 | Beedie School of Business NewsTom Lawrence appointed as inaugural W.J. VanDusen Professor at Beedie School of BusinessAug 18, 2011Tom Lawrence, a professor at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, has been appointed as the school’s inaugural W.J. VanDusen Professor. The newly-created professorship focuses on scholarship that is relevant to the growth, renewal and diversification of business and economic activity in British Columbia – and outreach activities that disseminate academic research. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsTickets on sale now for the 2011 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in DiversityAug 18, 2011The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is proud to host the SFU – Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity at the Segal Graduate School on September 28, 2011. The awards recognize those who have shown exemplary leadership in advancing the cause of diversity in business. Last year tickets for this inspirational breakfast sold out in less than two weeks, so be sure to contact Alicia Hebner at cerem1@sfu.ca. A corporate award will […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsA case study from SFU’s Beedie of Business, focused on the long-term business viability of a colourful Twitter success story, has been awarded a top prize at one of Europe’s most noteworthy marketing academic events. The case study entitled “Marketing S#*t My Dad Says” – authored by Beedie School of Business marketing professor Leyland Pitt, Beedie PhD student Adam Mills, and Phuong Nguyen, Jia-Rong Wu and Aschwin van Alphen-Sato of the Rotterdam School of Management, won the Best Case Study award at the 2011 annual Academy of Marketing Conference at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom this past July. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsFrom The Peak, SFU’s Student Newspaper: Vol. 138, Issue 13 August 01, 2011 By Jennifer Bednard SFU’s Beedie School of Business is jumping headfirst into the twenty-first century with its own iPhone app, created, and desgined by SFU students. The project, prepared for CUS 338: Foundations of Innovation, was developed by a group of students from the Beedie School and the computer science department, including Charlene Adomako, Randy Tarampi, Justin Horacsek, Kyle Krystalowich, and Justin […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsCarey McBeth, a Vancouver-based etiquette trainer who has worked with both graduate and undergraduate students at the Beedie School of Business, was the recent subject of a Vancouver Sun profile. In addition to her work in higher education, she has also been an instructor at The Protocol School of Washington, in Washington, D.C. McBeth, according to Sun reporter Darah Hansen, “agreed to meet The Sun at Tableau to share some essential tips to help you […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business Newsby Jevta Lukic As Twitter and Facebook increasingly become topics of conversation in many company boardrooms, undergraduate business students at SFU’s Beedie School of Business are also focusing on social networking in a management context. This fall, they will enjoy a unique course offering that explores the intersection of social media and business strategy. Entitled Business 495: Social Media & Business, the course strives to develop students’ understanding of how social media is used by […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU, Milan’s Università Bocconi team up to learn about B.C.’s fashion-design industry by Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER – So what can Vancouver teach a group of business students from Italy’s fashion capital, Milan, about the fashion industry? A lot, apparently. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsFlash Mobs in retail environment impact consumer experience, but not willingness to pay: Beedie studyJul 27, 2011by Jevta Lukic As six professional opera singers erupted in a surprise performance at Vancouver’s Granville Island Market last June – a scene akin to the Flash Mob viral videos that are so popular on YouTube – researchers from the Beedie School of Business were quietly deconstructing the scene as part of a wider academic study. The field experiment was organized by Philip Grant, an operatic tenor and then-MBA student at SFU’s Beedie School of […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsA new video-based social media campaign from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business will underscore the rich student life that flourishes at the West Coast institution. The initiative, entitled Experience Beedie, will deliver video profiles of Beedie undergraduate and graduate students to venues such as YouTube and Facebook. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsNow accepting applications for the 3rd CIOCAN Leadership Development Program starting September 2011Jul 25, 2011“The quality of the instruction was first class, and the overall cohesiveness of the program was impressive. The amount of prep and assignment work struck the right balance – not so onerous that you were dreading the next class. I have come away with many new insights and will definitely recommend the program to colleagues…in fact, I already have!” Director, Business Solutions, Information Services (previous program participant) Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsUndergraduate students from SFU’s Beedie School of Business and Italy’s Università Bocconi from the fashion capital of Milan joined forces to engage with iconic Canadian retailer Holt Renfrew on July 20. Holt’s, as it is often referred to as, is a chain of high-end department stores located across Canada. The chain was founded in 1837 in Quebec City. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsVideo: Prof. Dianne Cyr discusses the new Certificate of Business Technology Management (BTM)Jul 21, 2011 |
