Dr. Sui Sui
Overview
Dr. Sui Sui鈥檚 research focuses on international entrepreneurship and sustainability, with particular emphasis on small business exporters and immigrant-, Indigenous-, and women-owned enterprises. Her work examines how firms internationalize, innovate, and build resilience in the context of global uncertainty, inclusive trade, and sustainability transitions. In parallel, she studies governance and sustainability, including how board gender diversity influences environmental performance, green innovation, ESG engagement, and organizational resilience during crises, as well as how firms respond to institutional and policy pressures related to sustainability transitions. She has published in leading Financial Times Top 50 academic journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Dr. Sui has received numerous teaching awards for excellence in experiential and inclusive international business education, with emphasis on case-based teaching. Her teaching innovations include the use of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) to foster global classroom engagement and the integration of Indigenous perspectives and worldviews into international business curricula.
In addition to her research and teaching contributions, Dr. Sui plays an active leadership role in the academic community. She serves on the editorial leadership teams of the Multinational Business Review, Journal of Comparative International Management, and the Journal of East European Management Studies, and is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of World Business. Her research has strong practical relevance and has received frequent media coverage in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, CTV News, and Yahoo Finance. She has been invited by the Bank of Canada, Global Affairs Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and the Canadian Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism to participate in research seminars and policy roundtables on supporting entrepreneurial firms in global markets. Through her scholarship, pedagogy, and service, she advances inclusive, policy-relevant, and globally engaged international business research.
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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| Sabaratnam, A., Sui, S., Singh, V., & Chaudhry, A. (2026). Resilient green governance: Mitigating cultural constraints on environmental performance with women on boards during crises, Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. |
| Wei, Z., Li, D., Balti, S., & Sui, S. (accepted). Navigating shades of green: Credit policy and CSR dynamics in China鈥檚 heavy-polluting industries, Journal of East European Management Studies. |
| Hu, Y., Lan, T., Wang, S., Sui, S., & Lan, J. (2026). ESG Co-movement Effect in Supply Chain Networks: Based on Collaborative Governance Perspective, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. |
| Morgan, H. M., & Sui, S. (2025). The export and financial effects of immigrant team composition in international new ventures. Thunderbird International Business Review, 0, 1鈥�16. |
| Bankole, I. B., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Ye, Y. W. (2025). Eyes on Africa: redefining managerial focus for untapped opportunities in Sub-saharan Africa. International Studies of Management & Organization, 1鈥�16. Bankole, I. B., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Ye, Y. W. |
| Sui, S., & Bull, J. (2025). Indigenous SMEs and nonmarket strategy: Leveraging cultural capital, sustainability and Indigenous diplomacy in international business. Multinational Business Review, 1鈥�15. Sui, S., & Bull, J. |
| Sui, S., Bull, J., & Tahsin, S. (2025). Navigating barriers and opportunities: Indigenous-owned SMEs driving sustainable international trade. AIB Insights. . |
| Wang, Z., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Ye, Y. W. (2025). How small companies capture value from their intellectual property: a qualitative study. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 37(1), 86 110. . |
| Baum, M., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S. (2024). Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 1鈥�24. |
| Sui, S., & Morgan, H. M. (2024). Home Peers, Business Owners鈥� 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鈥� 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. |
| 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鈥�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?鈥� 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鈥�814. |
