 | Beedie School of Business NewsAhmed Medina, who completed the Management of Technology MBA at Simon Fraser University in 2007, has been selected as a winner in the BC Innovation Council’s Entrepreneurship @ Wavefront competition for wireless concepts. His company, Revonet Consulting, underscores the growing innovation in the wireless sector in British Columbia in recent years. Medina’s business model, which revolves around a scheduling tool for smart phones, was conceived in the Marketing/Finance course that he took during the technology-geared more » Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business researchers’ investigation of Second Life wins international marketing awardAug 03, 2010An in-depth investigation of business and marketing practices on Second Life by researchers from Simon Fraser University has won a prestigious award from the Academy of Marketing. SFU Business professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent and PhD students Anjali Bal (SFU Business) and Wade Halvorson (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden) have won the Pearson Education Prize for best case study paper at the July 2010 Academy of Marketing Conference in Coventry, England. The conference is more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business Newsby Jonathon Narvey, Special to SFU Business How does a business idea go from start-up to long-term success? The New Venture BC seminar series, hosted at Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business, gives a crash-course in entrepreneurship to the British Columbia business community at large – as well as to SFU Business students and alumni. SFU Business was a founding sponsor for NVBC, establishing it in 2000 to help encourage entrepreneurship in B.C.’s more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBusiness in Vancouver profiles SFU Business alumnus Charles Chang, CEO of Sequel Natural FoodsJul 27, 2010Growing functional-food demand yielding healthy bottom lines for local companies Port Coquitlam’s Sequel Naturals posting steady 50% annual revenue increase By Glen Korstrom Stricter government regulation of natural health products is about the only thing likely to keep Port Coquitlam-based Sequel Naturals from continuing its 50% annual growth rate. CEO Charles Chang expects revenue to top $21 million for the year that will end July 31. That compares with $14 million last year. “We want more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 16Jul 21, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 16, 2010. BC News Lindsay Meredith, marketing prof in SFU Business, was on CBC-TV talking about BC Ferries treatment of a customer whose assured boarding card expired with $731 credit still on it. BC Ferries refused to extend her card, and told her she should have read the fine print on the card and on the BC Ferries website. “Not a particularly bright more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsStudents bring soccer to the kidsJul 15, 2010Some local Simon Fraser University business students are keeping the World Cup soccer fever alive. The students are offering low-income children an opportunity to experience the game with a one-day camp. “A few friends and I are organizing a community event called Beyond the Game,” said Tony Jing. “We are part of a project management course at SFU that requires us to host a community project. “Since all of us were concerned about the lack more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsJoyent acquires SFU Venture Connection participantJul 15, 2010Howie Wu may still be working towards graduation but the Simon Fraser University executive MBA student’s start-up venture, Layerboom Systems Inc., has already made the grade. Joyent, Inc., a San Francisco-based international inventor of integrated smart technologies, has acquired Layerboom, making it SFU Venture Connection’s first protege to be acquired. Layerboom helps companies build and sell virtual private server ‘clouds’. Cloud computing refers to the new ability to shift physical technology infrastructure to a remote more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU pet project fundraises for pit bull shelterJul 14, 2010Project4Pets, a class project undertaken by five Simon Fraser University business students, will get tongues and tails wagging on July 18 from noon to 5 p.m. Fourth year students Whitney Law, Michael Liang and Lynzee Bewcyk and third year students Reza Andalib and Kelly Pang are mounting Talented Tails. It’s a pet talent show in East Vancouver to raise money for HugABull. The seven-year-old Vancouver-based non-profit rescue and advocacy group has resettled more than 400 more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe U.S. State Dept and the Fulbright Program have awarded Ian P. McCarthy, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology & Operations Management, a grant to study university research parks, incubators, and the associated technology transfer programs run by the Genesis Institute, BIO-RIO and the Technology Park of Rio de Janeiro. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 9Jul 12, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 9, 2010. National and World News Marketing guru Lindsay Meredith of SFU Business was in a national Canadian Press story on the renaming of GM Place in Vancouver as Rogers Arena. He was also on the Early Edition show on CBC Radio and the Bill Good show on CKNW, saying it’s a savvy marketing move that will better position eastern-based Rogers in the more » Read More... |
 | EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 2Jul 12, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 2, 2010. National and World News The Canadian Press quoted marketing prof Lindsay Meredith in a national story on the impact of the new HST on homebuyers and landlords. It noted he was one of many who poured funds into renovating his home before the tax took effect. “‘I suspect you’re going to see lethargy in the market for probably a good chunk more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business alumni from the school’s Management of Technology MBA program have been profiled extensively in an upcoming book by business author and venture capitalist Andrew Heintzman, “The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Green Economy for the Future.” The subject of the profile, Saltworks Technologies, is a Canadian cleantech company focused on providing sustainable cost effective solutions for desalination and brine treatment. According to Heintzman, “this little company tucked away in the docklands of Vancouver may just more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsDavid Thomas appointed to Area Editorship with Journal of International Business StudiesJul 08, 2010David C. Thomas, Professor of International Management at SFU Business, has been appointed as Area Editor for Cross-Cultural Management with the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). JIBS is the world’s top-rated journal in the field of international business, and consistently ranks highly in the Financial Times’ list of top 40 business journals. Thomas’ editorial term commenced on July 1, and will last for three and a half years. His Cross-Cultural Management area scope will more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsPaper co-authored by David C. Thomas and Mila Lazarova named 2010 Carolyn Dexter Award winnerJul 05, 2010The Academy of Management recently announced that a paper co-authored by SFU Business professors David C. Thomas and Mila Lazarova has been selected as the Carolyn Dexter Award Winner for 2010. The Carolyn Dexter Award is an all-Academy award given to the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy as defined by the International Theme Committee. Their paper, “Scientific Mindfulness: A Foundation for Future Themes in International Business,” proposes scientific mindfulness as more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 18Jun 22, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 18, 2010. World Cup Soccer The Globe and Mail quoted SFU Business prof Leyland Pitt in a story about an ambush-marketing stunt at a FIFA World Cup soccer game. More than 30 women stripped down to orange mini-dresses—in a promotion for orange-themed Dutch brewery Bavaria NV. Said Pitt: “I can see lots of [particularly Dutch] fans seeing this as a victory of the more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsWorld Cup ambush marketing research by professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent profiled in Globe and MailJun 17, 2010Dutch mini-skirt marketers 1, South African police 0 Simon Houpt, Globe and Mail June 17, 2010 n a popular ad for ESPN’s coverage of this year’s World Cup, the U2 front man Bono declares the tournament is, “not about communism, socialism, or capitalism.” But a savvy marketing stunt unfolding this week in Johannesburg illustrates how the World Cup is as much about the contemporary mechanics of capitalism – a tasty brew of big money, sex, more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsGrades alone not enough to get into SFU business school By Tracy Sherlock, Vancouver Sun June 10, 2010 To combat sky-high admission requirements, Simon Fraser University’s school of business is changing its application process to take into account extracurricular activities. A 92-per-cent high school average is needed to get into the popular program, but that’s about to change. As of next year, all students will be selected based on “broad-based” admission requirements. “When our admission more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 11Jun 14, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 11, 2010. BC News Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was on CKNW, discussing at length the public-relations fallout and the political impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster: “The longer you go without solving the problem, the more difficult it gets to make your point stick that you are indeed a worthwhile corporate organization and the more difficult it gets to keep the more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business congratulates the newest group of CA students to successfully complete one of the most challenging professional examinations in the world – the CA profession’s Uniform Evaluation (UFE). Out of 1037 CA School of Business (CASB) students who successfully challenged the uniform evaluation (UFE), three of the top 12 are graduates from Simon Fraser University. Sumeet Sangha “Growing up, my career choices were all over the place,” says Sumeet Sangha. “I never saw myself as more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business alumnus William (Bill) Rowe, who graduated from the Executive MBA program and was a longtime supporter and friend of Simon Fraser University, passed away on May 28, 2010. A Celebration of Life will be held in his honour on June 9 from 2-4pm at Villa Amato, 88 East 1st Ave., in Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Union Gospel Mission or the Heart and Stroke Foundation may be made in Bill’s more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 4Jun 07, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 4, 2010. BC News The Vancouver