| Beedie School of Business NewsJack Austin: The Pacific is Canada’s futureJul 20, 2011Jack Austin, namesake of the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies at the Beedie School of Business, wrote the following op-ed for the Vancouver Sun on July 19 – highlighting the importance of an Asia-Pacific strategy for Canada’s government and industry leaders. The Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies at SFU — in partnership with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada – was named to recognize Jack Austin’s exceptional contribution […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsWhat started as a school assignment has turned into a sporting drive to help families in need. Five SFU Beedie School of Business students in a project management class came up with the idea to hold a sporting drive. The students are Adam Fong, Charles Lui, Emily Shen, Jethro Rocillo and Louis Lam. “So many people are supportive of this,” said organizer Emily Shen. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsContext, it turns out, is everything when it comes to politicians’ sex scandals and the impact of editorial cartoons that reflect the public’s reaction to them. A recent study from Simon Fraser University shows that political cartoons – pervasive in newspapers and increasingly social media channels such as blogs and YouTube – serve as a reflection of public sentiment in the wake of such scandals. They can be a valuable source of information to those who direct and manage individual political brands and guide their campaigns and careers. As a gauge of public reaction, they are for better or worse influenced by the unique circumstances of each scandal. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsEconomics nomination honour for Aidan ViningJul 15, 2011Aidan Vining, a professor of business and government relations at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, was selected as one of two finalists for the 2010 Kenneth J. Arrow Prize for Senior Economists this past May. His paper, “An Assessment of Important Issues Concerning the Application of Benefit-Cost Analysis to Social Policy,” was co-authored with David Weimer, a professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Annually, the Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsCan ambidexterity, a trait that’s often associated with exceptional athletes, be applied to organizations — from biotech companies to government agencies — immersed in research and development? It’s a question recently put forth by researchers Ian McCarthy and Brian Gordon from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. Their article, entitled “Achieving contextual ambidexterity in R&D organizations: a management control system approach,” was published in the journal R&D Management. It points out that these organizations tend to find themselves juggling two contradictory modes of learning: ‘exploration’, a long-term activity involving risk and experimentation, and ‘exploitation’, characterized by short-term time horizons and a focus on refinement and efficiency. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe Beedie School of Business class “Business 492: Management of Fashion Companies” has paired up undergraduate students from SFU’s Beedie School of Business with a cohort of visiting students from Bocconi, regarded as Italy’s top business and economics school, who are visiting Canada this summer. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU graduate business students Kathleen Williams, Peter Konefal, Eva Tidlund and Connie Chang were selected from a global field in the Graduate School Projects@Singapore competition. The team’s faculty adviser is David Hannah, an Associate Professor of Management and Organization Studies at SFU and Academic Director of the MBA program. Their project proposal, which has now been accepted by Contact Singapore, an alliance of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower, is focused on integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental standards in Singapore’s booming hotel industry. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business Newsby Lisa Dalla Vecchia Alex Conconi, a current student in the full-time Master of Financial Risk Management (MFRM) program and active participant in the Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS Fund) recently completed the ride of a lifetime to raise funds for cancer research. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBC Business Magazine: Ryan Beedie, Young GunJul 04, 2011Ryan Beedie, the president of the Beedie Group and a increasingly prominent Canadian business leader, is the subject of an extensive profile in the July issue of BC Business Magazine. