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Future investment bankers enjoy healthy returns at high finance showdown
Jan 21, 2011
VANCOUVER— A team of Master of Financial Risk Management (MFRM) students from Simon Fraser University placed second in the National Investment Banking Competition held at the University of British Columbia on January 13 and 14. The annual high finance showdown featured 67 teams from across Canada. The SFU students were Lauren Looi, Simon Hutchison, Milton-Andres Bernal and Ashkan Ziabakhshdeylami. In the spirit of their heritage downtown campus, the Segal Graduate School, a site that used more »More...
The 2010 recipients of TD Canada Distinguished Teaching Award discuss the business of teaching
Jan 21, 2011
Every year, the Faculty of Business Administration recognizes up to two instructors with the TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award. All instructors who teach in undergraduate or graduate programs in the faculty are eligible for the award and may be nominated by students, colleagues, or alumni. The Teaching Effectiveness Committee selects the award recipients based on the nomination and input from former students. Click here to read about the 2010 award recipients, Dr. Ian McCarthy and more »More...
SFU undergrads recognize SFU grad and mentor
Jan 20, 2011
Contact: Derek Moscato, SFU Business, 778.782.5038, drmoscat@sfu.ca Carol Thorbes, PAMR, 778.782.3035, cthorbes@sfu.ca Website: BASS banquet http://i.sfu.ca/pCROaV January 19, 2011 Dave Cobb, the president and CEO of B.C. Hydro and a Simon Fraser University alumnus, will get a big thumbs-up from SFU business undergrads at a March 9 gala dinner co-hosted by them. SFU’s Business Administration Student Society (BASS) and SFU Business will award Cobb, a 1987 SFU business graduate, the BASS 2011 Corporate Impact Award, a prestigious prize more »More...
MBA checkmates competition at BC chess championship
Jan 20, 2011
Maxim Doroshenko, a student in Simon Fraser University’s full-time MBA program, finished in first place in the 2011 BC Active Chess Championship, one of the top tournaments in the province, this past January. The chess showdown is held annually in Vancouver. Doroshenko won six of his games, and finished with a draw in three others, to tie for the top billing along with one other participant. Along the way, he beat three former British Columbia more »More...
Video: SFU at the 2011 MBA Games
Jan 20, 2011
A team of Master of Business Administration students from Simon Fraser University were the top-ranked British Columbia team at the 2011 MBA Games, held in Toronto from January 7 to 9, 2011. Click here to watch the video.More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – January 14, 2011
Jan 19, 2011
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 14, 2011. Sperm Donors’ Anonymity A lawsuit before the B.C. Supreme Court regarding the anonymity of sperm donors has huge implications, SFU ethicist Mark Wexler told The Toronto Star. If their anonymity cannot be guaranteed, then financial incentives may have to be offered. “The issue is not whether people should have knowledge about their origins for medical reasons. That’s going to occur; it’s more »More...
Survey Indicates Chinese Private Enterprises Eyeing Investment Opportunities in Canada’s Manufacturing Sector
Jan 17, 2011
January 17, 2011 Vancouver, B.C.– Canada is expected to benefit from China’s increasingly active private enterprises, which are poised to invest abroad in industries beyond the resources sector, according to a report published today by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and supported by SFU Business. The China Goes Global 2010 a workshop on Chinese Investments in Canada at Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business, also indicated that Chinese enterprises consider the Canadian economy more »More...
SFU students make big impact at MBA Games
Jan 17, 2011
A team of Master of Business Administration students from Simon Fraser University were the top-ranked British Columbia team at the 2011 MBA Games, held in Toronto from January 7 to 9, 2011. The SFU team ultimately placed fourth overall out of 20 of the top MBA programs across Canada. The group of 39 full-time and Management of Technology MBA students travelled to Toronto for the university’s triumphant return to the highly regarded competition. “The success more »More...
SFU undergrads win prestigious marketing prize
Jan 11, 2011
SFU Business undergraduate students May Yu and Emily Chua have won top prize in the marketing category at one of Canada’s most prestigious university competitions. Hosted by Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and held from January 6-8, the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (I.C.B.C) is Canada’s premier undergraduate business case competition. In taking top billing, Yu and Chua beat out a staggering 170 preliminary round submissions from 41 leading business schools across Canada and around the world. more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – January 7, 2011
Jan 10, 2011
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending January 7, 2011. Not All Hackers Are Bad The Vancouver Sun reported on an award-winning paper by SFU researchers that said companies should embrace consumers who hack proprietary products. SFU PhD researcher Colin Campbelland SFU business professors Leyland Pitt and Ian McCarthy collaborated on the paper. Full story: http://i.sfu.ca/ySBGPf TriCities Mentorship Sam Thiara, a representative from SFU Business, is working with the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce to develop more »More...