Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – November 27
Nov 30, 2009
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 27, 2009.
National & World News
- Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith hit a double on GlobalTV, first appearing on national TV in a story about Oprah Winfrey’s announcement that her syndicated TV show will end in 2011. “Crazy like a fox,” said Meredith of Winfrey’s business smarts. Meredith was then on GlobalBC news in a story about VANOC’s settlement of a legal fight with a Winnipeg travel company that sells luxury travel tours. The settlement gave the longtime unauthorized Olympic ticket seller approval to sell authorized tickets.
- The Globe and Mail mentioned a study in the online version of the Journal of Business Research. It examined the motivations that prompt people to forward online content to others, and found those who cite the need to be altruistic or individualistic tend to pass along the most content. Co-author of the study: Jason Ho, assistant prof in SFU Business.
Education
- The Financial Post section of National Post ran a feature on how MBA programs are recognizing the trend, in business, to consultative, team-oriented leadership styles. Among others, the Post quoted Carolyn Egri, professor of management and organization studies at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business: “It’s been proven that the more educated and economically developed a population, the less workers are willing to be bossed around. They just won’t put up with it.”