Shavin Malhotra

Associate Professor

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Email: shavin.malhotra@uwaterloo.ca

Phone: 519-888-4567 x30458

Location: Accelerator Building 205B

Teaching

Education

PhD, Business Administration, Carleton University, 2008
MBA, Marketing, Panjab University, 1999
BSc, Chemistry, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, 1996

Academic positions

Associate Professor, Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Waterloo, 2016 to present
Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 2013 - 2015
Co-director, International Research Institute, Ryerson University, 2010 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 2009 - 2013
Assistant Professor, Davis College of Business, Jacksonville University, 2008 - 2009

Industry experience

Business Development Executive, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, 2001 - 2003
Marketing Executive, Jobsahead.com, 1999 - 2001

Research interests

Corporate strategy
International business
Mergers and acquisitions
Role of heuristics and personality in strategic decision-making

Selected Publications

Sui, S., Matthias, B., & Malhotra, S (equal authorship). How home peer firms affect exit of small firms in export markets: Evidence from Canadian exporters. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Forthcoming.
Malhotra, S., Reus, T., Zhu, P., & Roelofsen. E. The acquisitive nature of extraverted CEOs. Administrative Science Quarterly (included in the Financial Times list of top management journals), Forthcoming.
Malhotra, S., Morgan, H., and Zhu, P. (2016). Sticky decisions: Anchoring and equity stakes in international acquisitions. Journal of Management (included in the Financial Times list of top management journals), Forthcoming.
Dev, D., Malhotra, and S., Zhu, P. (2016). Internationalization process, impact of slack resources, and role of the CEO: The duality of structure and agency in Evolution of Cross-Border Acquisition Decisions. Journal of World Business, 51, 212-225.
Malhotra, S., Lin, H., and Farrell, C. (2016). Cross-national uncertainty and level of control in crossborder acquisitions: A comparison of Latin American and U.S. multinationals. Journal of Business Research, 69, 1993-2004.
Malhotra, S., Zhu, P., and Reus, T. (2015) Anchoring on the acquisition premium decisions of others. Strategic Management Journal (included in the Financial Times list of top management journals), 36 (12), 1866-1876.
Malhotra, S. and Gaur, A. (2014). Spatial geography and control in foreign acquisitions. Journal of International Business Studies (included in the Financial Times list of top management journals), 45(2), 191-210.
Gaur, A., Malhotra, S., and Zhu, P. (2013). Acquisition announcement and stock market valuation of rivals: A test of growth probability hypothesis. Strategic Management Journal (included in the Financial Times list of top management journals), 34(2), 215-232. (An abridged version of the paper appeared in Chinese Management Insights, a Chinese-English bilingual publication that converts leading academic research on China-related topics into summaries that can be easily read and used by managers).
Malhotra, S. and Zhu, P. (2013). Paying for cross-border acquisitions: The impact of prior acquirers’ decisions. Journal of World Business, 48, 271-281.
Malhotra, S. (2012). Geographic distance as a moderator of curvilinear relationship between cultural distance and shared ownership. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 29, 218-230. (Among papers that the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences published in 2012, the journal nominated the above study for the best paper award).
Mulki, J., Jaramillo, F., and Malhotra, S., Locander, B. (2012). Decisive sales managers, reluctant salespeople and felt stress: The moderating impact of participative leadership. Journal of Business Research, 65, 77–83.
Lin, X. and Malhotra, S. (2012). To adapt or not adapt: The moderating effect of perceived similarity in cross cultural business partnerships. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36, 118-129.
Malhotra, S., Sivakumar, K., and Zhu, P. (2011). Curvilinear relationship between cultural distance and equity participation: An empirical analysis of cross-border acquisitions. Journal of International Management, 17, 316-332.

Selected Awards and Honours

2018	Recognized by Dean for Teaching Excellence
2018	Best Paper Award (Strategy), Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference
2017	Recognized by the Dean for Teaching Excellence
2016	SSHRC Insight Grant (Principal Investigator) ($133,132)
2015	Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management conference
2014	Distinguished Paper Award, Academy of Management conference (Paper rated in the top 1%)
2014	Best Paper Award (Strategy), Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference
2014	Faculty Scholarly Research Award, Ryerson University ($2,000)
2013	Identified by Ryerson students as ‘A Prof Who Made a Mark’
2013	Best Paper Award (Global Business), Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference
2013	SSHRC Insight Development Grant (Principal Investigator) ($65,550)
2013	Best Paper Nomination, Canadian Journal of Administration Sciences
2013	Best Paper Nomination, Strategic Management Society
2011	Faculty Scholarly Research Award, Ryerson University ($2,000)
2009	Best Paper Award (International Marketing), AMA Winter Marketing Educators’ Conference
2008	University Senate Medal for Academic Achievement, Carleton University
2007	Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)
2005	Best Paper Award, 9th International Conference on Marketing Development