Sun reported a dip in real estate prices and sales in the Fraser Valley. “Andrey Pavlov, a business professor at Simon Fraser University, said this spring’s slowdown in the Fraser Valley has not been particularly startling considering . . . developers (last year) stopped building new homes and possible vendors of existing homes became reluctant to sell just more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsAccelerating Social Innovation highlights faculty research and industry impact from SFU BusinessJun 07, 2010The Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University has produced Accelerating Social Innovation, an externally-focused booklet that provides research and analysis from SFU Business researchers – in the realm of sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and business ethics. Produced as part of SFU Business’ sponsorship of the Business in Vancouver Colour Series (Green edition: Sustainability), held this year at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Accelerating Social Innovation offers insights into a number more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsStudy Tracks Role of Wealth in NHL InnovationJun 02, 2010T’is the season of assessment for most National Hockey League teams now that only two are vying for the Stanley Cup, but a new study finds that spending more money on innovation may not be the best improvement strategy. “Wealth can play a role but there is no conclusive evidence that it is the prime driver of innovation,” says SFU business professor Peter Tingling, co-author of Feast or Famine: Does Wealth Help or Hinder Innovation more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsLeyland Pitt, Professor of Marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, has been appointed as the Dennis F. Culver EMBA Alumni Professor. Dennis Culver, who passed away on February 7, 2010, graduated from the first class of Executive MBAs at SFU, where he forged an enduring relationship with the institution. The EMBA alumni endowment – a fund Culver helped establish – created the EMBA professorship for which he is named. “Leyland more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsAt this free event, learn about business school first-hand from admissions officers and MBA alumni! A panel of experts will cover insider tips on the application process and discuss business career opportunities. The event will include a business school fair with representation from Vancouver-area and national business schools. Date: Thursday, July 8th Location: Segal Graduate School of Business – 500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC Event Agenda 5:30pm – 6:30pm – MBA Program Fair and Networking more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – May 28May 31, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending May 28, 2010. National and World News The Canadian Press reported on a study from SFU Business prof Peter Tingling that found rich NHL clubs don’t necessarily draft better. “The conclusions of Tingling and co-researcher Kamal Masri aren’t going to make NHL scouts happy. They conclude being able to spend a lot of money on scouting doesn’t make a team more successful at the more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business student Jordan Marr is this year’s winner of the “Best Cash Budget” competition, part of the Bus653 Managerial Accounting course in the Segal Graduate School’s Executive MBA program. The course is one of two at SFU Business allowing selected EMBA potential and recent graduates to partake in the CMA Executive Student Program. Marr, who will earn his EMBA this term, is no stranger to success in accounting. When taking the accounting component of more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSeventeen exceptional Canadians have been selected as the 2010/2011 Action Canada Fellows. They include SFU Business alumnus Terry Beech as well a physicist, a neuroscientist, a nurse and a First Nations management consultant. Selected to join Action Canada’s prestigious 11-month leadership development and public policy program, the 17 new Fellows will attend six working conferences across Canada, work on public policy projects and learn from mentors who are current leaders in government, business, academia and more » Read More... |
 | EQUISBusiness Ethics Pioneer HonouredMay 25, 2010From SFU News Online. While most people tend to shy away from ethical dilemmas, Mark Wexler has spent 30 years seeking them out. The Segal Graduate School of Business professor pioneered teaching ethics at SFU in one of Canada’s first MBA ethics programs. That, and a lifetime commitment to applying scholarly work to practical problems and engaging the public in dialogue about ethics earned him the Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award in April from the more » Read More... |
| EQUISCongratulations to the following members of the SFU Business Faculty on their successful grant applications. NSERC Discovery Grant: Andrew Gemino (User-centred Design of Requirements Engineering Techniques) SSHRC Standard Research Grants: Evan Gatev (The Impact of Pension Fund Governance on Investment Performance and Risk Management) Eric Gedajlovic (The Effects of Top-Management Social Capital on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Internationalization in Developing Economies) Nilesh Saraf (Firm-Performance Impacts of IT Implementation and IT Capabilities) David C. Thomas (Bi-cultural Individuals more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – May 21May 25, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending May 21, 2010. BC News Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was quoted by The Vancouver Sun in a story about Tiger Woods’ rejection of a $100-million sponsorship deal from an online gambling company that offered to leave him free to be “bad”. Meredith called the proposal “bogus”, and from a company that was simply trying to drum up publicity for itself. He said there’s still more » Read More... |
