PhD (University of Strathclyde), MBA (Dalhousie University), BEd (University of New Brunswick)

Neil Maltby is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business in the Department of Management at StFX University.  His teaching and research interests focus on small business & start-ups, growth and internationalization. He teaches Entrepreneurship, New Venture Development, Entrepreneurial Finance and International Business, and has offered courses in International Business at South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China and Changzhou University, Changzhou, China.

In partnership with the StFX Discoverbox, the Faculty of Education and the entrepreneurship society Enactus, Neil leads the entrepreneurial ecosystem at StFX University. This involves supporting students and new venture development, launches, and fundraising. Over the last ten years Neil has organized over forty student pitch events, mentored summer entrepreneurial internships, supported students in regional pitch competitions, and supported ongoing ventures of graduates. Neil is the co-Founder of Impact X, a summit on entrepreneurship and social impact https://impactxsummit.ca/.

His research focus involves start-ups, growth & internationalization. Neil’s recent research includes;

• Maltby, Neil, Morrison, Bobbi. (2024) “Keepsie Kits: Growing a Sustainable Travel Products Company” Ivey Business School Publishing W38837
• Maltby, Neil, Delorey, Randy (2024) “Greg Linton and Tightline Anchor inc. – Managing growth” Ivey Business School Publishing W37573
• Maltby, Neil, Whyte, Spencer, Campbell, Johanna (2024) “Chop Value: Growing a Circular Franchise One Chopstick at a Time” Ivey Business School Publishing W37826
• Maltby, Neil (2024) “MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co: Building a Farm-Based Brewery?”, Ivey Business School Publishing: W37041. Includes assistance from Carter Martin and John Garron
• Fraser, Jane and Maltby, Neil (2023) “GRID: Disrupting the real estate industry with blockchain”, Ivey Business School Publishing W34625
• Maltby, Neil, with assistance from Dwayne Mortimer, Duncan Pernal, Travis Radtke and Alexander Weaver (2020): “Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company: Crafting International Opportunities” Ivey Business School Publishing: 9B20M109
• Maltby, Neil. (2020) “Corporate Governance, the Craft Brew Alliance Inc and A-B” in “New developments in the beer industry: The role of institutions and governance” Editors Erik Madsen, Jens Gammelgaard and Bersant Hobdari, Oxford University Press
• Maltby, Neil, MacIsaac, Mark, Alex, Jennifer (2020): “Performance and Strategy of North American Small Cap Brewers” in The Geography of Beer Regions, Environment and Societies Editors Mark W. Patterson and Nancy Hoalst Pullen, Springer Publishing

Neil led three international exchange programs for students to China and Cuba, and served as the Schwartz International Exchange Faculty Advisor for 15 years. A proponent of engaging pedagogy, Neil led the implementation of business simulations, three international academic mobility consortia, classroom response systems, an online stock market simulation, and is the co-founder of the Annual Global Issues Forum.