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsVector Marketing, a direct sales firm that markets Cutco Cutlery®, presented SFU with the Campus Cup, as part of their commitment to recognize and foster the relationships Vector has established with many great universities and colleges, at their first summer conference on May 30, 2011, in Coquitlam, BC. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsMBAs engage with Encana on natural gas economyJun 27, 2011MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business enjoyed a first-hand overview of key issues facing the natural gas industry at a special forum hosted by Encana on June 20. Held at the Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver, the day-long event featured industry speakers from both Encana and Westport Innovations discussing, among other subjects, the growing role of natural gas in North America’s energy mix. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie piper set to take on the worldJun 27, 2011by Jevta Lukic Anny He, Beedie School of Business undergraduate student, has stayed true to Simon Fraser University’s Scottish heritage by contributing the sounds of her bagpipe to the SFU convocation ceremonies for the last five years. He, who plays on SFU’s Robert Malcolm Pipe Band, is not only musically inclined. She is also the president of the student-run Management Information Systems Association, an organization at the student forefront of the intersection of business and […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsTeams missing hidden gems in NHL draft: Beedie studyJun 23, 2011by David Shoalts, Globe and Mail A study by three academics at Simon Fraser University shows a surprising trend at the NHL draft and puts a dent in one long-held belief. Peter Tingling, an assistant professor at the B.C. university’s faculty of business administration, and colleagues Kamal Masri and Matt Martell studied the NHL draft results from 1995 through 2003 and concluded teams miss a lot of good players in the later rounds because they […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce its newly-launched Certificate of Business Technology Management (BTM) – a program that enhances academic and career opportunities for business students immersed in the realms of technology and innovation. The Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills (CCICT) and the academic community have designed the BTM certificate to provide individuals with the opportunity to learn about innovation, leadership, and implementation of change in organizations, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsFrom Russia with Love: Big Mac entrepreneur recounts bringing McDonald’s to Moscow during Cold War with SFU MBAsJun 20, 2011By Jevta Lukic While every business venture brings forth its own set of unique challenges, one Canadian visionary knows particularly well the tribulations of conducting business amidst a politically tense environment – both at home and overseas. The founder of McDonald’s Canada and McDonald’s Russia, George Cohon, visited with Beedie School of Business MBA students at SFU’s Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver on June 16 to discuss the launching of the McDonald’s restaurant chain […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business Newsby Jevta Lukic Ashlee Liu is no stranger to global business and travel. The undergraduate student at the Beedie School of Business, who moved to North America from Asia and is preparing for an internship with BPI Group in France next year, says she is excited to use an upcoming development opportunity in Argentina to better understand the business environment across South America. Liu is about to embark on her next global adventure — representing […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsJeff Norman, SFU MBA student and President of the Graduate Business Student Association, recently recounted a high-altitude adventure for Powder Magazine, one of the leading snow sport publications globally. His feature article entitled “Ski Morocco… Twice,” published at Powder.com, includes stunning photos of the rugged, breathtaking mountains outside of Marrakech, Morocco. Norman took a two-day hike to the top of Jebel Toubkal, North Africa’s highest Peak. He noted that the ski-and-hiking expedition was, for the […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsProfessor Leyland Pitt on Studio 4 with Host Fanny Kiefer: “Mutated Advertising” thrives in Web 2.0 WorldJun 10, 2011Beedie School of Business marketing professor Leyland Pitt recently spoke with Studio 4 Television and host Fanny Kiefer about a new study which looks at the impact of “mutant” ads that can affect customers’ views of major international brands. The new study from Simon Fraser University argues that this new wave of digital advertising – user-generated ads that are posted to social media channels such as YouTube – has profound implications for brand managers and […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business Newsby Jevta Lukic Kyle Krystalowich, a current Beedie School of Business student, and Ashish Gurung, a 2010 Beedie BBA alumnus, have been named by the Surrey Board of Trade to the city’s much-vaunted list of the top 25 individuals under the age of 25. The prestigious honor was bestowed to the two Beedie leaders in the Board’s inaugural Top 25 under 25 awards reception on May 30 at Surrey’s Eaglequest Golf Course. The inaugural awards, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsVANCOUVER— The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University