 | Beedie School of Business NewsStudents Create Earthquake iPhone AppApr 08, 2010What should you do if an earthquake hits? Consult your iPhone. An “earthquake-friendly” iPhone application developed by six Simon Fraser University Management of Technology MBA students is now available free online through the Apple iTunes store. QuakeAware is the first and only iPhone application that focuses on what to do in the event of an earthquake. “Our team was challenged with developing a product or service that benefits our community through inov8.ca, SFU’s social innovation more » Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsFrom the Vancouver Board of Trade ‘Sounding Board’ article by Patricia Battistel: The Chief Information Officer (CIO) profession is one of the most critical in business and industry today. With so many outcomes and so many dollars hinging on CIO decisions, it is essential that CIOs have leadership skills beyond the effective deployment of technologies. The first graduates of an IT leadership certificate program jointly offered by the Learning Strategies Group of Simon Fraser University’s more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – April 2Apr 06, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending April 2, 2010. Read More... |
 | EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – March 26Mar 29, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending March 26, 2010. National & World News A National Post story on corporate social responsibility quoted John Peloza of SFU Business: “’The bottom line for why companies should do it is because it makes financial sense,’” Prof. Peloza says, noting there is a small positive correlation between corporate responsibility and profits. For this to work, he says the company needs to strike a balance more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsDaniel Shapiro, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, was part of a United Nations-assembled global collective of academics and policymakers intent on setting a revitalized agenda for research and policy in the realm of foreign investment last week. The first UNCTAD Symposium on International Investment for Development, held in Geneva from March 15 to 16, has been established at a time when global capital flows and their relationship to economic more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsStudents from SFU Business’s Management of Technology MBA program showcased an impressive and progressive range of community-focused, technology-grounded products this week – from sustainable transportation programs to emergency response tools, and from portable power devices to sports and health software applications. The presentations were part of the MOT 774 business course, which requires students to take business ideas from inception to market introduction. The products presented included: Quake Aware: An earthquake-preparedness website and iPhone application more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – March 19Mar 19, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending March 19, 2010. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBy Marianne Meadahl, SFU News Online For Matt Hallat, chasing a dream is all downhill now. Hallat, a member of the 2010 Canadian Para-Alpine ski team, has spent four years on the slopes gearing up for a big week of competition at this month’s Paralympic games at Whistler. The Squamish resident took a hiatus from his SFU Business studies to focus solely on training. He hopes to resume his classes in the fall with some more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – March 12Mar 17, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending March 12, 2010. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – March 5Mar 08, 2010How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending March 5, 2010. Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Beginnings, by Dennis CulverMar 05, 2010The following article was written by SFU Business alumnus and supporter Dennis Culver, who passed away on February 10, 2010. We republish it here because it speaks to his love of writing and detail, and his special relationship with SFU Business. It also tells a unique and worthwhile story about Canada’s first EMBA program. — SFU Beginnings by Dennis Culver In 1967, Eleanor and I made our second trans-continental journey from our North Vancouver residence more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business remembers Dennis Culver, 1923-2010Mar 05, 2010Longtime SFU Business alumnus, supporter and friend Dennis Culver passed away on February 7, 2010. His family is holding a public memorial for him at the Segal Room at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver on March 26 at 1 pm. Dennis Culver, 1923 – 2010: A Legacy of Devotion to Community and Higher Education It’s difficult to do justice with words to the unique and enduring legacy that an individual like more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending February 26, 2010. Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending February 19, 2010. Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending February 11, 2010. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsOn the eve of Vancouver’s Winter Olympic Games, a new study from Simon Fraser University shows that the persistent effectiveness of ambush marketers leaves Olympic sponsors and those of other major sporting events particularly vulnerable – costing them not only their financial investment, but ultimately their customers. Professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent from SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business examined data from the 2008 “Li Ning affair”, which saw Olympic sponsor Adidas ambushed by more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsNew research focused on human resources and organizational behaviour from SFU Business has been recognized with publication in the Academy of Management Review, one of the most prestigious journals in the management field. The occasion is significant in that two SFU Business professors – associate professor Mila Lazarova and assistant professor Andrew Von Nordenflycht, who are part of a vibrant cohort of new scholars – have published separate articles in the journal’s January edition. Lazarova more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsAs the global media descends upon Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, a new initiative conceived in partnership with SFU Business is helping international reporters give their stories about the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood more context, and a stronger sense of that community. Keeping the Door Open Society and SafeGames 2010, which focus on risky behaviours, harm reduction and social justice issues, established the concept of telling the neighbourhood’s story in a responsible way at the more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending February 4, 2010. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsOn January 21, 2010, Simon Fraser University Business co-presented the “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100” awards and summit at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in downtown Vancouver. Colleen Collins, SFU Business Associate Dean, co-presented the Top 100 awards ceremony along with Betsy Gibbons of Korn/Ferry International. A highlight from the summit was a panel discussion that included award winners Christine Day, CEO of Lululemon Athletica, Annalisa King, VP & CFO of Best more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsA unique, interdisciplinary research conference focused on innovation was held at the Segal Graduate School of Business on January 15, 2010. As part of the “Segal Seminar Series on Organizations, Strategy and Technology” (SSSOST), the event included 35 members of the SFU Business faculty, as well as 12 PhD students from the school. In total, 14 papers were delivered, focused on a broad range of business innovation subjects, from software development to consumer-generated advertising, and more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 29, 2010. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSimon Fraser University’s Faculty of Business Administration has established a new centre that will develop strategies and carry out research related to the changing needs of workforce management. The Centre for Global Workforce Strategy was created in response to a growing need by companies to effectively manage workforce diversity. Ideally situated within the university’s collaborative and multidisciplinary research environment, the centre will draw from the expertise on global workforce management at SFU Business. The centre more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 22, 2010. Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 15, 2010. Read More... |
| EQUISOver the past 20 years organizations have been exposed to more new communications tools and technologies than they have in the previous half-century. This has challenged both managers and scholars to keep abreast of these changes, and to better understand their relevance to effective corporate communications. SFU’s Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent, working with colleagues Pierre Berthon (Bentley University), Peter Steyn (Lulea University of Technology), and Arthur Money (Leeds University consider one such new tool, more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending December 24, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending December 18, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISCanadian Council on Learning’s (CCL) Sharing the Flame project highlights some of Canada’s most promising practices in learning—giving these initiatives the visibility they deserve and helping others to learn from their success. The newest 2008 Sharing the Flame recognizes effective practices in four key areas: aboriginal learning, adult learning, health-related learning, work and learning. In the area of Work and Learning, which recognizes workplace learning programs that promote lifelong learning, facilitate career development and upgrade more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsCMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement will be hosting a Research Dinner on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 6 – 9pm in the Segal Salon Rooms at the Segal Graduate School of Business (500 Granville Street). Details to be announced. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsColin Campbell, Marketing PhD Student at SFU Business, won the award for the best paper on the Brands and Brand Management track of ANZMAC, the Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, recently held in Melbourne, Australia. His paper, co-authored with Hsiu-Yuan Tsao, of Takming University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Mana Farshid, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; and Ronika Chakrabarti, Lancaster University, UK, was entitled “Lemon-Aid: Brand as a Signal for Quality – A more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 27, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISThe Learning Strategies Group (LSG) is developing a strategic partnership with the Executive Foundation Lund (EFL) in Sweden. Just as LSG is responsible for SFU Business’ Executive Education portfolio of programs and services, EFL manages Executive Education at Lund University’s School of Economics and Management. “We see many similarities in our client structure and there are a number of Swedish companies operating in your region”, says Pia Sander, Managing Director for EFL. “SFU Business is more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 20, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Business has become one of the first university business schools in Canada to appoint a sustainability entrepreneur-in-residence. Boyd Cohen, a former SFU Business assistant professor and green entrepreneur, has returned as an adjunct professor to take up the new appointment. Link to Story Read More... |
| EQUISSFU News – November 19, 2009 Canada’s first leadership program to place senior executive officers at meetings on aboriginal reserves and get First Nations chiefs into executive suites kicked off earlier this month. The Leadership Exchange program, created by SFU’s Learning Strategies Group (LSG) in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), is the first to pair aboriginal and non-aboriginal business leaders so that they can experience each other’s work and cultural environments. more » Read More... |
