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Dr. Louis-Etienne Dubois

Associate Chair, Associate Professor
EducationPh.D, Management, HEC Montreal (Montreal, CA); Doctorate, Sciences de la Gestion, MINES ParisTech (Paris, FR); M.Sc, Organizational Development, HEC Montreal (Montreal, CA); BBA, Administration, Concordia University John Molson School of Business (Montreal, CA)

Biography

Dr. Louis-Etienne Dubois is an Associate Professor of creative industries management at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Creative Industries, as well as Associate researcher at MINES ParisTech’s CGS and the National Circus School’s CRITAC. He holds a Ph.D. (Management) and M.Sc. (Organizational Development) from HEC Montréal, as well as a Doctorate (Gestion) from MINES ParisTech. Working closely with both for- and non-profit organizations, his research activities focus on emergent business opportunities and challenges, as well as on innovative management practices in the cultural and creative sector. Some of his recent work has been published in City, Culture and Society (external link) , Work Employment and Society (external link) , New Media and Society (external link) , Current Issues in Tourism (external link) ,  (PDF file) European Management Journal (external link)  and Tourism Review (external link) . Over the years, Dr. Dubois has also consulted with a range of private and public organizations, including in advertising, arts and culture, entertainment, and aerospace, presented at many academic and industry conferences, as well as delivered executive education training. 
 

Public Profiles:

  • Management
  • Live Entertainment
  • Video Games
  • Experiences
  • Innovation
  • Human Capital

Journal Publications

  • Dubois, L. E., Newman, S., & Dimanche, F. (2023). Challenges and opportunities in cultural tourism: Insights from Canada. Routledge Handbook of Trends and Issues in Global Tourism Supply and Demand, 127-137.
  • Dubois, L. E., Bodur, H. O., Anderson, J., Tirtiroglu, D., & Dimanche, F. (2023). Augmenting places: The impact of placemaking on behavioral intentions. City, Culture and Society, 32, 
  • Weststar, J., & Dubois, L. E. (2022). From Crunch to Grind: Adopting Servitization in Project-Based Creative Work. Work, Employment and Society, 
  • Dubois, L. E., & Dimanche, F. (2022). Brighter but not clearer: Entertainment-dependent destinations dealing with long COVID. Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies, 2(1), 26-29.
  • Dong, J., Dubois, L-E and Joppe, M. (2022). How do video games induce us to travel? - Examining the influence of presence and nostalgia on visit intention. Dr Alfio Leotta, Audiovisual Tourism Promotion: A Critical Overview, Palgrave
  • Dubois, L. E., & Dimanche, F. (2021). The futures of entertainment dependent cities in a post-COVID world. Journal of Tourism Futures, 7(3), 364-376.
  • Dubois, L-E & Weststar, J. (2021). Games-as-a-Service: Conflicted identities on the new front line of video game development. New Media and Society.
  • Dubois, L-E, Griffin, T. Gibbs, C., Guttentag, D. (2020). The impact of video games on destination image. Current Issues in Tourism.