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SFU launches interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration

Sep 15, 2014

A new interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration offered by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business and its partners will teach undergraduate students the teamwork, problem solving, and creativity skills that are increasingly required to create opportunities after graduation.

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Introducing Rosalie Tung, President-Elect of the Academy of International Business

Sep 12, 2014

As the new President-elect of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Beedie School of Business Professor Rosalie Tung is well placed to reflect upon the importance of AIB in today’s fast-paced business world.

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Beedie partners with Emily Carr to tackle sustainability through entrepreneurship

Sep 8, 2014

This summer, undergraduates at SFU’s Beedie School of Business and Emily Carr University showcased and sold sustainable products of their own design in the culmination of the interdisciplinary entrepreneurship platFORM program.

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Ian McCarthy ranked among Top 50 Professors on Twitter

Aug 26, 2014

Ian McCarthy, associate dean of graduate programs at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, has for the second year in a row been included on a prestigious list of the top 50 professors using Twitter.  

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Georgia Straight: Vancouver student entrepreneurs learn new ways to launch ventures

Aug 20, 2014

The following is an excerpt from the full article published in the Georgia Straight on August 20, 2014, and features comment from Beedie School of Business lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation Sarah Lubik.

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CKNW’s CEO Series returns to Segal Graduate School

Aug 16, 2014

The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University will this fall welcome back Vancouver radio station CKNW News Talk 980 to the Segal Graduate School to garner leadership insights from some of BC’s top CEOs in the Leadership Talks Series.

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CMA Innovation Centre: Measuring entrepreneurial resilience in five brothers

Aug 13, 2014

Over the course of a decade, five brothers in Bavaria, Germany all started business ventures in the food service industry with varying degrees of success. Given their near-identical backgrounds, what are the psychological and micro-social factors that affected the subjects’ entrepreneurial resilience, ultimately leading to their success and failure? Jessica Di Bella, Head of Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Mannheim in Germany, explored this topic in a fascinating presentation in […]

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24 Hours Toronto: Specialized MBAs on the rise

Aug 11, 2014

The following is an excerpt from the full article published in 24 Hours Toronto on August 11, 2014, and features comment from Beedie School of Business associate dean Ian McCarthy.

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Blaize Horner Reich appointed dean of SFU’s Beedie School of Business

Jul 17, 2014

Professor Blaize Horner Reich has been appointed dean of Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, beginning her new role September 1.

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SFU student innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration highlighted at Opportunity Fest

Apr 11, 2014

Undergraduate student entrepreneurs from across Simon Fraser University gathered to celebrate innovation at the fourth annual Opportunity Fest, a marketplace-style showcase of student creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. 

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