SFU Business assistant professor, Rekha Krishnan, has co-authored the most outstanding management research paper published in 2009 in the Canadian Journal of Administration Sciences. Krishnan has received the magazine’s 2009 Verity Award for excellence in management research. Her paper Conform or Rebel: When Does Keeping to the Rules Enhance Firm Performance? was published last summer. Krishnan’s research focuses on international alliance performance. She is particularly interested in the more subtle issues that can affect alliance performance.