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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: more »More...
Singapore silver for Team Beedie at APEX Global Case Challenge
May 23, 2013
The Beedie School of Business continued its recent winning form in university case competitions by grabbing the silver medal at the high-profile APEX Business-IT Global Case Challenge. The competition, hosted by Singapore Management University (SMU) from May 12 to 16, is regarded as one of the top management information systems case competitions in the world, and this year featured 24 top universities from as far afield as Germany, Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia, and the US. more »More...
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 more »More...
Podium finishes for Beedie BBAs at global competitions
Apr 15, 2013
Students from the Beedie School of Business have enjoyed success at two prestigious international business case competitions, each capturing a top three finish in their respective competitions. The teams competed at the Belgrade Business International Case Competition (BBICC), hosted by the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and the Royal Roads University International Undergraduate Case Competition (RRUIUCC), hosted by the University of Victoria. Each Beedie School of Business team earned bronze in their competition. The BBICC team, more »More...
MBAs take top prize at HEC Montreal sustainability case competition
Mar 24, 2013
A team of MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business captured first place at the HEC Montréal MBA Sustainability Challenge case competition. The team, consisting of MBA students Erin Lane, Geordan Hankinson, Colin Knudsen and Andrew Lee, emerged victorious from a field of 12 competing universities from across Canada, the US and Denmark. The competition, held at HEC Montréal in Québec on March 16, seeks to demonstrate the relevance of addressing corporate more »More...
Social Entrepreneurship SFU to host annual Social Innovation Case Competition
Mar 13, 2013
Social Entrepreneurship SFU (SE-SFU), a student-run club at Simon Fraser University for entrepreneurs passionate about making a difference to society’s problems, will host its annual Social Innovation Case Competition at SFU’s Surrey campus on March 23 from 12.15 to 4.30pm. This year’s competition is busier than ever, with five extra teams added to the competition to cope with demand from 75 entrants. In teams of three, students will use their academic knowledge and entrepreneurial skills more »More...
Beedie MBAs reach finals of Whitman Case Competition
Mar 12, 2013
A team of Beedie School of Business MBA students will travel to Syracuse University, New York, on March 22 to compete in the finals of the prestigious Whitman Case Competition. The team earned their spot after their preliminary executive summary placed them in the top six from almost 30 teams. The annual competition, run by the Whitman School of Management, draws teams from invited schools across North America. Competing teams have only a short time more »More...
Canadian Universities Sweep 10th International CaseIT Competition
Feb 26, 2013
The following article was published by the CIO Association of Canada “The Future of Canadian IT is in Good Hands.” For the first time since its inception in 2004, the International CaseIT competition, hosted annually by MIS (Management Information Students) at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, and co-sponsored by the CIO Association of Canada – Vancouver Chapter, three Canadian teams have captured all three podium spots. This year’s sixteen qualifying teams hailed from more »More...
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 »More...
Beedie team nets silver at IIBD case competition
Dec 4, 2012
A team of Beedie School of Business students today captured silver in one of Asia’s most rigorous case competitions, the International Institute for Business Development (IIBD) Case Competition. The team, consisting of BBA students Iris Luong, Renee Chau, and Stefanie Klein, along with MBA student Rob Graham, was one of six teams selected to compete in the final from an initial field of 28 entrants from 12 different countries worldwide. The team was awarded a more »More...