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Beedie announced as host of Academy of International Business 2014 Conference in Vancouver
Jul 18, 2013
One of the world’s largest gatherings of scholars devoted to international business will converge upon Simon Fraser University and host city Vancouver next summer, it was announced recently in Istanbul. At the 2013 Annual Meeting for the Academy of International Business (AIB) in Turkey, SFU’s Beedie School of Business was named as host institution for the 2014 edition of the summit, which features a combination of academic plenaries, panels, and papers devoted to global management more »More...
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...
Shafik Bhalloo and Anthony Chan announced as TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award 2013 winners
Jul 5, 2013
Beedie School of Business lecturers Shafik Bhalloo and Anthony Chan have been named as recipients of the 2013 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching honour at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Awards are presented each year to the two teachers at Beedie who exemplify qualities such as engagement, organization, discipline, enthusiasm and support in their teaching. Since 1990, Beedie School of Business students, faculty and alumni more »More...
MBAs tackle iconic West Lion peak for BC charity
Jul 5, 2013
A team of adventure-seeking MBA students from SFU’s Beedie School of Business geared up in July to ascend one of the most iconic mountain peaks in the Vancouver area to raise funds for youth and family nature programs in British Columbia. They are the first MBA group in the province to have led this kind of charity-focused climb. The challenging day hike and scramble took students to the West Lion – a famous peak on more »More...
CIOCAN Leadership Development Program set for September
Jul 1, 2013
“The quality of the speakers/lecturers exceeded my expectations. I felt privileged to learn from what I feel are the best.” Software Development Manager (previous program participant) “Online works great, plenty of time and thoughtful and thought provoking discussions. In class was great as well. Pace is fast, jam packed but manageable.” Director, Information Services (previous program participant) This popular program, offered in partnership with the CIO Association of Canada, is geared towards aspiring and current CIOs more »More...
BC Business: Tech Meltdown
Jun 26, 2013
The following article was published by BC Business on June 26, 2013. Yesteryear’s darlings are giving way to a nimble new generation. A generation ago, in 1982, the launch of QLT Inc. under UBC cancer researcher Julia Levy ushered in the future of B.C.’s biotech industry. Levy was 48 years old at the time and virtually alone in a B.C. business landscape dominated by forestry heavyweights, mining hopefuls and merchant families with names like Woodward, Pattison more »More...
Beedie’s Business Technology Management Certificate awarded first national accreditation
Jun 18, 2013
The Certificate in Business Technology Management at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business is the first Business Technology Management program in Canada to be awarded national accreditation. The accreditation is the result of a rigorous process of program evaluation conducted by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), and the Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills (CCICT). “This is a milestone achievement in the development of the BTM program at SFU,” said Dr. Dianne Cyr, more »More...
Beedie School’s RADIUS appoints Director of Ventures
Jun 17, 2013
RADIUS, the Beedie School of Business’ new interdisciplinary social innovation lab and venture incubator, has appointed Donovan Woollard as Director of RADIUS Ventures. RADIUS Ventures aims to become a world-leading incubator and accelerator program for impact-focused ventures, nurturing the best and brightest ideas from SFU and around the globe. With financial support from Vancity Credit Union and SFU, it will seed the ecosystem with high potential social ventures, and help to maximize the collective impact more »More...
Prof. Gervase Bushe brings organizational development insights to Korea
Jun 13, 2013
Gervase Bushe, Professor of Leadership and Organization Development at the Beedie School of Business, recently touched down in Seoul, Korea for a series of talks and seminars on leadership and organizational change. Bushe spoke to some of Korea’s most prominent academic and business leaders, delivering lectures and workshops at Kyung Hee University and to the Korean CEO’s Association of Multinational Corporations, as well as the leadership team of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Korea. Attendees more »More...
Beedie hosts Inequality, Institutions and Organizations Conference
Jun 11, 2013
The Beedie School of Business brought together some of the world’s leading experts on social inequality to share research and engage in meaningful discussion on how organizations and institutions contribute to or mitigate inequality at the Inequality, Institutions and Organizations Conference. With social inequality remaining a profound issue for both developing and developed societies, the conference sought to further explore the increasing problem of inequality growing in developed countries in conjunction with the growing power more »More...