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Beedie Group celebrates 60 years in business

Apr 4, 2014

Family that runs B.C.’s largest industrial property developer are also front-rank philanthropists.

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Michael Brydon nets silver in NHL analytics contest

Aug 12, 2013

Beedie School of Business associate professor Michael Brydon has scored a top-two placing in an analytics challenge established by NHL franchise the Edmonton Oilers. The Edmonton Oilers Hackathon 2.0 saw the Oilers open up their vault of in-depth and historical data to hockey and data enthusiasts, who were asked to submit their own analyses and present a compelling case to help the club win games. Entries were scored over the course of the 2012-13 season […]

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Hockey’s been good to BBA alumnus and Alpha Technologies CEO Mark Schnarr

Aug 1, 2013

The following article was published by Business in Vancouver on July 31, 2013. Mark Schnarr is a SFU BBA alumnus. It’s been years since Alpha Technologies CEO Mark Schnarr laced ’em up for the Kelowna Buckaroos, but the lessons he learned and connections he made on the ice continue to influence his corporate career today Hockey’s been good to Mark Schnarr. The game has taught the Alpha Technologies president and CEO about fairness, hard work and the importance […]

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MBAs partner with Five Hole for Food to fight hunger

Dec 12, 2012

MBA students from the Beedie School of Business put their studies on hold in favour of some street hockey recently, at the SFU MBA Five Hole for Food charity street hockey event. The event was organized by SFU’s full-time and Management of Technology MBA students in partnership with Five Hole for Food, and took place at the Jack Poole Plaza (near the Olympic cauldron) in downtown Vancouver on 15 December. Five Hole for Food is […]

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Dallas Stars owner and Northland Properties CEO Tom Gaglardi talks hockey and hospitality at Beedie

Oct 18, 2012

Tom Gaglardi, CEO of Northland Properties Group and owner of the Dallas Stars NHL franchise, shared with a live audience at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business his experiences as head of one of Canada’s largest hospitality organizations, as well as the new owner of one of North America’s top hockey franchises. The event was part of the Beedie School of Business’ partnership with prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW, which sees SFU’s downtown Vancouver […]

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Students Pluck Management Case from Vancouver Hockey Riot

Jun 22, 2012

Undergrads parlay business lessons from post-Stanley Cup mayhem into victories at global ethics competition. For British Columbia hockey fans and observers of civic affairs, 2011 will be remembered for the troubling Stanley Cup riots in the aftermath of the Vancouver Canucks’ Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins. The event is something many of the city’s residents would like to forget. But for a team of students from the Beedie School of Business, the riots […]

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New study examines similar traits of CEOs and NHL general managers

Jun 11, 2012

Peter Tingling says the NHL is fertile ground for studying the role of turmoil in management decision-making. “It’s not just an abstract question. CEO turnover at large companies is at 14 per cent and more and more CEOs are being shown the door. Yahoo and HP of course have both had a series of CEOs but other companies such as Samsung, Wal-Mart, Sony and Rim have also made changes.” Tingling will present a paper on the study, New Job, Old Job: Does job security help or hinder decision making? at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference in St. John’s Newfoundland on June 11.

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