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Beedie sets new standards for case competition training – and results

Jul 8, 2013

In 2012, the spring semester of undergraduate business case competitions saw Beedie School of Business teams achieve relatively strong results, including a podium finish for the APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge team. Despite the admirable performances, however, the consensus was that the school’s students were capable of achieving even more. Fast forward one year, and the 2013 spring semester saw Beedie School of Business teams achieve podium finishes at every single undergraduate case competition entered: […]

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Beedie MBAs win big at international business ethics case competition

May 17, 2013

A team of MBA students from the Beedie School of business has dominated the field at the prestigious Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC), taking first place in the 10-minute presentation and winning silver in the 30-minute presentation. The team, consisting of SFU MBA students Sophie Collins, Negar Hadavi, Laura Anderson and Erin Lane, and Management of Technology MBA student Winnie So, emerged victorious from a strong field of 25 competing teams from across the […]

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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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