping Qiu, Finance and Business Economics
Sash Vaid, Marketing
Kevin Veenstra, Accounting and Financial Management Services
Iris Wang, Finance and Business Economics
Yan Wang, Finance and Business Economics
Keiwan Wind, Information Systems
Qian Yang, Finance and Business Economics
Baniyelme Zoogah, Human Resources and Management
Michael Lee-Chin & Family Institute Collaborators
Farimah HakemZadeh, Human Enterprise and Innovation, School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University
Mohammad Kayed, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Williams School of Business, Bishop’s University
Kiridaran (Giri) Kanagaretnam, Accounting, Schulich School of Business, York University
Sourav Ray, Marketing and Consumer Studies, Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
Farhad Sadeh, Marketing, School of Business, Eastern Illinois University