 | 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 […] Read More... |
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 | 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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, […] 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 […] 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 […] 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... |
| EQUISAcademy of Management Best Paper Proceedings awarded for Dave Hannah and PhD candidate Kirsten PankratzSep 11, 2009Dr. David R. Hannah and PhD candidate Kirsten Pankratz have co-authored a paper titled “An Empirical Examination of Employee Responses to Confidential Information Rules” that was accepted for the 2009 Academy of Management meeting. The paper has been judged by AOM reviewers as one of the best papers accepted and the Academy have awarded it the honour of being published as part of the Best Paper Proceedings for the 2009 conference. 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] 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... |
| EQUIS“Provides an authoritative guide to evidence-based social policy by some of the leading scholars in the field. For anyone who wants to know what works, what’s worthwhile, and what research would have the greatest payoff, this book has benefits far exceeding the cost.”—Philip Cook, ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy, Duke University Read More... |
| EQUISCongratulations to six SFU Business faculty members, four of whom are new scholars, in their successful Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant applications. These are results for the Fall 2008 competition which funds three-year research projects and will be awarded in the Spring of 2009. Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Business assistant professor Stephanie Bertels has been named as a co-investigator in an 18-month study on regulatory compliance. As part of an experiment in creative sentencing, Suncor is funding an investigation into the antecedents of regulatory compliance and the creative sentencing process. The research study will housed at the International Resource Industries and Sustainability Centre (IRIS) at the University of Calgary and directed by Prof. Frances Bowen. Read More... |
| EQUISDavid Hannah Paper on Confidentiality Selected for 2009 Academy of Management Best Paper ProceedingsApr 14, 2009Dr. David Hannah and PhD candidate Kirsten Pankratz have co-authored a paper that will be presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Meeting in Chicago, IL. The paper “Why Follow the Rules? An Empirical Examination of Employee Responses to Confidential Information Rules” has also been selected for publication in the Best Paper Proceedings for the 2009 meeting. Read More... |
| EQUISMake It Warm and Sociable and It Will SellApr 07, 2009Why do some Web sites appeal more to the online consumer than others? Do women respond differently to e-commerce Web sites and online shopping than men? With a spotlight on gender differences and e-commerce, we already know men and women process information differently. For instance, men are selective processors, relying on highly available and salient cues. Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Business Professor David C. Thomas Awarded Academy of HR Development Book of the Year 2008Mar 24, 2009The 2008 award has been given to Dr. David C. Thomas, Professor of International Management, for his book Cross-Cultural Management: Essential Concepts, 2nd Edition. This continues Dr. Thomas’ work on cultural intelligence in the areas of international business and management. Read More... |
| EQUISGervase Bushe Project on Family Businesses Awarded SSHRC Research Development Initiative FundingMar 19, 2009Associate Professor Gervase Bushe has recently received project funding through SSHRC’s Research Development Initiatives (RDI), which supports ground-breaking high-risk research initiatives. This is the first time that a member of our faculty has applied for and received funding through this program. The specific objectives of the RDI are to help researchers: Read More... |
| EQUISAssistant Professor Andrew von Nordenflycht‘s article co-authored with Greg J. Bamber, Jody Hoffer Gittell, and Thomas A. Kochan titled “Contrasting Employment Relations Strategies in European Airlines” is forthcoming in the Journal of Industrial Relations. Read More... |
| EQUIS“And you thought the passengers were mad. Airline employees are fed up, too-with pay cuts, increased workloads and management’s miserly ways, which leave workers to explain to often-enraged passengers why flying has become such a miserable experience.”–The New York Times, December 22, 2007 Read More... |
| EQUISThe Measure of ResponsibilityMar 03, 2009by John Peloza Corporate social responsibility has become commonplace in business plans. Studies regularly report that consumers would switch to support a socially responsible business over one that is not responsible. Read More... |