has launched the SFU Beedie mobile app for iPhone. The occasion makes the business school one of the few in North America to have released its own app for the popular Apple smart phone as well as the iPad – one that caters to the school’s growing social network of students, alumni, researchers and industry partners. Uniquely, it was developed in-class by Simon Fraser University […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBusiness student checkmates his way to topJun 06, 2011Contact: Maxim Doroshenko, 604.565.3319; maxim_doroshenko@sfu.ca Carol Thorbes, PAMR, 778.782.3035; cthorbes@sfu.ca May 31, 2011 Simon Fraser University MBA student, Maxim Doroshenko has cemented his position as B.C.’s reigning chess champion and one of North America’s elite players, after proving he can block the best from owning first place. The Moldova-born Ukrainian, who lives in Vancouver with his wife, tied for top billing with 10-time tournament champion, Georgi Orlov in the 2011 Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament’s open section in early May. […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business News“Aspire” advances autism in the workplaceJun 06, 2011Contact: Robbie Hsieh, 778.231.6888; robbie_hsieh@sfu.ca Shawn Smith, 778.385.5552; ssmithe@sfu.ca Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.9017/3210; Marianne_Meadahl@sfu.ca June 2, 201 A Simon Fraser University student project aimed at providing meaningful employment opportunities for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is heading out of the classroom and into the community. “Aspire” was created by a team of fourth-year students in the Beedie School of Business for their course on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Their goal was to leverage the characteristics of autism as a competitive […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBy Jevta Lukic As the Vancouver Canucks hockey franchise continues to succeed on the ice, it is the business stories around their march to the Stanley Cup finals that have caught the attention of Beedie School of Business professors, who have weighed in with national media outlets such as the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star on the team’s on- and off-ice rise. While most fans are preoccupied with game-day strategy and the performance of […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsMBA Maxim Doroshenko checkmates global competitionMay 30, 2011by Jevta Lukic Maxim Doroshenko, a full-time MBA student at Simon Fraser University, finished first in the 2011 Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament held in Vancouver from May 20-23, cementing his position as British Columbia’s reigning chess champion, and one of the elite chess players in North America. The 36th annual chess tournament – hosted both in Vancouver, Canada at the River Rock Casino and in Tallinn, Estonia – drew 35 players in the open […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business Newsby Jevta Lukic When five undergraduate students — Alice Chen, Matt Armstrong, Joanne Chen, Robbie Hsieh, and Justin Findlay — enrolled in the fourth year class “Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation” at the Beedie School of Business, they had little idea that their final class project would propel them onto the real-world business stage. As part of their class assignment, the students started an innovative, market-oriented social venture with a goal to providing people with Autism […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsContact: Jeffery Nehajowich, Simon Fraser University grad-business@sfu.ca – 778.782.5013 An upcoming information session hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business at the Segal Graduate School on June 7 will showcase the business school’s acclaimed Management of Technology MBA program to prospective students. The Management of Technology MBA is a focused MBA program that serves two sectors, technology and biotechnology. By design, the program blends current academic theory with practical application. Core courses, taken […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe Beedie School of Business’s Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, Canada’s largest student-run fund, is hosting a public showcase highlighting SIAS’s first quarter performance, as well as the fund’s current economic and market outlook. The fund’s performance review will be held on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 3:00 PM at the Metropolitan Hotel in Vancouver. The SIAS presentation will be followed by a keynote address from one of the recently named Top 100 Most […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsColin Campbell, who recently completed his doctorate in business administration at the Beedie School of Business and is now a marketing lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Simon Fraser University Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal. The Dean’s Medal recognizes the graduating students from each faculty that place in the top five percent of their class based on their cumulative grade point averages. Campbell, […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsPooria Assadi, a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, is the 2011-2012 recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral fellowship. The SSHRC fellowship