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Dr. Vik Singh
Associate Professor
DepartmentGlobal Management Studies
EducationMA, MBA, PhD
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 6839
Areas of ExpertiseGlobal Management, International Finance, Culture Linkages
Overview
Dr. Vik Singh holds the position of Associate Professor within the Global Management Studies program at the Ted Rogers School of Management. His research focuses on exploring the profound influence of culture on global connections, with a particular emphasis on understanding the complexities countries encounter in managing geopolitical risk amidst a rapidly globalizing world. Additionally, Dr. Singh explores the intricate relationship between ethnicity and housing purchasing behaviours while investigating the impact of board diversity and tenure on environmental performance within a global context. He earned his Ph.D. in Business from Griffith University, complemented by an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and an MA in Economics from the University of Regina.
Geopolitical risks, International Business, Board tenure and diversity, Corporate Social Responsibility.
| Peer-reviewed Journal Articles |
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| Peon, D., Singh, V., & Rodríguez-Álvarez, J. (2025). "Impact of COVID mobility measures on the financial performance of small businesses in rural areas of Spain," Journal of Rural Studies. |
| Li, D., Sui, S., & Singh, V. (2025). "Liquidity-Driven Investment: The Role of Executive Leadership Team Attributes in Times of Uncertainty," Managerial and Decision Economics – submitted. |
| Sabaratnam, A., Sui, S., Singh, V., & Chowdhry, A. (2025). "Resilient Green Leadership: Board Gender Diversity and Cultural Interplay Amidst a Pandemic," Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility – R&R. |
| Correa da Cunha, H., Singh, V., Amal, M., Carlyle, S. (2025). "The Impact of Geopolitical Risk in the US and China on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: The Moderating Role of Bilateral Trade and US-China Tensions," International Business Review – R&R. |
| Jayawardena, N., Roca, E., Morawakage, P.S., Benjamín, L., Earl, G., & Singh, V. (2024). "Understanding the interconnectedness of house prices between cities and regions during COVID-19: evidence from Australia," Regional Studies, 59(1). |
| Singh, V., Correa da Cunha, H., & Mangal, S. (2023). "Do geopolitical risks impact trade patterns in Latin America?" Defence and Peace Economics, 1–18. |
| Correa da Cunha, H., Singh, V., & Carlyle, S. (2023). "Host country cultural profile and the performance of foreign subsidiaries in Latin America." International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 22(3), 531–555. |
| Singh, V., & Roca, E. (2023). "Do birds of the same feather flock together? The cultural geography of global housing price interaction." Applied Economics, 1–18. |
| 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. |
| Singh, V., Shirazi, H., & Turetken, J. (2022). "The COVID-19 era—Influencers of uneven sector performance: A Canadian perspective." Economies, 10(2), 40. |
| Correa da Cunha, H., Singh, V., & Xie, S. (2022). "The determinants of outward foreign direct investment from Latin America and the Caribbean: An integrated entropy-based TOPSIS multiple regression analysis framework." Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(3), 130. |
| Correa da Cunha, H., Ruzgar, N.S., & Singh, V. (2022). "The moderating effects of host country governance and trade openness on the relationship between cultural distance and financial performance of foreign subsidiaries in Latin America." International Journal of Financial Studies, 10(2), 26. |
| Singh, V., & Roca, E. (2022). "China's geopolitical risk and international financial markets: Evidence from Canada." Applied Economics, 54(34), 3953-3971. |
| Singh, V., Shirazi, H., & Turetken, J. (2022). "COVID-19 and gender disparities: Labour market outcomes." Research in Economics, 76(3), 206-217. |
| Singh, V., & Chobotaru, J. (2022). "Digital divide: Barriers to accessing online government services in Canada." Administrative Sciences, 12(3), 112. |
| Singh, V. (2021). "Dynamics of affordability and immigration in the Canadian housing market." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. |
| Singh, V., & Roca, E. (2021). "Weathering financial crisis in China: The role of global market integration." Applied Economics, 53(15), 1756-1776. |
| Singh, V., Roca, E., & Li, B. (2021). "Effectiveness of policy interventions during financial crises in China and Russia: Lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic." Journal of Policy Modeling, 43(2), 253-277. |
| Singh, V. (2021). "Chinese foreign transactions: What gets them in trouble?" Global Economy Journal, 21(02), 2150007. |
| Singh, V., Li, B., & Roca, E. (2019). "Global and regional linkages across market cycles: Evidence from partial correlations in a network framework." Applied Economics, 51(33), 3551-3582. |
| Singh, V., Roca, E., & Bin Li. (2017). "How pervasive is the effect of culture on stock market integration? Evidence across regions and economic cycle," Applied Economics, 49(42), 4209-4222. |
| Singh, V., Roca, E., & Bin Li. (2017). "Cointegration networks in stock markets," Applied Economics Letters, 25(10), 663-667. |
| Working Papers |
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| Singh, V. (2025). "Canadian Sovereignty with Tariff Uncertainty." |
| Singh, V. (2025). "Socioeconomic Inequity post COVID-19." |
| Singh V. (2021). "COVID -19 impact on Toronto: Labour market outcomes and technology adoption in organizations," Policy Report, submitted to the City of Toronto as part of the CivicLabTo initiative (the report was funded jointly by City of Toronto and MITACS) |
| June 2025–June 2026: TRSM Matching Grant, $1000. |
| May 2025–August 2025: TRSM Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Grant, $11,725. |
| March 2025–March 2026: TRSM Outstanding Research Recognition Fund Award, $2000 |
| May 2025–May 2026: TRSM Research Development Grant, $7000. |
| October 2024 – October 2025: TRSM Outstanding Research Recognition Fund Award, $2000 |
| March 2023–March 2024: TRSM Matching Grant, $1000. |
| May 2023–May 2024: SSHRC Explore Grant, $7,000. |
| May 2022–April 2023: TRSM Research Development Grant, $7000. |
| October 2021–October 2022: TRSM Matching Grant, $1000. |
| May 2022–August 2022: TRSM Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Grant, $5,032. |
| March 2021–August 2022: TRSM Research Advancement Grant, $15,000. |
| January 2021: TRSM Publishing Fund, $500. |
| November 2020–April 2021: TRSM Matching Grant, $1000. |
| November 2020–February 2021: Mitacs Accelerate Grant and City of Toronto Grant, $30,000. |
| May 2019–June 2020: TRSM Research Development Grant, $7000. |
| May 2019–August 2019: TRSM Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) Grant, $10,064. |
| Yu Wei Ye, (Ph.D., in progress) |
| Palwasha Ahmadzay (MScM, in progress) |
| Praise Aboaba (MScM, in progress) |
| Minakshi Mahabir (MScM, in progress) |
| Hoang Vo (MScM, in progress) |
| Sophia Chea (MScM, graduated 2025) |
| Alif Ahsan Bipu (MScM, in progress) |
| Arathiga Sabaratnam (MScM, graduated 2023) |
| Omaid Mahmoodi (MScM, graduated 2023) |
| Dec 2025, European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece (peer-reviewed): presenting "Liquidity-Driven Investment: The Role of Executive Leadership Team Attributes in Times of Uncertainty" and "Learning or Losing? Peer Influence, Owner Aging, and Export Exit among Immigrant-Owned SMEs." |
| Oct 2025, (invited) Panellist–Redefining Tariff Policies and Innovation Partnerships for Inclusive Growth, Friends of Africa Economic Summit, Toronto, Canada. |
| Aug 2025 (invited), CISPAC Seminar, University of Santiago de Compostela, "Geopolitical Risk and Economic Uncertainty." |
| June 2025, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2024 Annual Conference (ASAC), Waterloo, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Between two shores: Export Strategy and Financial Performance of SMEs Owned by 1.5 Generation Immigrants." |
| May 2025, Asia Academy of Management Special Conference (AAOM), Bangkok, Thailand (peer-reviewed): presented "Between two shores: Export Strategy and Financial Performance of SMEs Owned by 1.5 Generation Immigrants." |
| Dec 2024, European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland (peer-reviewed): presented "Resilient Green Governance: Mitigating Cultural Constraints on Environmental Performance with Women on Boards During Crises." |
| July 2024, Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Seoul, South Korea (peer-reviewed): presented "The Impact of Geopolitical Risk Distance on Foreign Direct Investments in Latin America." |
| June 2024, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2024 Annual Conference (ASAC), Montreal, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented (a) "Board Tenure and Corporate Social Responsibility" (b) "Geopolitical Risk and Canada's Trade Dependence with the US and China: Towards a more balanced trade portfolio." |
| May 2024, 8th Joint Regional Financing Arrangements Research Seminar, European Monetary Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg (invited): presented "Do Geopolitical Risks Impact Trade Patterns in Latin America?" |
| July 2023, Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (peer-reviewed) presented: (a) "Do geopolitical risks impact trade patterns in Latin America?" (b) "Geopolitical risk and foreign direct investment in Latin America: Spillovers and contagion from the US and China." |
| June 2023, Canadian Economics Association 2023 Annual Meeting (CEA), Winnipeg, Canada (peer-reviewed) presented: "Geopolitical risks and responsible investments: Disentangling the two." |
| June 2023, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2023 Annual Conference (ASAC), Toronto, Canada (peer-reviewed) presented: (a) "The effect of board gender diversity on environmental performance during COVID: the moderating effects of national culture;" (b) "Do geopolitical risks impact trade patterns in Latin America?" (c) "The impact of Covid-19 on the interconnectedness of house prices between cities and regions: Evidence from Australia." |
| May 2023, UDC TMU International Conference, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada (invited), presented: "TMU Global Management." |
| March 2023, Academy of International Business (AIB)–Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter, Sao Paulo, Brazil (peer-reviewed): presented by co-author Henrique Correa da Cunha, "Geopolitical Risk and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Spillovers and Contagion." |
| December 2022, Academy of International Business (AIB)–Middle East and North Africa Chapter, Dubai, UAE (peer-reviewed): presented by co-author Arathiga Sabaratnam, "The effect of board gender diversity on environmental performance during COVID: the moderating effects of culture." |
| October 2022, Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) Conference (virtual) (peer-reviewed): presented "The effect of board gender diversity on environmental performance during COVID: The moderating effects of culture." |
| October 2022, TRSM Research Seminar, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada (invited): presented "Board gender diversity, government subsidy and sustainability: Evidence from green vehicle sales in China." |
| May 2022, Canadian Economic Association Conference Annual Meeting (CEA), (virtual) (peer-reviewed): presented "Do geopolitical risks impact trade patterns in Latin America?" |
| November 2021, Civic LabTo Academic Summit, Toronto, Canada (virtual) (invited): presented "Labour market and COVID-19." |
| August 2021, World Finance Conference (virtual) (peer-reviewed): (a) presented "China's geopolitical risk and international financial Markets: Evidence from Canada;" (b) discussant: Does firm-level productivity predict stock market? Authors: Iwatsubo, K., Hiroki, T., Watkins, C. (c) chaired session on Financial Crises. |
| February 2021, 2021 Pacific Rim Real Estate (PRRES) Conference Australia (virtual) (peer-reviewed): presented "Do birds of the same feather flock together? The cultural geography of global housing price interaction." |
| May 2021, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting (virtual) (peer-reviewed): presented "China's geopolitical risk and international financial markets: Evidence from Canada." |
| February 2021, Ryerson City Building Institute Webinar (virtual) (invited): presented "Housing affordability and immigrant groups in Canada." |
| January 2021, (invited) Panellist for Breaking Down International Borders: United Nations Panel, Ryerson Global Management Student Society, Ted Rogers School of Management. |
| July 2020, Academy of International Business (AIB) Annual Meeting (virtual) (peer-reviewed): presented "The China syndrome: Does China's geopolitical risk rattle Canada?" |
| May 2020, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting (paper accepted but conference cancelled due to COVID-19): "The China syndrome: Does China's geopolitical risk rattle Canadian stock markets?" |
| December 2020, Finance Seminar, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (virtual) (invited): presented "Do birds of the same feather flock together? The cultural geography of global housing price interaction." |
| November 2020, USMCA Panel, RGMG. Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada (virtual) (invited): presented "Asia perspective on USMCA trade deal." |
| January 2020, TRSM Research Seminar, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada (invited): presented "The China syndrome: Does China's geopolitical risk rattle Canada?" |
| May 2019, Academy of International Business (AIB) Canada Meeting, Toronto, Canada, JIBS PWD (peer-reviewed): presented "Chinese SOEs: Buying up the world or building corporate empires?" |
| December 2019, World Finance and Banking Symposium, New Delhi, India (peer-reviewed): presented (a) "The dynamics of price interaction among culture blocs in the global housing market;" (b) "Effectiveness of interventions during financial market crises in China: The role of global market integration." |
| 2018, 44th Annual Conference Eastern Economics Association, Boston, USA (peer-reviewed) presented: "Global and regional linkages across market cycles: Evidence from partial correlations in a network framework" and "Does integration make interventions during market crisis less effective? Evidence from China and Russia." |
| 2017, 6th Annual CIRANO Sam M. Walton College of Business Workshop on Networks in Trade and Finance, Montreal, Canada, (peer-reviewed): presented "Global and regional linkages across market cycles: Evidence from partial correlations in a network framework." |
| 2017, FPP Research Seminar, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (invited): presented "Does integration make Interventions during market crisis less effective? Evidence from China and Russia." |
| 2015, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Stock market linkages and government intervention." |
| 2014, ECR-HDR Seminar 1, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (invited): presented "Stock market integration – A regional analysis." |
| 2014, ECR-HDR Seminar 2, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia (invited): presented "The impact of cultural distances on stock market integration: A regional analysis." |
| 2014, Joint Econometric Society Australasian and Australian Conference of Economists Meeting, Hobart, Australia (peer-reviewed): presented "Stock market integration – a regional analysis." |
| 2014, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "The impact of cultural distances on stock market integration: A regional analysis." |
| 2013, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, HEC, Montreal, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Integration of financial markets in emerging markets post-2008." |
| 2009, The PEI Media Active Portfolio Management Forum, New York, USA (invited): presented "Strategies for secondaries market participants." |
| 2006 and 2005, Canadian International Auto Show, Toronto, Canada (invited): presented "State of the Canadian retail automobile sector." |
| 2004, Statistics Canada Economic Conference – Emerging challenges, new insights on the economy and society, Ottawa, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Economic contributions of culture in Canada." |
| 2004, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Determinants of culture volunteers in Canada." |
| 2003, Statistics Canada Economic Conference – Canada in the North American Context, Ottawa, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented: "International trade in environmental goods and services: Canada-US comparison." |
| 2003, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada: chaired a session on "Labour Supply" and served as a discussant. |
| 2002, Statistics Canada Economic Conference, Ottawa, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented: "Information highway in rural Canada." |
| 2002, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Information highway in rural Canada." |
| 2001, National Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Income inequality in rural Canada." |
| 2001, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (peer-reviewed): presented "Third-order translog demand system using Canadian micro-data." |