| EQUISPeter Klein Recognized for Outstanding Contribution as a Reviewer for Canadian Journal of Administrative SciencesFeb 26, 2009Professor of Finance, Peter Klein has been named as a reviewer that has gone above and beyond that which is expected of him by providing outstanding comments to authors of several manuscripts that he has reviewed for the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS). Read More... |
| EQUISMichael Parent and Blaize Reich have had a paper accepted by the California Management Review. Read More... |
| AccountingSSHRC Small (Fall 2008 competition) ResultsFeb 24, 2009The results from the SSHRC Small Fall 2008 competition have been announced. Read More... |
| EQUISAssistant Professor John Peloza’s paper co-authored with Katherine White titled “Self-Benefit Versus Other-Benefit Marketing Appeals: Their Effectiveness in Generating Charitable Support” was recently accepted by the Journal of Marketing. Read More... |
| EQUISAssistant Professor Jing Li’s article titled, “Control, Collaboration, and Productivity in International Joint Ventures: Theory and Evidence” was recently accepted by the Strategic Management Journal. Read More... |
| EQUISAssociate Professor Stephanie Bertels’ article titled, “Leaders and Laggards: The Influence of Competing Logics on Corporate Environmental Action” was recently accepted by the Journal of Business Ethics. Read More... |
| EQUISDianne Cyr’s Paper Accepted by MIS QuarterlyFeb 16, 2009Associate Professor, Dianne Cyr, recently had her paper, “Exploring Human Images in Website Design Across Cultures: A Multi-Method Appraoch” accepted by MIS Quarterly after undergoing a two year review. Read More... |
| EQUISIan McCarthy Awarded Fulbright New Century ScholarFeb 12, 2009SFU Business is proud to announce Dr. Ian McCarthy as a Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) for the May 2009 to April 2010 term. Read More... |
| EQUISBusiness Professors Win 2008 Book of the Year AwardFeb 04, 2009Pearson Education, Canada’s largest educational publisher, has selected a textbook by SFU Business professors Andrew Gemino and Peter Tingling as the 2008 Canadian Book of the Year. Read More... |
| EQUISDianne Cyr Awarded Best Paper Award at ICIS 2008Feb 04, 2009Associate Professor Dianne Cyr won a Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) held December 14-17, 2008 in Paris. Read More... |
| EQUISLawyers Incorporated?Jan 29, 2009by Andrew von Nordenflycht In 2007, Australia’s Slater & Gordon became the world’s first publicly-traded law firm. This begs the question of why no law firms have been public corporations before now — as well as whether this development is a good thing. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsPhD Candidate to Speak at BBM Annual MeetingJan 16, 2009José Domingo Mora, a SFU Business PhD candidate whose research and thesis examines media audiences and how social interactions affect group consumption, has received a $4,000 BBM Canada scholarship from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Read More... |
| EQUISDon’t Follow the HerdDec 16, 2008by Peter Tingling Making the right decisions has long been the hallmark of superior performance — and never more important than now. Indeed, good decision making is as equally relevant to developing a solution for the current economic crisis as it is to the NHL draft. Read More... |
| EQUISMaking Starbucks Recession ProofDec 09, 2008By Steven Kates I have an abiding love for the Starbucks brand. Somehow, my day does not seem right unless I start it off with a Venti coffee (half dark roast, half decaf )and spend a few hours sitting in a comfortable chair, doing my reading, preparation and grading for the classes I teach in buyer behaviour and services marketing. Read More... |
| Accounting2006/7 Scholarly Activities ReportDec 01, 2008Download a copy of the 2006/7 Scholarly Activities Report. Read More... |
| EQUISManagers Want Tribes, Not TeamsNov 28, 2008by Gervase R. Bushe In the past 20 years “teamwork” has become so cliché in organizations that every group is now a “team.” Consultants and managers are constantly looking for improved “teamwork.” I sometimes get called in to work with senior “management teams” after previous attempts have failed to create any more teamwork. Read More... |
| EQUISLayoffs: Deciding Who Stays and Who GoesNov 26, 2008by Peter Tingling The litany of corporate downsizing announcements reflects the first response for many managers to negative conditions — batten down the hatches and cut staff in large numbers. Read More... |
| EQUISStretching Luxury BrandsNov 20, 2008By Michael Parent and Leyland Pitt Chateau Margaux, the famous Bordeaux first growth, is up there with the very best. Live like a Saint and die, said William Styron in the novel Sophie’s Choice, and “that must be what they make you to drink [sic] in paradise.” Read More... |
| EQUISDr. Reich’s paper, “Managing Knowledge and Learning in IT projects – A Conceptual Framework and Guidelines for Practice”, recognizes that highly uncertain projects require an approach that focuses on learning and effectively creates, integrates and transfers knowledge to develop unique solutions. Read More... |