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2013 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity: Tickets now on sale
Aug 13, 2013
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is proud to host the SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity at the Segal Graduate School on September 25, 2013. The annual awards, now in their fifth year, recognize those who have shown exemplary leadership in advancing the cause of diversity in business. The breakfast event will see a corporate award presented to the organization that exemplifies the values of diversity in the workplace. more »More...
Michael Brydon nets silver in NHL analytics contest
Aug 12, 2013
Beedie School of Business associate professor Michael Brydon has scored a top-two placing in an analytics challenge established by NHL franchise the Edmonton Oilers. The Edmonton Oilers Hackathon 2.0 saw the Oilers open up their vault of in-depth and historical data to hockey and data enthusiasts, who were asked to submit their own analyses and present a compelling case to help the club win games. Entries were scored over the course of the 2012-13 season more »More...
Ian McCarthy named a Top Professor on Twitter in leadership, innovation and strategy
Aug 12, 2013
Ian McCarthy, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology & Operations Management at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, has been named to a prestigious list of the Top 50 Professors on Twitter, ranking him as one of the most influential academics using social media in the fields of leadership, innovation and strategy. The LDRLB list recognizes those professors who consistently build upon their body of knowledge and further the goal of evidence-based leadership through the use more »More...
Hockey’s been good to BBA alumnus and Alpha Technologies CEO Mark Schnarr
Aug 1, 2013
The following article was published by Business in Vancouver on July 31, 2013. Mark Schnarr is a SFU BBA alumnus. It’s been years since Alpha Technologies CEO Mark Schnarr laced ’em up for the Kelowna Buckaroos, but the lessons he learned and connections he made on the ice continue to influence his corporate career today Hockey’s been good to Mark Schnarr. The game has taught the Alpha Technologies president and CEO about fairness, hard work and the importance more »More...
Alumna Frenny Bawa explains the technology distribution model in India
Aug 1, 2013
The following article was published by Business in Vancouver on June 11, 2013. Frenny Bawa is a SFU BBA alumna. Business in Vancouver’s “How I Did It” feature asks business leaders to explain in their own words how they achieved a business goal in the face of significant entrepreneurial challenges. In this week’s issue, Frenny Bawa describes how, in her previous role as Research in Motion’s (RIM, now BlackBerry) vice-president and managing director for India, she more »More...
Aboriginal Business Champion distinction for SFU trailblazer in management education
Jul 26, 2013
Mark Selman, director of the Executive MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, is the 2013 recipient of the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB) award for Aboriginal Business Champion of the Year. The Aboriginal Business Champion award is given to a non-Aboriginal individual who exemplifies leadership and best practices in Aboriginal engagement and business relationship development. The honour is a part of the ICAB Recognition Awards, which more »More...
SFU Executive Education marks five years of developing IT business leaders
Jul 24, 2013
This fall marks the latest installment of the CIOCAN Leadership Development Program, an annual professional development program for senior IT leaders offered by SFU Executive Education at the Beedie School of Business in partnership with the CIO Association of Canada’s Vancouver chapter. The program, now in its fifth year, supports IT leaders who want to take their careers to the next level and become true business leaders. “We are listening to the business needs of more »More...
Beedie to host 2014 Academy of International Business Conference
Jul 19, 2013
Contact: Derek Moscato, Beedie School of Business, 778.782.5038; drmoscat@sfu.ca One of the world’s largest gatherings of scholars devoted to international business will converge on Simon Fraser University and host city Vancouver next summer. SFU’s Beedie School of Business was named as host institution for the 2014 summit during the recent 2013 annual meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB) in Istanbul, Turkey. The event features a combination of academic plenaries, panels, and papers devoted to global management more »More...
Research by Rosalie Tung focuses on marketing to the red dragon
Jul 18, 2013
The following is an excerpt from the full article published by B&T on July 18, 2013 By: Chris Baumann (Senior Lecturer in business at Macquarie University) Chinese consumers are savvy, and like in most other markets, diverse. A study I recently completed with Dr Hamin, lecturer at Macquarie University, and Professor Tung of Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada, revealed how cultural factors play a key role in influencing the purchasing decisions of the Chinese consumer. more »More...
Axiom News: At RADIUS, Students are Launching Social Ventures
Jul 18, 2013
The following article was published by Axiom News on July 15, 2013. Twenty-one-year-old Xinyan Chen took her first social entrepreneurship class at RADIUS (RADical Ideas Useful to Society) last spring. Now, she and four co-founders are launching EnableLife, an online community for people with disabilities and their support network to share tips and tricks to enable easier living. It’s this quick turnaround, from a useful idea to establishing a social venture, that a new Vancouver program more »More...