is for $20,000 during the current academic year and $20,000 for 2012-2013. Pooria completed his Bachelor of Science program in Industrial Engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology. He then completed his Master of Applied Science program at the University of British Columbia. […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsJoin SFU for breakfast at upcoming infosession for our Executive MBA and EMBA for the AmericasMay 24, 2011An upcoming breakfast information session hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business on June 2 will give would-be EMBA students detailed information about the flagship business program, as well as the school’s new stream of the program, the Executive MBA for the Americas. Starting in August 2011, the two-year degree program provides 60 students with the opportunity to study management issues in each of the four largest economies in the Americas. In addition […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business Newsby Jevta Lukic MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands — A team of Beedie School of Business undergraduate students — Flora Lee, Darren Moens, Jaspreet Singh, and Larisa Topalo — has garnered a notable Top-3 placing at the prestigious International Case Competition, recently held at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. The SFU team competing under the name Audacia (meaning “daring, audacious, and bold”) earned an impressive top divisional spot and an overall bronze placing among […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBy Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun Can’t decide which dress looks best? What phone to buy? Poll your friends to vote -there’s an app for that. QUIKPIQ, IPHONE, FREE From Simon Fraser University grads, an app that’s perfect for the indecisive shopper. Or anyone else who’d like to get suggestions from their social network before they decide to buy a dress, go with a new hair colour -or as in the case of one enterprising musician, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe Beedie School of Business’ Career Management Centre (CMC) is a busy place. Each semester, staffers offer a dizzying array of career resources, workshops and employer networking events to undergraduate and graduate students, and recent alumni. They also manage initiatives and programs that connect the business school to a growing number of local, national and international employers. Their mission: to provide exceptional career-management services through comprehensive education, advising and coaching, and by establishing connections between students, […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBy Laura Kane, Vancouver Sun Sites such as YouTube host videos that often reveal public perception — good or bad A commercial shows a young woman extolling the rich flavour of Starbucks’ Frappuccino. “I don’t know anybody who doesn’t love a frappuccino on a hot summer day,” she gushes. Then a frown. A frappuccino just costs so darn much. How much? Well, enough to feed a child in a Sudanese refugee camp for a week, […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsVANCOUVER– The rules of advertising have changed dramatically since the surge of popularity in social media, which in turn is forcing firms to rethink how they reach consumers online. Not only are audiences consuming video via non-traditional media, but in a major shift facilitated by inexpensive media software, they are also creating the content. A new study from Simon Fraser University argues that this new wave of digital advertising – user-generated ads that are posted […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsProf. Gervase Bushe discusses the state of leadership training in Metro Vancouver with BC Business MagazineMay 05, 2011The leadership training industry is one to watch for in British Columbia, notes a newly-published article in the May edition of BC Business Magazine. Gervase Bushe, Professor of Leadership and Organization Development at the Beedie School of Business and an internationally recognized scholar in organizational development, talked to the province’s business periodical about how Vancouver stacks up against other regions in this growth area for organizations. An excerpt from the article follows: “Training is big […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsYoung entrepreneurs vie for national awardsMay 05, 2011Contact: Kyle Krystalowich, 604.961.6740; president@sifesimonfraser.com Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.3210;marianne_meadahl@sfu.ca May 4, 2011 For weeks, students from Simon Fraser University’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group have been polishing presentations – efforts they hope will give them an edge at the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) competition May 9-11 in Toronto. “We’re feeling confident,” says Kyle Krystalowich, SIFE’s outgoing president, after their final formal practice at SFU Surrey. “The process is really helping us to fine tune our presentations. It’s […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe 2011 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. The winner of the Corporate Diversity Award will be announced at the awards breakfast. Nominations and finalists will be confidentially held and resubmitted with future nominations for a period of two years. Nominees […] Read More... |