 | EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 29, 2010. Read More... |
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 | 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... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 27, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 20, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 13, 2009. 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... |
| 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 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... |
 | EQUISBusiness Prof Has One Foot in Oil PatchOct 23, 2009From SFU News Online. By Barry Shell In April 2009, Alberta oil-sands giant Suncor Energy was fined $675,000 for not installing pollution-control equipment at one of its plants near Fort McMurray. But in a gratifying turn for academics, the provincial court applied something new called creative sentencing, which in part resulted in a $315,000 research project for SFU Business assistant professor Stephanie Bertels and colleagues at the University of Calgary. The project will examine the more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending October 16, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISThe British Columbia Human Resources Management Association (BC HRMA) interviews Rick Colbourne, Executive Director of the Learning Strategies Group. Link to the Interview Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – October 9Oct 13, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending October 9, 2009. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe Dean’s DreamSep 30, 2009SFU Business Dean, Daniel Shapiro, was recently interviewed by Business in Vancouver. The interview was published in BIV’s Colour Series – Blue Edition. The issue focuses on how business can use technology and innovation to improve profitability, growth and long-term staying power. “I don’t think to date there has been widespread acceptance or even understanding of how modern technology can be used by leaders to enhance leadership” – Daniel Shapiro, dean of SFU’s faculty of more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending September 25, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Canada Research Chairs Seminar: Dr. Ian McCarthySep 28, 2009SFU Canada Research Chairs Seminar Series at the IRMACS Centre Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009 Time: 11:30 – 12:20 Room: IRMACS Presentation Studio, ASB10900 Speaker: Dr. Ian P. McCarthy, Canada Research Chair in Technology & Operations Management, Segal Graduate School of Business Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending September 17, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISRosalie Tung Speaks On ‘Boundary-less’ CareersSep 14, 2009Ming and Stella Wong Professor of International Business, Dr. Rosalie L. Tung was recently featured in a Vancouver Sun article by Joanne Lee-Young about her presentation on human capital, the knowledge economy and ‘brain circulation’ vs. ‘brain drain/gain’ at the David Lam Centre. Read More... |
| EQUISDavid C. Thomas, prof of international management and director of the new SFU Centre for Global Workforce Strategy, was on BlogTalkRadio.com. He talked about how in a global economy the ability to interact across cultures is a fundamental job requirement for just about everyone. David describes a universal set of techniques and people skills that helps you to adapt quickly to and thrive in any cultural environment. He also addresses the interplay of race and more » Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending September 4, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – August 28Sep 03, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending August 28, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – August 21Sep 03, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending August 21, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – August 14Aug 14, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending August 14, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 31Jul 31, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 31, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 17Jul 24, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 17, 2009. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIt is my pleasure, as Chair of the Teaching Effectiveness Committee, to announce the winners of the 2009 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Awards: Mr. Kamal Masri and Dr. John Peloza. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 3Jul 03, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 3, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 19Jun 22, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 12, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 12Jun 12, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 12, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 4Jun 05, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 4, 2009. National News Business prof Aidan Vining was quoted in a Canwest News Service story saying the federal finance department has flagged several prominent Crown corporations as entities that could (at least in theory) be sold as part of the government’s asset review—including the CBC and VIA Rail. “They’re not the classic privatization candidates, where you sell and walk away—unless, of course, more » Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business Professor David C. Thomas presentation on Cultural Intelligence and CreativityJun 03, 2009When: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Facility: Segal Graduate School of Business Location: 500 Granville St. Vancouver, BC Room #2300 (Rix Boardroom on the 2nd floor) Ticket(s): Guests, $8.00; Associate Members, $5.00; Members, $0.00 Location is Wheelchair Accessible Light refreshments will be served. Read More... |
| EQUISOrganizational Theory and Teamwork in the ClassroomJun 02, 2009In 1938, John Dewey, the influential philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer wrote that “All genuine education comes through experience.” Along with many other business educators I take his words very seriously, so much so that I designed a course on Organization Theory that simulates the experience of real organizations for undergraduate business students. The basic structure of the class is as follows. Before they arrive in class on the first day, every student is assigned more » Read More... |
| EQUISThe Elevator ExerciseJun 02, 2009A common problem among beginning research students is the inability to state their research question succinctly. The answer to the question of, “What is your research about?” often takes a torturous route through ontological assumptions, alternative epistemologies, tangential literature reviews and arcane research methods rarely actually getting to the point. A strategy to help students in this regard is to impose time restrictions on their response. I have seen this take a number of forms, more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – May 29May 29, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending May 29, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – May 22May 25, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending May 22, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – May 15May 15, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending May 15, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISRBC Professor of Technology and Innovation, Blaize Reich, delivered the luncheon keynote speaker at the CIO Executive Summit in Vancouver, BC. This was the 2nd annual Vancouver production of the North American series of summit conferences that support the needs of Chief Information Officers from the region’s largest organizations. The goal of each conference is to provide a dynamic and relevant peer-to-peer exchange that facilitates best practices in enterprise technology management. Reich spoke to about more » Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – May 8May 08, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending May 8, 2009. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsEconomist and business professor Daniel Shapiro is the newly appointed dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, for a five-year term beginning May 1, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – April 30May 01, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending April 30, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISGervase R. Bushe and co-authour Robert J. Marshak of American University, Washington DC, have had their paper “Revisioning Organization Development: Diagnostic and Dialogic Premises and Patterns of Practice” accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. In this provocative paper, they argue that organization development (OD) has undergone a shift in practice that is under-recognized by academics and practitioners, and develop an outline for a new theory and practice of “Dialogic OD”. Richard more » Read More... |
| EQUISThe idea that good managers routinely gather and analyze information before making decisions is generally accepted as self-evident. Indeed, evidence-based decision making is so much in vogue that books such as Competing on Analytics and Supercrunchers top the list of business bestsellers. One would be hard pressed today to find a manager who does not advocate this approach. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – April 24Apr 28, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending April 24, 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISGood teaching is an art. SFU’s 2008 Excellence in Teaching award winners exemplify that art, sharing their enthusiasm, knowledge and time in a way that encourages their students to learn and grow. Read More... |