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Vancouver Sun: Secrets to building business in China

May 13, 2014

Huge potential for B.C. companies that are willing to invest the time and adapt to culture differences.

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Rare 1900’s share certificates donated to SFU’s Beedie School of Business

May 1, 2014

A rare collection of historical business share certificates has been donated to the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University by former member of the Canadian Senate Jack Austin.

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Professor Rosalie Tung voted President-Elect of AIB Executive Board

Mar 20, 2014

Simon Fraser University Professor Rosalie Tung has been voted as President-Elect of the Academy of International Business (AIB) Executive Board. She will serve a three-year term, to commence from August 2014, initially as President-Elect before progressing to President in 2015, and finally Past President from 2016.

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Beedie named Academic School of the Year at JDC West

Jan 23, 2013

SFU’s Beedie School of Business captured the Academic School of the Year award at the prestigious JDC West case competition, held from January 18 to 20 at the University of British Columbia, edging out stiff competition from 11 other leading Canadian business schools to claim the title. The Academic School of the Year award is presented to the team which achieves the highest overall finish in the JDC West competition’s ten academic categories. In addition, the more »

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New edition of Ideas@Beedie magazine focuses on international business

Dec 21, 2012

The latest issue of Ideas@Beedie, the new digital magazine from the Beedie School of Business, is now available online, showcasing the school’s academic research, industry impact and engagement with the community. The new edition of Ideas@Beedie focuses on the subject of international business and highlights the breadth and depth of research carried out by the Beedie School of Business faculty on the topic. The research explored in the new issue includes the role of government more »

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Looking South: Beedie teams up with b-schools in Brazil, Mexico and the U.S. to offer Americas MBA

Dec 14, 2012

By Remy Scalza On a Sunday evening in late August, 53 business executives from as far as São Paulo, Brazil, and as near as Delta, B.C., gathered in the Bill Reid Gallery in downtown Vancouver.  In the shadow of totem poles, they bowed their heads for a welcome song and prayer, feasted on traditional barbecued salmon and marveled at masterworks of aboriginal art. Then, they got down to business: a lecture from a leading legal more »

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Tackling business head-on

Nov 27, 2012

Former Canadian Football League star discovers a passion for international business With the Canadian Football League (CFL) season in full swing, one of its former stars is embarking on a new chapter in his life. Javier Glatt has swapped the CFL for an MBA – and discovered a passion for international business in the process. After eight years of playing pro football as a linebacker for the CFL’s BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos, Glatt has more »

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SFU student swaps professional football for an MBA

Aug 1, 2012

With the Canadian Football League season back in full swing, one of its former stars is embarking on a new chapter in his life. Javier Glatt has swapped locker rooms, training sessions and footballs for lecture rooms, study sessions and books. After eight years of playing pro football as a linebacker for the CFL’s BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos, Glatt is now in the final stages of the MBA program at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie more »

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Italian fashion students learn what it means to be a Canadian

Jul 31, 2012

Business students from Italy spent July in Vancouver as part of a unique collaboration between SFU’s Beedie School of Business and the Università Bocconi – and were given a crash course in Canadian culture as part of their visit. The visiting students from Bocconi, located in the fashion capital of Italy, Milan, and regarded as Italy’s top business and economics school, were paired with SFU students from the “Business 492: Management of Fashion Companies,” class more »

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BBA graduate Larisa Topalo takes BC Export Award for International Business Studies

Oct 14, 2011

Larisa Topalo, who recently graduated from the Beedie School of Business with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, has been announced as the 2011 recipient of the prestigious BC Export Award for International Business Studies. Topalo will receive a $3,000 award and trophy at the annual BC Export Awards gala held on October 28, 2011.

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