Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 19
Jun 22, 2009
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 12, 2009.
BC News
- Rosalie Tung, international business prof, wrote a guest column in The Vancouver Sun: “By virtue of its geographic location and high concentration of immigrants from Asia, B.C. is well-positioned to take the lead in showing Canada that fostering a more diversified trading base is the way to sustained growth.” The article was a summary of a paper she presented at this week’s B.C. Business Council Summit in Vancouver.
International News
- Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith spoke to the Agence France Presse news agency about the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the risks of the games trying to sign on new sponsors in “interesting economic times”. What happens if a sponsor promises cash, goods and services—but creditors demand they get the money instead?