 | 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... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business in the News – Jan. 23Jan 23, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of January 23, 2009 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... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsJan 15, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of January 16, 2009 Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsDec 24, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of December 24, 2008 Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsDec 19, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of December 19, 2008 Read More... |
| EQUISTeaching Honour Roll RecipientsDec 18, 2008Dear Faculty members, As Chair of the Teaching Effectiveness Committee for the FBA, I’d like to offer my congratulations to the 2007/2008 members of the FBA Teaching Honour Roll, which recognizes instructors with evaluations in the top 10% of the Faculty. 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... |
| EQUISMark Wexler and Robert Adamson Quoted in The Star.com About David Radler’s Release After 10 MonthsDec 16, 2008Ex-Hollinger executive served about a third of 29-month sentence Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsDec 12, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of December 12, 2008 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... |
| Faculty Portal NewsMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsDec 05, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of December 5, 2008 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... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business graduate Zabeen Hirji-Nowaczyniski was named one of the Top 100 Women by the Women’s Executive Network, as reported in the Globe and Mail. 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... |
| EQUISDo the Math on Social ResponsibilityNov 19, 2008by John Peloza CSR advocates should not shy away from financial metrics Corporate social responsibilities (CSR) is divided into two camps. One is typified by people with expertise in environmental management, community relations or perhaps the non-profit sector. Read More... |
| EQUISOutlook for Change Named a Top 50 Green Tech BlogNov 14, 2008Green Web Hosting Coupons has chosen associate professor in management and organization studies, Tom Lawrence’s Outlook for Change website as one of the Top 50 Green Technology Blogs. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsNov 13, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of November 7, 2008 Our Canadian media hit of the week: the Maclean’s 2008 ranking of universities, with SFU sharing the No. 1 spot among comprehensive universities. Read More... |
| EQUISBusiness Pair Earn TD Teaching AwardsNov 13, 2008Scott Powell and Stephen Spector have won this year’s TD Canada Trust distinguished teaching awards, given annually to two SFU Business instructors. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article appeared in the November 17, 2008 issue of Business in Vancouver. Technology designed by Pemberton-based SyncWave Systems Inc. harnesses ocean energy Read More... |
| Corporate ConnectionsGlobal Financial Meltdown: What Lies Ahead for Corporations, Investors and Global MarketsNov 12, 2008presented by The CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance & Risk Management and SHARE DATE: Friday, December 5, 2008 VENUE: Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville St. (at Pender) Read More... |
| EQUISBiculturalism Pays Big DividendsNov 11, 2008by David C. Thomas Management research has typically assumed that individuals have only one cultural profile Ali is an immigrant from Iran who works at a Vancouver bank. Tarvinder, who grew up in Punjab, is a lab technician in a Toronto medical lab. And Jim, whose parents emigrated from Hong Kong, is a middle manager for a multinational mining company. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsNov 07, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of November 7, 2008 Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsOct 31, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of October 31, 2008. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsYoung Internet Tycoon Pursues SFU DegreeOct 30, 2008By Diane Luckow SFU Business student Milun Tesovic is a successful entrepreneur whose outlook on life and money belies his years. Read More... |
| EQUISStretching The Luxury BrandOct 28, 2008by Leyland Pitt And Michael Parent Why do so many luxury brand extensions fail? Chateau Margaux, the famous Bordeaux first growth, is up there with the very best. Read More... |
| EQUISTheorizing in Practical ScienceOct 27, 2008October 27, 2008 by Shirley Gregor Download the PowerPoints Presentation Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsPhD Student, José Mora has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 BBM Scholarship and will receive a commemorative certificate and a cheque for $4000 at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Awards Breakfast on November 4, 2008. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Maters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsOct 23, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of October, 23, 2008 Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business undergrad students Kyle Jackson and Jessica Kit-Sum Tang were recognized as two of 20 students across Canada who have been selected for McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s 3rd Annual Student Scholarship Award. Read More... |
| EQUISBe Wary of the PendulumOct 16, 2008It is the end of casino capitalism. The end of the era of greed. A new financial world order is on the way. These are the clarion calls coming from many people all of whom share the anger at a financial and banking system that has failed them. Central banks and regulators and politicians of all stripes have already signaled that important and systemic changes are on the way. They have all had to adjust- […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsEMBA Alum Recognized with Entrepreneur of the YearOct 15, 2008BC Business has recognized Aimee Chan, President and CEO of Norsat International Inc., a public company providing microwave and satellite technology, with the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award in the Turnaroud Category. Read More... |
| EQUISOur Regulatory Futures: Beyond the Cover of a TARPOct 03, 2008So now the deal has been done. Bailout 2.0 (more formally known as TARP or the Troubled Asset Rescue Plan) has passed its last Congressional hurdle and now the machinery of US government can soon begin to implement the plan to defrost the credit markets. This political compromise may have preempted a deeper and more formidable financial crisis but it remains unclear whether this plan will stop the US and global economy from descending into […] Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsOct 03, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of October 3, 2008 Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsMBA Graduate Shortlisted in Worldwide CompetitionSep 29, 2008MBA Graduate, Wahiba Chair has been shortlisted for Stars of Science, an Arab worldwide science competition, sponsored by the Qatar foundation. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsMOT MBA Grads Win Big in New Ventures BC CompetitionSep 25, 2008Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, both MOT MBA graduates (’05) have won $180,000 in cash and prizes in the 2008 New Ventures BC technology business idea competition. Read More... |
| EQUISAssistant Professor, Amir Rubin’s research on Political Views and Corporate Decision Making: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility was recently referenced on the Science Daily website. Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsSep 19, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of September 9, 2008 Read More... |
| EQUISMedia Matters – SFU Business Professors in the NewsSep 12, 2008How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of September 12, 2008 Read More... |
| EQUISPrinciples for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP Finance Initiative and The Global Compact (April 2006)Aug 21, 2008The PRI are 6 general principles that are intended to promote the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into investment decision-making and ownership practices of institutional investors. The proponents of these principles suggest that their implementation and adoption will improve the long-term return to beneficiaries i.e. those individuals whose money the institutional investors are investing. The principles deal with incorporating ESG metrics, active ownership, disclosure, reporting, advocacy and implementation of the principles. Read More... |
| EQUISThis work is Soros’ latest contribution to assessing the problems with and prospects for the financial system. The book focuses on the recent credit crisis, its causes and what will be required to prevent further dramatic strains on the markets and the financial system in general. As the title suggests, Soros calls for a substantial rethinking of how markets and financial institutions work. Soros criticizes the current orthodoxy in economic thinking and adherence to equilibrium […] Read More... |