Hello and welcome to my academic website!
I am Dr. John McArdle, a Professor of Accounting and Tax in the Bertolon School of Business at Salem State University. I teach courses in taxation, regulation, strategy, and business and human rights. I have also been a Fulbright Scholar in the Republic of Kosovo, and have taught courses and directed grant-funded community-engaged research projects at the University of Calgary.
My research and teaching interests explore how regulatory environments impact business strategy and shape social and firm behavior, particularly in emerging industries. I also write about community-engaged place-based and constructivist pedagogy, and how innovative pedagogical approaches can transform the learning experience for students.
At Salem State I chair our departmental curriculum committee and serve as a faculty director of our university general education curriculum, where I am responsible for assessment work.
Here you'll find information about my research projects, publications, and teaching activities. Recent publications include explorations of these topics in journals such as the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, the Journal of Taxation, the Central European Business Review, and Imagining SoTL.
Journal Publications
Avni H. Alidemaj, Anatolijs Kriviņš, Esat Durguti, John F. McArdle
Central European Business Review, vol. 14(5), 2025, pp. 1-22
Filloreta Kunoviku Demiri, John F. McArdle, Norbert Tschakert, Qazim Tmava, Esat Durguti, Arlinda Sherifi
Multidisciplinary Science Journal, vol. 7(12), 2025
Barriers to scale: the effect of regulations on entrepreneurial strategies in a nascent industry
John F. McArdle, Alice J. de Koning, Arlinda Sherifi
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, vol. 13(4), 2024, pp. 618-647
Disrupting the Traditional Learning Paradigm: Place-Based Learning as Transformational Space
Alice J. de Koning, John F. McArdle, Anjali Choudhary, Maya Saggar
Imagining SoTL, vol. 3(1), 2023, pp. 37-45
Tax-advantaged cost segregation strategies for cannabis businesses
John F McArdle, Douglas Chene, Alice J de Koning
Journal of Taxation, vol. 138(6), 2023
Designing Effective Experiential Curriculum: The Experiential Learning Map
Maya Saggar, John F. McArdle, Alice De Koning, Anjali Choudhary
Imagining SoTL, vol. 3(2), 2023, pp. 40-63
Muhamet J. Spahiu, John F. McArdle, Betim J. Spahiu, Esat Durguti
Central European Business Review, vol. 13(3), 2023
Implementing Regulation in an Emerging Industry: A Multi-Province Perspective
Alice J. de Koning, John F. McArdle
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 55(2), 2021, pp. 362-394
John F. McArdle, Alice J. de Koning
Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, vol. 5(1), 2021, pp. 164-185
Other People’s Money: CSR Goes to the Movies
John F. McArdle, Alice J. de Koning
Management Teaching Review, vol. 7(2), 2020, pp. 193-200
Regional public/private partnerships as entrepreneurial bricolage
John F. McArdle
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy , vol. 2(1), 2018
Entrepreneurial Activity of Small Colleges and Universities: UBIT Liability Issues
John F. McArdle, Douglas G. Chene
Journal of Taxation, vol. 127(6), 2017, pp. 256-265
Street Challenge
Street Challenge is a community-engaged, place-based OER resource that has a robust set of lesson plans, teaching materials, assessment instruments, and tips and suggestions for implementing the pedagogy.
Originally designed to help students in entrepreneurship courses understand the complex sociological ecosystems that infuse communities, Street Challenge has been adapted across multiple disciplines.
The below resource book and its companion website, https://streetchallenge.ca, are freely available for educators who would like to learn more about the pedagogy.