 | Beedie School of Business NewsCelebrating a new era on National Aboriginal DayJun 21, 2012As Canada reflects on National Aboriginal Day and a new era for Aboriginal peoples in the country, Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business is moving quickly towards the September commencement of its Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership. The program is one of many indicators that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people are entering a new era in which their communities and nations can return to prosperity. The new EMBA, the first of […] Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsNew bursary for Beedie School studentsJun 21, 2012The following is a media release issued by SFU on June 20, 2012. Contact: Reid McKenzie, mckenziereid@hotmail.com Derek Moscato, SFU Beedie School of Business, 778.782.5038, derek_moscato@sfu.ca Erica Branda, SFU Advancement, 778.782.3353, ebranda@sfu.ca Reid McKenzie, grandson of the late Alan Eyre, has donated all the assets of the Alan and Margaret Eyre Foundation to Simon Fraser University to create an undergraduate bursary for students entering the SFU Beedie School of Business. The total value of the new Alan and Margaret […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie students building socially impactful careersJun 20, 2012As a result of economic uncertainty and a less-than-optimal employment outlook both globally and locally, some students at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University are taking an alternative path to growing their careers. In the process, they are making hands-on contributions to the economy and society through entrepreneurial activity, community engagement, and international development. A case in point is Education Generation, founded by Shawn Smith, a Beedie School of Business alumnus and […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsForbes: Ambush Marketing – 7 Lessons from Beedie Professors To Win Promotional Gold At London OlympicsJun 18, 2012The following article was published by Forbes on June 14, 2012. Former Intel CEO Andy Grove claimed that only the paranoid survive. So should the mighty Olympic Committee watch out for the villagers in the picturesque village of Wye, 35 minutes from the site of the upcoming London Olympics? Undetered by the heavy-handed restrictions that prevent UK citizens from using the Olympic logo to celebrate the world’s largest sporting event, the local church group has just staged […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following story was published on SFU News on June 7, 2012. By Ross MacDonald-Allan When undergrad Fahad Yasin collects his degree in business administration this month, his family’s association with Simon Fraser University will have returned to where it started. His father, Mohammed, graduated 30 years ago after leaving his home country, Fiji, to study at SFU. His two older sisters also attended SFU, one of whom will join him at convocation when she […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsStudents help Vancouver reach zero waste goalsJun 15, 2012Students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business are using their sustainability-in-business acumen to help the City of Vancouver and other B.C. jurisdictions reach their zero waste goals. Annually, SFU’s MBA students undertake real-world sustainability projects for clients across Canada. This year, they are working with the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC) and the city in a project that is also being supported by the packaging division of Walmart Canada. Both RCBC and the city have mandated zero-waste goals, at a time when the province is moving towards “extended producer responsibility” — which puts the onus of waste disposal on product manufacturers and retailers. Students in the MBA sustainability class and the undergraduate course Managing for Sustainability (Bus 489), both taught by Stephanie Bertels, a Beedie School assistant professor, are designing companies or processes that close existing gaps in the consumer recycling landscape – from discarded computers and electronics to take-out food packaging. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article was published by The Globe and Mail on June 12, 2012. Hiring is difficult enough in good times. So what happens when the economy is shaky? Some experts say hiring is easier because layoffs, such as the recent deep cuts at Research In Motion Ltd., flood the applicant pool with talent. Others say there’s too much “noise” in the marketplace as unemployed people – typically grade-C players, they say – carpet-bomb employers […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie School of Business maintains top Klout scoreJun 07, 2012For the second year in a row, SFU’s Beedie School of Business is enjoying some serious Klout on social media. Tweeting since early 2010, Simon Fraser University’s business school (@SFUBeedie) has been rated as the most influential Canadian business school by a prominent social media metric known as Klout. The metric website measures influence by using data from selected media channels, such as Twitter followers and unique mentions and Facebook comments and likes. With a Klout […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsSurrey, BC – On Tuesday, May 29th from 5:30-8pm at Eaglequest Golf Course, the Surrey Board of Trade will award 25 winners in their second annual Surrey’s Top 25 Under 25 Awards event. The event will celebrate the incredible initiatives of Surrey’s youth under the Age of 25. The winners were chosen based upon a subjective analysis of their business or community achievements, leadership ability, community involvement, professional achievements and uniqueness of their business or […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following was submitted by the SFU chapter of Young Women in Business Last year, the SFU chapter of Young Women in Business (YWiB) had the pleasure of hosting its first annual International Women’s Day Conference. The sold-out event was a truly inspirational day, featuring amazing speakers, a great panel session and plenty of new connections and friendships. YWiB SFU will once again be hosting their signature event, but this year everything is bigger and better! Following this […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie-hosted CaseIT competition draws global classFeb 09, 2012by Joanne Leung Some of the world’s most prestigious business schools met in Vancouver for CaseIT 2012, an annual international undergraduate case competition with a strong MIS focus designed to find the best and brightest in strategic IT case analysis. Hosted annually by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, CaseIT is an entirely student-organized event in which 16 university teams compete in a 24-hour case deliberation. The winners of this year’s CaseIT competition were: […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business Newsby Joanne Leung Both students and alumni from SFU’s Beedie School of Business have been selected to compete on February 11 for $5000 in cash prizes at the upcoming Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize Competition, which will take place at the Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver. The start-up competition is organized by SFU Venture Connection, recognizing excellence in business development among early-stage clients participating in the VentureSpark program. Of the seven finalists—the […] Read More... |
| Beedie School of Business NewsThe following was originally published in the Burnaby Now newspaper on January 27, 2012. BY JANAYA FULLER-EVANS, BURNABY NOW The Eastman Kodak company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization last week, but the company says the Burnaby division will not be affected. “The Chapter 11 filing directly impacted only our U.S. operations and subsidiaries,” Christopher Veronda, Kodak’s manager of corporate communications, wrote in an email to the NOW. The Kodak Graphic Communications Group, located at 4225 […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSimon Fraser University student Jessica Fan is in elite company as a member of “The Next 36.” The prestigious entrepreneurial leadership program seeks out the country’s most promising undergraduate top young entrepreneurs and challenges them to create their own ventures. A fourth-year student majoring jointly in business and interactive arts and technology at SFU Surrey, Fan will spend much of the next year working with cohorts at Queens University, the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto – […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe founder of a burgeoning online instant gift card company is Simon Fraser University’s newest Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Matias Marquez, an undergraduate student in the Beedie School of Business, took the honour at the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) annual competition held on Nov. 19. His company, Buyatab.com, Canada’s leading digital gift card processor is a “software-as-a-service” digital gift card processing technology that becomes embedded onto its customers’ websites. According to Marquez, thousands of merchant locations across […] Read More... |