Shavin Malhotra

Shavin Malhotra, BSc, MBA, PhD, is a Professor of Strategy and the Conrad Research Excellence Chair at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business. He also serves as Associate Director of Research and Doctoral Studies. Shavin’s research spans four broad domains—leadership, corporate strategy, international business, and entrepreneurship. His work draws on insights from management, economics, finance, and psychology to examine how leaders and organizations make strategic decisions under uncertainty. His research has been published in leading management journals, including Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Management, and Human Resource Management. His work has also been featured in practitioner outlets such as Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal. Prior to joining the Conrad School, Shavin was an Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management and served as Co-Director of the International Research Institute. He received his PhD from Carleton University and his MBA from Panjab University. Shavin teaches doctoral-level seminar courses as well as BET 601: Strategically Managing the Entrepreneurial Organization and BET 320: Introduction to Commercialization Management.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aC53zG8AAAAJ&hl=en

• Strategic Management

• Corporate strategy

• Mergers and acquisitions

• Role of heuristics and personality in strategic decision-making

• Strategic Human Capital

• CEO and Executive Characteristics

• Behavioral Strategy

• Technology Transfer

• International Business

• Best Paper Award (Strategy), Southern Management Association Conference (2025)

• Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo (2023)

• Best Paper Award, AIB South Asia Conference (2023)

• Best Paper Award (SMEs), European International Business Academy Conference (2021)

• Best Paper Award (Human Resources), Academy of Management Annual Conference (2021)

• Outstanding Performance Evaluation, University of Waterloo (2021)

• Best Paper Award (Global Strategy), Academy of Management Annual Conference (2020)

• Best Paper Award (International Business), Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (2020)

• Outstanding Performance Award, University of Waterloo (2019)

• Best Paper Award (Strategy), Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (2018)

• Recognized for Teaching Excellence by the Dean (2018)

• Recognized for Teaching Excellence by the Dean (2017)

• Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Annual Conference (2015)

• BE 620 - Business Strategy
  • Taught in 2023, 2025
• BET 601 - Strategically Managing the Entrepreneurial Organization
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• BET 703 - Business Strategy
  • Taught in 2025
• BET 704 - Business Research Methods
  • Taught in 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Boekhorst, J., Basir. N. & Malhotra, S. (2024). Star light, but why not so bright? A process model of how incumbents influence star newcomer performance. Academy of Management Review, 49 (1), 56-79 .

• Malhotra, S. & Harrison, J. (2022). A Blessing and a Curse: How CEO cognitive complexity influences firm performance Under varying industry conditions. Strategic Management Journal, 43, 2809-2828.

• Zhu, K., Malhotra, S. & Li, Y. (2022). Technological diversity of patent applications and decision pendency. Research Policy, 51 (1).

• Malhotra, S., Shen, W., & Zhu, P. (2021). A vicious cycle of symbolic tokenism: The gendered effects of external board memberships on chief executive officer compensation. Human Resource Management, 60 (4), 617-639.

• Morgan, H., Sui, S., & Malhotra, S (equal authorship) (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, 504-524.

• Malhotra, S., Reus, T., Zhu, P., & Roelofsen. E. (2018).The acquisitive nature of extraverted CEOs. Administrative Science Quarterly, 63 (2), 370-408.

• Malhotra, S., Morgan, H., & Zhu, P. (2018). Sticky decisions: Anchoring and equity stakes in international acquisitions. Journal of Management, 44 (8), 3200-3230.

• Malhotra, S., Zhu, P., & Reus, T. (2015) Anchoring on the acquisition premium decisions of others. Strategic Management Journal, 36 (12), 1866-1876.

• Malhotra, S., & Gaur, A. (2014). Spatial geography and control in foreign acquisitions. Journal of International Business Studies, 45(2), 191-210.

• Gaur, A., Malhotra, S., & Zhu, P. (2013). Acquisition announcement and stock market valuation of rivals: A test of growth probability hypothesis. Strategic Management Journal, 34(2), 215-232.

• More than $1.1 million awarded to researchers