| EQUISFirst Nations and Business Leaders Trade Places to Undo Stereotypes and Discover Common GroundMay 25, 2010Working with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), SFU’s Learning Strategies Group helped to put together a leadership exchange where four B.C. CEOs and four First Nations chiefs were paired up, and each leader spent a few days at his or her partner’s workplace. To read the complete article, click here. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsVancouver— A leading figure in the fight for financial regulation reform in the United States made his case for sweeping changes to an audience of pension funds managers, institutional investors and business academics at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver yesterday. Damon Silvers, the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), argued for broad U.S. legislative introductions in the wake of the global financial crisis more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe 2010 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity is issuing a call for nominations for the Corporate Diversity Award. Nominations are open to all companies with operations in British Columbia, and recognizes one that excels in the area of diversity. Nominees will be measured against the attached Nomination Criteria by the Awards Selection Committee, appointed by the University. Nominees are encouraged to provide examples of their accomplishments for each of the Objectives listed more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University has produced Redefining Profitability, an externally-focused booklet that provides research and industry impact highlights from SFU Business researchers. Produced as part of SFU Business’ sponsorship of the Business in Vancouver Colour Series (Black edition: Profitablity), Redefining Profitability offers insights into a number of globally relevant finance and management issues – from banks in crisis, to Canada’s capital markets, to the relationship between profitability and the triple more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business professor Leyland Pitt wins American Marketing Association Innovation in Education Marketing prizeMay 10, 2010Leyland Pitt, Professor of Marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, has been awarded the 2010 Pearson Prentice Hall Solomon-Marshall-Stuart Award for Innovative Excellence in Marketing Education. The teaching prize is given annually by the American Marketing Association (AMA). Pitt won for his marketing classroom proposal entitled “Case Teaching in the Age of Technological Sophistication.” The competition was open to full-time marketing educators who are also members of the AMA, and more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSingapore— An undergraduate team from SFU Business has garnered a top prize at one of Asia’s most prestigious business school competitions. The SFU team – consisting of students Awin Ye, Matt Baril and William Trudeau – was awarded “Most Innovative Solution” at the Apex Global 2010 Case Competition, held last week in Singapore. APEX Global is an annual international undergraduate business IT case competition hosted by Singapore Management University. A total of 24 teams from more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsWorking with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), SFU’s Learning Strategies Group helped to put together a leadership exchange where four B.C. CEOs and four First Nations chiefs were paired up, and each leader spent a few days at his or her partner’s workplace. To read the complete BC Business article, click here. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsPresented by SFU CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management and the Shareholder Association for Research & Education Join presenters: Damon Silvers Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO and Edward Waitzer Jarislowsky-Dimma-Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at the Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School and Senior Partner at Stikeman Elliott LLP With Moderator Robert Adamson SFU CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management For a discussion on more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBjorn Stigson, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, to visit SFU Business on May 10May 03, 2010The China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Project Presents BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – THE GREEN RACE IS ON BJORN STIGSON President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Geneva MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Room 1300, SFU Segal Graduate School of Business 500 Granville Street, Vancouver The WBCSD is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 international corporations committed to providing business leadership as a catalyst more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – April 23Apr 27, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending April 23, 2010. BC News Two SFU profs were quoted in a story on the news-and-commentary website of TheTyee.ca. It wondered why BC Hydro had paid for a Vancouver hotel room for Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom during the 2010 Winter Olympics—then billed his ministry after TheTyee asked about it. “The general rule would be that if the minister was performing business on behalf of more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsTom Lawrence, associate professor in management and organization studies and the Weyerhaeuser Professor of Change Management at SFU Business, is the 2010 recipient of the Greif Research Impact Award. The Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California has selected Lawrence’s 2004 Academy of Management Journal article, entitled “Institutional entrepreneurship in emerging fields: HIV/AIDS treatment advocacy in Canada,” in recognition of its scholarly impact. Launched in 2007, the annual award recognizes an more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsLeyland Pitt and Michael Parent for the Financial Post: Ambush marketing hurt Adidas brandApr 20, 2010When Wayne Gretzky lit the Olympic torch at this year’s Winter Games in Vancouver, organizers didn’t take any fashion chances. Canada’s hockey hero was adorned in gear from an Olympics official sponsor, the Hudson’s Bay Company. Organizers had reason to be diligent with the clothing showcased at the torch lighting — arguably the most impactful and symbolic moment of the Games. Because less than two years earlier, a Summer Olympics sponsor — Adidas — was more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – April 16Apr 16, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending April 16, 2010. BC News Business in Vancouver carried a full-page story on how Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal business celebrated a leadership exchange program aimed at reconciling decades of mistrust between industry and First Nations. “In partnership with Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Segal Graduate School of Business, the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB) placed six corporate executives and aboriginal leaders in each other’s seats more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIndustry Executives and First Nations chiefs switch seats to improve inter‐cultural understanding. By Joel McKay Aboriginal and business leaders gathered in downtown Vancouver recently to celebrate a leadership exchange program aimed at reconciling decades of mistrust between industry and First Nations. In partnership with Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Segal Graduate School of Business, the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB) placed six corporate executives and Aboriginal leaders in each other’s seats for several days last more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsRekha Krishnan Receives the 2009 Verity Award for “Overall Outstanding Paper in Management”Apr 12, 2010Rekha Krishnan, Assistant Professor of International Business at SFU Business, has been selected to receive the 2009 Verity Award for excellence in research in the management field. Her award-winning paper, co-authored with Alex Eapen, is entitled “Conform or Rebel: When Does Keeping to the Rules Enhance Firm Performance?” It was published in the June 2009 issue of Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS). The Verity International Award for Overall Outstanding Paper in Management is given more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBusiness Undergrads Clean UpApr 12, 2010A team of SFU undergraduate business students won the BC Clean Ventures competition last month at UBC. The competition is the first and only event of its kind in Canada, at which participants solve real-world clean-technology issues by developing green-business venture ideas, presenting them to teams of investors and negotiating financing. The SFU Business team of finance and accounting students—Jamie MacDonald, Kevin Nguyen, Jeremy Poon and Kevin Wang—beat out 34 other teams comprised of 132 more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsEmergency-response software tools, sustainable transportation programs, portable power devices—the range of business ideas ran the gamut as Management of Technology MBA students pulled out all the stops this semester to take their business ideas from inception to market introduction. Among their ventures: Quake Aware: An earthquake-preparedness website and iPhone application developed by Richmond students who recognize the earthquake disaster risks facing their community, which sits at or under sea level. Their product was inspired by more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSchools from across North America, Europe and Asia converged upon SFU Business from March 31 to April 3 for CaseIT 2010, an annual international undergraduate case competition with a strong MIS focus designed to find the best and brightest in case analysis.. Hosted at Simon Fraser University, the CaseIt event is entirely student-run, and takes up to a year to plan. Students work diligently over three semesters to secure corporate sponsorship, invite visiting schools, and more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsAn SFU professor who has devoted his career to helping others deal with thorny ethical dilemmas, a UBC professor who developed an innovative therapy to assist people with schizophrenia, and a UNBC professor who is a tireless educator, researcher, and advocate for improving health outcomes of Aboriginal peoples receive this year’s CUFA BC Distinguished Academics Awards. SFU’s Professor Mark N. Wexler received the Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award for his 30 years of applying his more » Read More... |