 | EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending Oct. 8, 2010. The Vancouver Sun also told readers how the B.C. Liberals “plan to sell the (HST) tax with a ‘lunchroom’ PR campaign rather than a slick TV advertising blitz.” SFU marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was in the story: “Taxpayers love to hear how you are going to cut back the overall cost of the burden of government. So I certainly would be focusing more » Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsBusiness prof teaches sustainable practicesOct 05, 2010Stephanie Bertels teaches her students to go the extra mile when it comes to integrating sustainability into business practices. An assistant professor of business, Bertels is teaching two undergraduate courses—Sustainable Innovation (BUS453) next spring and Managing for Sustainability (BUS489) next summer—along with an MBA class in sustainability. “There’s more and more happening at the business school related to sustainability,” she says. “Our students have told us this is a priority and we are responding by more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsAmbush marketing research wins best paper prizeOct 01, 2010Research from SFU Business professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent on the implications of ambush marketing at global-scale sporting events has garnered a notable award from the journal Business Horizons. Entitled “Event Sponsorship and Ambush Marketing: Lessons from the Beijing Olympics,” the research has won the Business Horizons/Elsevier Publishing Prize for the journal’s “Best Article” published in 2010. The article was co-written with Pierre Berthon of Bentley University in Boston, and Peter Steyn of Sweden’s more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsCounting in Qualitative Research: Why to Conduct it, When to Avoid it, and When to Closet it David R. Hannah and Brenda A. Lautsch of SFU Business discuss their recent research with the Sage Management Ink Blog. Their article — entitled “Counting in Qualitative Research: Why to Conduct it, When to Avoid it, and When to Closet it” — was recently published in the Journal of Management Inquiry‘s OnlineFirst. by Cynthia Nalevanko, Editor, Management INK Who is more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIn the spirit of the commencement of the National Hockey League season, SFU Business professor Lindsay Meredith recently discussed the economics of the sport with Maclean’s magazine and the Vancouver Province. According to the Province, one operation riding the coattails of the Vancouver Canucks hockey franchise is Vancouver’s city hall. SFU’s Meredith pointed out that “with the mania for hockey in Vancouver, you get city hotel business up, you get better sales in restaurants, pay more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending Sept. 17, 2010. Lindsay Meredith Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was in a Province story on the economic impact of the Vancouver Canucks NHL franchise. “You get city hotel business up, you get better sales in restaurants, pay parking—(and) all of that stuff is spinoffs the city can get their hands on through property tax.” As well: “You can understand Rogers dropping millions of dollars to get more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending Sept. 10, 2010. National and World News Gary Mauser, professor emeritus with SFU’s Faculty of Business Administration, had his letter to the editor regarding the long-gun registry published in The Kamloops Daily News. He cited two interesting points from a recent RCMP report about the Canadian Firearms Program. “First, the report clearly states that its primary focus is on ordinary citizens who own firearms more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe September issue of Report on Business Magazine, published by the Globe and Mail, features a 2-page feature on the entrepreneurial environment that exists at SFU Business. Entitled “Where Ideas Grow,” the story includes an interview with school Dean Daniel Shapiro and Robert Adamson, Director of SFU’s Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies. As well, it includes profiles on emerging companies from the business school, such as MetroLyrics, Saltworks, Layerboom and Pacifica Partners. more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsFarmer rips page from corporate strategy handbook Bill Vanderkooi has applied the principles of vertical integration as he aggressively expands the family business David Ebner Abbotsford, B.C. — From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 7:06PM EDT When Bill Vanderkooi arrived home to the family farm in 1993, with a master’s degree in animal science from Michigan State University, he saw a bounty of opportunity. It was already in his blood. Mr. more » Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsNew classroom-inspired research focused on organizational reshuffling from the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University is garnering significant international attention, thanks to its publication in the August edition of the Wall Street Journal’s Executive Adviser. Gervase Bushe, the lead researcher and a professor of leadership and organizational development at SFU Business (pictured right), looked at how to enable the success of “fluid teams” – those workplace teams that are subject to a higher more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBy Peter M. Tingling and Michael J. Brydon Many managers think they’ve committed their organizations to evidence-based decision making — but have instead, without realizing it, committed to decision-based evidence making. Is that all bad? What can be done to fix it? In recent years, much has been written about evidence-based- or fact-based- decision making. The core idea is that decisions supported by hard facts and sound analysis are likely to be better than decisions made more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIt’s possible to run a profitable business in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world where users can socialize with each other through avatars. That’s the conclusion of a Simon Fraser University case study. 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 an award from the Academy of Marketing for their investigation of Second Life’s business and marketing practices. more » Read More... |
 | 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 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 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 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... |
| 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... |
 | 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... |
 | 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 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... |
| 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 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 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |