Area of Expertise
Professor Bontis specializes in determining performance heterogeneity in firms due to the effective management of knowledge stocks and flows. His research interests include intellectual capital, knowledge management and organizational learning. He is the Program Director for the World Congress on Intellectual Capital (http://worldcongress.mcmaster.ca). He has conducted research in a variety of settings including the mutual fund and airline industries. He teaches case-based courses in strategic management and provides students with career counselling and independent research workshops.

Professional Activities
Professor Bontis has won national and international acclaim for many of his academic research papers and business management cases. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Capital. His most recent publications appear in the Journal of Management Studies, International Journal of Technology Management, Knowledge and Process Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Management Decision, European Management Journal, International Journal of Management Reviews, Journal of Internet Research, Information & Management, Behavior & Information Technology, and International Journal of Knowledge and Learning. Dr. Bontis has lectured at hundreds of conferences, corporate presentations, seminars and workshops world-wide and was identified by Tom Stewart, former editor of FORTUNE magazine and current editor of Harvard Business Review, as one of the world's real experts in intellectual capital. He brings several years of related work experience with him. He worked in human resources for the Ministry of Employment prior to working as an accountant for KPMG. Before his return to academia, Dr. Bontis worked for several years at CIBC in a variety of areas including marketing, securities analysis, recruitment, strategy and software development. He is currently a member of the Academy of Management, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, KM Professional Society and a variety of international consortium groups and advisory boards. Maclean's, magazine has rated Dr. Bontis as one of McMaster's most popular professors for six years in a row. Professor Bontis was also the first ever faculty member to simultaneously receive: 1) the outstanding undergraduate business school professor award, 2) the outstanding MBA professor award, 3) the President's award of excellence in instruction, and 4) the faculty researcher of the year award!

Education
Ph.D., Strategic Management, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
B.A., (HBA), Honors Business Administration, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario