 | EQUISOn February 6, a wine and cheese gathering was held to get our teachers involved in creating a vision for the Beedie School’s new Teaching and Learning Group. There was a great turnout, with 22 people in attendance. Shauna Jones, Coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Group, gathered input on the following questions: 1. What would you envision for the Beedie School’s Teaching Group for the next three years? 2. What do you want from […] Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsB.C. MBAs Go Global With BRIC PartnershipsApr 11, 2012The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY REBECCA TAY, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Local schools broaden their international focus to include Brazil, Russia, India and China. Say “BRIC” to any economist, analyst or politician and the response will almost invariably be that the countries represented by the acronym – Brazil, Russia, India and China – will dominate the global economic landscape in coming […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsFinancial Post: MBA helps SMEs grow globallyMar 29, 2012The following article was published by the Financial Post on March 27, 2012 as part of their MBA issue. BY REBECCA WALBERG, FINANCIAL POST Most business students realize the future holds more options than Bay Street and the FP500. While multinational corporations and the business world elite get the most attention, the scope and importance of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make them vitally important to the domestic economy, the export sector, and current […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie looks back at extraordinary year in SurreyDec 19, 2011It has been an extraordinary year for the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University – and the accomplishments of the school at SFU Surrey have helped to drive that success. As 2011 draws to a close, Beedie is celebrating such student accomplishments as SFU Student of the Year, the Surrey Green City Award, and selection to one of Canada’s most prestigious leadership programs for entrepreneurs. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsLast week, when Cervenko was invited by a friend to a private “Cocktails with the Canucks” function in downtown Vancouver, she hastily grabbed her playoff towel on her way out the door not knowing what to expect of the event. In the back of her mind, she had big plans for the white space on the towel. A Simon Fraser University MBA student, Cervenko needed some star power for a social media project. The assignment: partner with a local non-profit and create a social media strategy with the objective of raising financial support or awareness for this organization. Cervenko and her group chose The Dugout — a drop-in centre on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that hosts one of the longest-running Alcoholics Anonymous programs in Vancouver. “The reason I thought about The Dugout was because in the 1970s and ’80s it would stay open late so that their clients could have a warm and safe place to watch the Canucks games,” says Cervenko. “But because of a lack of funding they don’t have the resources to stay open late anymore.” Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsVancouver Startup Weekend, sponsored by the Beedie School of Business and hosted at the Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver, brought together entrepreneurs from across the region to develop their business ideas from early-stage conceptualization to real-world viability. A panel of local entrepreneurs and investors awarded first place to “My Best Helper” at the Vancouver Startup Weekend. “My Best Helper” is a web-based service that matches caregivers with people who need their services. Nannies, babysitters, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThat was the case for the Beedie School. A team of five SFU computer science and business students created Beedie’s app as a 13-week project for an interdisciplinary course, “Foundations of Innovation” in 2010. Jan Kietzmann, who teaches the course, planned to make iPhone app design a general focus for the course. But he says it was a “natural progression” to shift the focus to creating a Beedie School app. The team was guided in the project by Kietzmann; Moscato; Dan Shapiro, the dean; and Andrew Gemino, associate dean of undergraduate programs and associate professor of management information systems. After the course ended, Moscato continued to work with the students to perfect the app before its release five months later in spring 2011. “Although the project was introduced to the students from ‘up top,’ the students really loved the idea and took it upon themselves to identify where and how an app could help improve their lives as students,” says Kietzmann. The students decided that the Beedie School app should be an information hub. They wanted it to integrate the school’s Twitter and Facebook feeds with links to announcements about current research from school faculty and graduate students, says Justin Lee, a member of the student team. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business News(Vancouver) November 11, 2011 – Ashoka Canada, in partnership with the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, will find the top student changemakers at the end of this month. The two schools co-launched the Be A Changemaker Challenge, powered by Starbucks, to find the best student-led social initiatives coming out of Vancouver. The components of the Challenge are a bootcamp, which took place at SFU on Oct. 1st and a venture pitch selection […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsWatch UBC and SFU students pitch their social ventures to win up to $1,000 in seed funding! We invite you to The Be a Changemaker Challenge Selection Panel to watch the top teams of SFU and UBC students pitch their ideas for creating their own social ventures. The Selection Panel will bring together six business and social entrepreneurs who will select the winners. Panelists include: James Tansey (ISIS, Sauder School of Business, UBC), Tom Lawrence […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBanner project lands Green City awardOct 27, 2011They’ve saved more than 1,500 pounds of nylon from landfills and in the process, taught hundreds of teens how simple sewing could help the environment. Now a student team from Simon Fraser University is being honored with a Top 3 Green City Award from the City of Surrey for their creative environmental efforts. Their Banner Bags project was chosen in the community group category (one of three categories) at the Surrey 2011 City Awards, held at the new City Centre Library Oct. 25. The student project was created three years ago by a team from Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), based at SFU Surrey. Students Lauren Watkin, project manager, Sonam Swarup, director of community development, and Beedie alumnus Ashish Gurung, project advisor accepted the award from Mayor Dianne Watts. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsFew candidates for city council have taken to social media despite it being a great way to engage voters, according to one expert. “What surprises me more (than candidates’ lack of use) is that they haven’t realized the power of being able to tap into communities through social media,” said Michael Parent, a business professor at Simon Fraser University. Just seven of 19 candidates for city council have accounts on Twitter—an online social networking service allowing users to send and read short posts. Five have tweeted less than 50 times. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsFew things rankle Americans more than the sense of dependence on other nations. Dependence creates power in inverse measures. The Chinese government exacerbates this unease by voicing its unhappiness with the central role of the US dollar in the world’s economy. Its vast US dollar holdings – approximately $1.5 trillion – are affected by US monetary policy. As the world’s reserve currency, the US can fund deficits by easing its monetary policies, as the Federal Reserve did in its QEI and QEII efforts to refloat the American economy. A cheaper US dollar means Chinese dollar holdings become less valuable. The Chinese government has indicated that it expects the Yuan to become a reserve currency in the not-too-distant future, and that such a move would be beneficial in that it would reduce the vulnerability of the global economy to the US. China is the second largest economy in the world and there is a sense of inevitability to its increasing economic power. China would like to expand its role in financial markets, building off its economic strengths. Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsLandmark gift a boon to SFU Beedie School of Business The October issue of Report on Business Magazine, published by the Globe and Mail, features a 2-page feature on several exciting developments at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, including Ryan and Keith Beedie’s $22 million gift to the school, the newly established Americas MBA for Executives in partnership with universities from Brazil, Mexico and the US, as well as a newly-established $5 million investment fund […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsContact: Derek Moscato, 778.782.5038; derek_moscato@sfu.ca Dixon Tam, dixon_tam@sfu.ca Michelle Cobb (Scotiabank) Phone: 778-327-5451 Email: michelle.cobb@scotiabank.com September 28, 2011 Scotiabank was today recognized with Simon Fraser University’s Nancy McKinstry award for leadership in diversity. The SFU Beedie School of Business corporate award, presented during a sold-out breakfast at the university’s Segal Graduate School campus in downtown Vancouver, recognizes an organization that exemplifies the values of diversity in the workplace. The Canadian bank was recognized for its core values, […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsIn a newly-published article in the Globe and Mail, David C. Thomas, director of the Centre for Global Workforce Strategy at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, says that in the past, corporations viewed diversity as a problem to be managed. But that has changed drastically in recent years, he argues. “Now, they recognize it as a significant advantage,” he says. “Now, whether it’s a company or a city, the way to achieve economic […] Read More... |
| 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 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 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 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 NewsFIA (Brazil), ITAM (Mexico) and Vanderbilt University (USA) team up with SFU’s Beedie School of Business to partner on new executive program focused on the Americas VANCOUVER– Four of the most widely respected graduate business schools in North and South America are partnering to offer an innovative new Master of Business Administration program for international executives starting in August 2011. Called the Americas MBA for Executives, the two-year degree program provides 60 students with the […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsNHL late-round picks do better than you’d think, says new SFU Beedie study from Peter Tingling and Michael BrydonMar 14, 2011Longshots and Luck By Ken Warren, The Ottawa Citizen We’ve all seen those teenage prospects forced to sweat through round after round of the National Hockey League entry draft before they hear their names called. Well, maybe there’s no reason to feel sorry for them. A comprehensive study of the history of NHL draft selections, compiled by researchers at Simon Fraser University, shows that lateround picks have almost the same chance of a career in […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsYoung Women in Business have much to celebrate at International Women’s Day mini-conferenceMar 07, 2011Influential business leaders come together to reflect on the accomplishments of women Vancouver, B.C. (March 2, 2011)- You needn’t look much further than the emerging female leaders of the Young Women in Business (YWiB) organization to find proof that women have become key players in the professional world. To celebrate the successes of women past and present, the YWiB Simon Fraser University (YWiB SFU) team, one of YWiB’s three university chapters, has been working hard […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following is an excerpt from Ian McCarthy’s blog entitled It Depends: Competitive advantages are temporary, especially in fast changing industries. A cover of Business Week magazine asks “Is Your Company Fast Enough?”, and there are scores of popular business books and magazines with titles such as “Fast Company”, “Business @ the Speed of Thought”, and “The Age of Speed”. Such publications suggest that in fast moving industry environments, speed, and in particular being fast, […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSFU recognizes outstanding alumniFeb 28, 2011Familiar faces to SFU’s Beedie School of Business, both nationally and internationally, were the recipients of the 2010 SFU Outstanding Alumni Awards. Jim Chu and Alan Rugman were recently honoured during an awards dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver earlier this month. The recipients have made their marks in the categories of Public Service and Academic Achievement: Public Service Jim Chu, who completed Bachelor of Business Administration in 1986 at Simon Fraser University, is […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsContacts: Ryan & Keith Beedie: Contact Mat Wilcox, 604.828.7007; mwilcox@wilcoxgroup.com Andrew Petter, SFU President, 604.808.6530; petter@sfu.ca Daniel Shapiro, Dean of SFU Business, 778.782.4183; daniel_shapiro@sfu.ca Derek Moscato, Director, Marketing and Communications, SFU Business, 604.671.4567; derek_moscato@sfu.ca Don MacLachlan, PAMR, 604.763.3929; donmac@sfu.ca February 9, 2011 Ryan and Keith Beedie have donated $22 million to Ryan’s alma mater—SFU Business, which will now be named the Beedie School of Business. This is the largest gift that Simon Fraser University has […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIs business ready to embrace the power of slow?Jan 25, 2011Managers and scholars have long been interested in how industry dynamics govern the creation and erosion of competitive advantage. As competitive advantages are temporary, especially in fast changing industries, a cover of Business Week asked “Is Your Company Fast Enough?” and we have popular business book and magazines with titles such as Fast Company, “Business @ the Speed of Thought”, and “The Age of Speed”. A groundbreaking research article from Simon Fraser University, however, dispels […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsMBA checkmates competition at BC chess championshipJan 20, 2011Maxim Doroshenko, a student in Simon Fraser University’s full-time MBA program, finished in first place in the 2011 BC Active Chess Championship, one of the top tournaments in the province, this past January. The chess showdown is held annually in Vancouver. Doroshenko won six of his games, and finished with a draw in three others, to tie for the top billing along with one other participant. Along the way, he beat three former British Columbia […] Read More... |
| ContextHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 14, 2011. Sperm Donors’ Anonymity A lawsuit before the B.C. Supreme Court regarding the anonymity of sperm donors has huge implications, SFU ethicist Mark Wexler told The Toronto Star. If their anonymity cannot be guaranteed, then financial incentives may have to be offered. “The issue is not whether people should have knowledge about their origins for medical reasons. That’s going to occur; it’s […] Read More... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 7, 2011. Not All Hackers Are Bad The Vancouver Sun reported on an award-winning paper by SFU researchers that said companies should embrace consumers who hack proprietary products. SFU PhD researcher Colin Campbelland SFU business professors Leyland Pitt and Ian McCarthy collaborated on the paper. Full story: http://i.sfu.ca/ySBGPf TriCities Mentorship Sam Thiara, a representative from SFU Business, is working with the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce to develop […] 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 […] 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 […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSingapore— An undergraduate team from SFU Business has garnered a top prize at one of Asia’s most prestigious business school competitions. The SFU team – consisting of students Awin Ye, Matt Baril and William Trudeau – was awarded “Most Innovative Solution” at the Apex Global 2010 Case Competition, held last week in Singapore. APEX Global is an annual international undergraduate business IT case competition hosted by Singapore Management University. A total of 24 teams from […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsIndustry Executives and First Nations chiefs switch seats to improve inter‐cultural understanding. By Joel McKay Aboriginal and business leaders gathered in downtown Vancouver recently to celebrate 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 for several days last […] 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... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsStudents from SFU Business’s Management of Technology MBA program showcased an impressive and progressive range of community-focused, technology-grounded products this week – from sustainable transportation programs to emergency response tools, and from portable power devices to sports and health software applications. The presentations were part of the MOT 774 business course, which requires students to take business ideas from inception to market introduction. The products presented included: Quake Aware: An earthquake-preparedness website and iPhone application […] Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Beginnings, by Dennis CulverMar 05, 2010The following article was written by SFU Business alumnus and supporter Dennis Culver, who passed away on February 10, 2010. We republish it here because it speaks to his love of writing and detail, and his special relationship with SFU Business. It also tells a unique and worthwhile story about Canada’s first EMBA program. — SFU Beginnings by Dennis Culver In 1967, Eleanor and I made our second trans-continental journey from our North Vancouver residence […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU Business remembers Dennis Culver, 1923-2010Mar 05, 2010Longtime SFU Business alumnus, supporter and friend Dennis Culver passed away on February 7, 2010. His family is holding a public memorial for him at the Segal Room at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver on March 26 at 1 pm. Dennis Culver, 1923 – 2010: A Legacy of Devotion to Community and Higher Education It’s difficult to do justice with words to the unique and enduring legacy that an individual like […] 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... |
| EQUISHow SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending October 16, 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... |
| 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 – Jan. 23Jan 23, 2009How SFU Business fared in the news for the week of January 23, 2009 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... |
| EQUISOn 3 June 2008 General Motors announced that it would close four of its truck plants and move away from building SUVs. On 23 June it amended this to 7 plants. The move was said to be in order to adjust cost structures in line with GM’s energy-efficient competitors in Japan and, from a public relations perspective, looked responsive to mounting concerns over global warming. The market welcomed the news by briefly halting the share […] Read More... |
| EQUISJune 26 – 28, 2007 The Second International Conference was held at the Newman Vertical Campus of Baruch College in New York City. Some of the topic areas developed included: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE REPUTATION CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, ISSUE ADVERTISING MANAGING FOR RESULTS BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE – PEOPLE, PLANT, AND PROFIT CORPORATE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM NGOS AS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CASE STUDIES – LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE FAITH-BASED VALUES AND ETHICAL […] Read More... |
| EQUISSFU Business research projects have garnered almost $500,000 in research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Read More... |