With new innovations and concepts in the business landscape come infinite research possibilities. Newfoundland and Labrador, rich in resilience and fortitude, provides ample opportunities to strategically use our resources to make research contributions that positively impact our local, national and global communities.

By prioritizing a pragmatic and conscientious approach, and by cultivating strategic partnerships that engage the wider community, we’re designing an ecosystem that pursues, supports and celebrates exciting, rigorous and innovative research that transforms our world.

Our goal

We strive to celebrate research excellence while also seeking resources to help our researchers achieve high-quality outputs.

Our progress

In 2024, 19 faculty members published 48 articles in 46 peer-reviewed journals.

Our researchers achieve success in grant competitions across North America:

Our goal

We aim to advance our reputation as a business school that uses research to contribute in positive ways to business and society.

Our progress

Our researchers make intellectual contributions that advance current modes of thinking, knowledge and practice.

Our faculty members disseminate expertise and insight on current issues, trends and challenges through the media.

We seek funding sources that help us engage with community and business organizations to work on contemporary issues. These sources include:

• Mitacs Canada Accelerate: pairs organizations with top research talent, including a student and supervising faculty member, to achieve business and innovation goals.
• Mitacs Canada Accelerate Entrepreneur (e-Accelerate): helps students grow their startups, develop research or technologies, and get to market faster.
• Mitacs Business Strategy Internship: pairs organizations with top research talent, including a student and supervising faculty member, to provide strategic insights and help enhance operations, improve processes and develop new opportunities.

2025

• Aug. 28: Empowering our talent
  Memorial University researchers awarded more than $13 million to drive scientific and technological breakthroughs
  

2024

• Sept. 26: Great minds
  Memorial University experts tackling global issues thanks to more than $3.3 million federal investment
• Sept. 19: Ethical link
  The surprising connection between companies’ carbon emissions and sexual orientation equality
• Feb. 12: New finance prof
  Dr. Yang Xu brings hedge fund experience to Memorial’s business faculty

2023

• Nov. 23: Answering the unanswerable
  Memorial University launches centre focused on emerging research field
• Nov. 9: New hires broaden expertise at business faculty
  Trio integrates sustainability into research and teaching
• Oct. 30: ‘Dream job’
  Business faculty member brings Indigenous lens to teaching and research
• Sept. 29: Why words matter
  Business professor examining ‘performance outcomes’ of CEOs
• Sept. 8: Understanding our world
  Dr. Erin Oldford one of 66 Memorial researchers receiving federal funding
• June 30: Soft skill investment
  Let junior consultants collaborate and innovate, say business researchers
• May 4: Global impact
  Business researcher receives international nod for ‘timeless’ work

2022

• Nov. 28: New voices
  Business faculty adds experts in law, tech and innovation
• Nov. 24: Sunshine bias
  Accounting researcher finds mood influences executive earnings forecasts
• Nov. 23: Foundational support
  Dr. Carlos Bazan, Dr. Jennifer Jewer net $99,837 of $470,000 awarded to Memorial researhers
• June 23: Cutting-edge innovation
  Dr. Ginger Ke’s hazmat research nabs $130,000 of nearly $8 million invested at Memorial
• June 20: Op-ed: Dr. Majid Eghbali-Zarch, Jennifer Marlowe and Sandy Brennan
  Canada needs better CBD policies to protect consumers from unlicensed products
  
  May 26: Transformative potential
  Business faculty releases fourth annual research bulletin
• May 10: Op-ed: Dr. Ashrafee Hossain
  CEOs are hindering LGTBQ+ equality in the workplace, says business professor
• April 28: Diversity gaps
  Business researchers target issues in senior leadership and finance industries
• April 5: Bold and innovative
  Interdisciplinary teams awarded nearly $500,000 for high-risk, high-reward research
• Feb. 28: Fish by fish
  Building confidence and measuring impact in Petty Harbour
• Jan. 18: Promising talent
  Social entrepreneurship, gender bias projects earn federal research funds for business grad students

2021

• Nov. 26: 'Hidden champions'
  Research aims to support Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses
• Oct. 27: 'Serious (re)think'
  Advice for local businesses affected by global supply chain chaos
• May 26: ‘Positive impact:’
  Business faculty launches third annual research bulletin
• March 29: Heroes or villains?
  Dr. J.Y. Tang wins award for research on dominant leaders
• Jan. 21: 'Natural partnership’
  Business faculty joins global network focused on responsible research