| Sui, Sui & Baum, Matthias (2014) 鈥淚nternationalization Strategy, Firm Resources and the Survival of SMEs in the Export Market,鈥� Journal of International Business Studies, 45(7): 821鈥�841. |
| Sui, Sui, Yu, Zhihao, & Baum, Matthias (2012) 鈥淧revalence and longitudinal trends of early internationalisation patterns among Canadian SMEs,鈥� International Marketing Review, 29(5): 519 鈥� 535. |
| Sui, Sui & Yu, Zhihao (2012) 鈥淭he Pattern of Foreign Market Entry of Canadian Exporters,鈥� Canadian Public Policy, 38(3): 341-359. |
| Morgan, H. M., & Sui, S. (2025). Thunderbird International Business Review, 0, 1鈥�16. |
| Bankole, I. B., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Ye, Y. W. (2025). Eyes on Africa: . International Studies of Management & Organization, 1鈥�16. |
| Sui, S. & Bull, J. (accepted) Indigenous SMEs and Nonmarket Strategy: Leveraging Cultural Capital, Sustainability, and Indigenous Diplomacy in International Business, Multinational Business Review. |
| Sui, S., Bull, J., & Tahsin, S. (2025). AIB Insights. . |
| Wang, Z., Sui, S., Morgan, H. M., & Ye, Y. W. (2025). How small companies capture value from their intellectual property: a qualitative study. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 37(1), 86-110. |
| Policy/Trade Reports |
| Sui, S. (2025, Feb 24). . The Hill Times. |
| Abdou, M., Sui, S., & Ye, Y. W. (2025, October). . Business Data Lab, Canadian Chamber of Commerce. |
| Sui, S. (2016) Brexit: What Will it Mean for Toronto Businesses, Toronto Region Board of Trade, OnBoard, Fall, page: 34. |
| Atkinson, R., Chu, D., C么t茅, J., Gagn茅, 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, RD脡E Canada (Le R茅seau de d茅veloppement 茅conomique et d鈥檈mployabilit茅). |
| Sui, S. & Glodfarb, D. (2015) For Innovators Only: Canadian Companies鈥� EU Export Experience, Global Commerce Centre, Conference Board of Canada, Publication 6634. |
| Sui, Sui & Morgan, Horatio (2014) 鈥淪elling Beyond the US: Do Recent Immigrants Advance Canada鈥檚 Export Promotion Agenda?鈥� Global Commerce Centre, Conference Board of Canada. |
| Sui, Sui & Goldfarb, Danielle (2014) 鈥淣ot For Beginners: Should SMEs Go to Fast-Growth Markets?鈥� Global Commerce Centre, Conference Board of Canada, Publication 5936. |
| Goldfarb, Danielle & Sui, Sui, 鈥淏usiness 鈥榖eginners鈥� should stay out of developing countries: study,鈥� The Globe and Mail, February 6, 2014. |
| Sui, S. (2025, Feb 24). . The Hill Times. |
| Abdou, M., Sui, S., & Ye, Y. W. (2025, October). . Business Data Lab, Canadian Chamber of Commerce. |
| Certificate: Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) |
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| European International Business Academy (EIBA) Awards: |
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| Awarded grants (selected)2024 | |
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| 2024 | Indigenous Education Council Curriculum Development Grant |
| 2024-26听听 | 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, 鈥淚nclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship Network鈥� |
| 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: 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) |
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o Ziren Wang, 鈥淪mall Companies and Value Capture from Their Intellectual Properties: a Qualitative Study鈥�, 2019. Thesis published at the Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. o Xiaojing Wang, 鈥淗ow Do Gender and Immigrant Background Affect a Company Owner's Decision to Engage in Direct or Indirect Exporting鈥�, 2019. Thesis published at the Journal of Comparative International Management. o Misbah Uddin Chowdhury, 鈥淭he Effects Of Firm Relational Capital On Expoer Performance: The Moderating Role Of Technological Turbulence鈥�, 2020. Thesis published at the Journal of Comparative International Management. o Inioluwa Bankole, 鈥淩ecognition of Opportunity for Internationalization in the Sahara Africa: an Attention-based Perspective鈥�, 2020. Thesis under review at the International Studies of Management & Organization. o Anas Qutob, 鈥淐anadian SME Internationalization to the UAE: a Case Study Through a Network-based Lens鈥�, 2022. Thesis published at the Journal of Comparative International Management. o Arathiga Sabaratnam, 鈥淭he Effect of Board Gender Diversity on Environmental Performance during COVID: The Moderating Effects of National Culture鈥�, 2023. Thesis submitted to Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. o Sophia Chea, 鈥淧rotected Amidst Adversity: The Influence of Owner Attributes on Socially Responsible Activities and Financial Performance鈥�, 2025. o Minakshi Mahabir (in progress). o Praise Aboaba (in progress). |