| EQUISVancouver’s physical location on the Pacific Rim leads us to look both east and west; our location in time means we are moving away from a resource-based economy to a knowledge-based one. It’s a period of rapid change in the business world, a period that requires new thinking from sophisticated and innovative managers. SFU’s Faculty of Business Administration is poised to develop these managers while solidifying its position as a conduit between east and west…(download more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 13, 2009. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe Learning Strategies Group, in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), launched the pilot of a unique exchange program that provides Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal senior leaders with the opportunity to learn about each other’s workplaces, social environments, and decision-making processes to help facilitate better business relationships. We are excited to be working with ICAB on this innovative pilot project, it’s a first in Canada and it provides us with a unique opportunity more » Read More... |
| EQUISThe economic slump offers business leaders a chance to more effectively reward talented employees by emphasizing nonfinancial motivators rather than bonuses. A recent McKinsey survey indicates that executives find some nonmonetary rewards motivate employees better than cash bonuses do. In particular, the survey identified that a chance to lead projects and participate in leadership and learning opportunities as top motivators and a powerful ways of inspiring employees to make a strong contribution at a challenging more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 6, 2009. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsProfessor Leyland Pitt Receives Honorary DoctorateNov 09, 2009Professor of Marketing, Leyland Pitt will be receiving an honorary doctorate (PhD Honoris Causa) on November 9th awarded by the Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden. This honour is in recognition of Leyland’s work in the areas of eCommerce and Internet Marketing in general, and specifically for his contributions to the establishment and development of the PhD programs in marketing and eCommerce within the Division of Industrial Marketing, eCommerce and Logistics at the Lulea University more » Read More... |
| ContextSFU Ranked #1 in Maclean’s University RankingsNov 06, 2009Award-winning students and faculty and a significant commitment to research activity and library spending combined to help SFU win top spot for the second year in a row in the 2009 annual Maclean’s ranking of Canada’s comprehensive universities. The comprehensive category includes 11 universities that have a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs and professional degrees as well as significant research activity. The rankings consider a variety of factors, including expenditures on student services, more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business may be the first University business school in Canada to appoint a Sustainability Entrepreneur in Residence. LEED-accredited (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and former SFU Business Assistant Professor – Entrepreneurship, Dr. Boyd Cohen, will occupy this unique position. Dr. Cohen stepped away from the academic tenure track to focus full time on his own sustainable initiative launched in 2008, 3rd Whale Media (www.3rdwhale.com). 3rd Whale Media is the leading provider of mobile more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending October 30, 2009. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsMOT MBA Alumni and Saltworks Technology founders, Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, have been featured in the current issue of The Economist. Past winners of the New Ventures BC Competition, Saltworks Technology addresses the issues of the production of potable water through a desalination process that is designed to be economical, environmentally sensitive and sustainable. This year, Saltworks has completed a solar capture station in the Okanagan for heat capture testing, has partnered with the more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsRBC announced the winner of its RBC Mini Innovation Challenge. For the 2009 competition, the challenge for student proposals was about organizations and social innovation: “Organizations that support Social Innovation and create social good will do better if they can work together but currently mechanisms do not exist that support easy and effective group-to-group collaboration. Suggest innovative ways to allow these organizations to connect and collaborate.” A total of 51 teams registered, with SFU representing more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsStarting with the November 2009 Academy of Marketing Science Quarterly newsletter, PhD candidate in Marketing, Colin Campbell, has started up an interview series with the assistance of AMSQ Editor, Theresa Flaherty. The column is titled “New Minds meet Great Minds” and will pair PhD students in marketing with established marketing academics for each interview. The first installment features Anjali Bal (PhD Marketing, SFU) interviewing Dr. Jagdeish Sheth, the Charles H. Kellstandt Professor of Marketing at more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsLeyland Pitt Awarded Grant to Investigate AppsOct 27, 2009Marketing Professor, Leyland Pitt has received a seed grant from the Advanced Practices Council (APC) of the Society for Information Management to investigate “iApps in U-Space: Developing Customer Service Applications for Smart Phones”, with Iris Junglas, University of Houston. The Advanced Practices Council is a forum for senior IT executives who commission exclusive research and share cross-industry perspectives. This grant is awarded for a proposal that is to be developed into a presentation for an more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIan McCarthy’s Canada Research Chair RenewedOct 26, 2009The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), formally announced 181 Canada Research Chairs newly awarded or renewed in 45 Canadian universities. As part of that announcement, Associate Professor Ian McCarthy’s Canada Research Chair in Technology and Operations Research has been renewed for five years. Read More... |