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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 »More...
Teaching and Learning Luncheon delivers best practices for business and management educators
Dec 21, 2012
A teaching forum hosted by the Beedie School of Business this past fall for faculty demonstrated once again why Beedie is recognized as one of Canada’s leading institutions not only in the realm of academic research but also for teaching and learning. Held on November 2, 2012, the second annual Teaching and Learning Luncheon offered the school’s faculty members an opportunity to come together in a supportive and collegial environment to engage in learning and more »More...
Beedie School’s Sam Thiara receives Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
Dec 18, 2012
Sam Thiara, Associate Director of Undergraduate Alumni Engagement at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a special commemorative medal honouring the significant contributions and achievements by Canadians. The award is being given to Thiara in recognition of his outstanding engagement and leadership. Thiara has worked with hundreds of students and alumni since joining SFU’s Beedie School in 2004, and has also volunteered countless hours more »More...
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 »More...
Beedie profs engage with next generation of entrepreneurs
Dec 14, 2012
A group of middle school students engaged with leading business professors from the Beedie School of Business this week to showcase some innovative new products – made entirely from duct tape, paper clips and popsicle sticks. The students – from Citadel Middle School in Coquitlam’s Middle Age Cluster Class program – visited SFU’s Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver to pitch their creations to a panel of guest judges, including Beedie professor Eric Gedajlovic and more »More...
Up in the clouds
Dec 13, 2012
Beedie School of Business alumnus Howie Wu on remote network storage shaping business innovation. It’s no secret that cloud computing is fast becoming an increasingly important part of our everyday lives. From local data storage which backs up smartphone photos to virtual assistants such as Apple’s voice-activated iPhone app Siri, cloud computing has integrated itself almost seamlessly into the public’s conscience. Yet the benefits offered by cloud computing to businesses are just as numerous. According more »More...
MBAs partner with Five Hole for Food to fight hunger
Dec 12, 2012
MBA students from the Beedie School of Business put their studies on hold in favour of some street hockey recently, at the SFU MBA Five Hole for Food charity street hockey event. The event was organized by SFU’s full-time and Management of Technology MBA students in partnership with Five Hole for Food, and took place at the Jack Poole Plaza (near the Olympic cauldron) in downtown Vancouver on 15 December. Five Hole for Food is more »More...
Management narrative: How poetry informs business
Dec 12, 2012
While Kathleen Burke's inclusion of poetry in a management class is relatively rare, it is a practice that is garnering growing acceptance. In a recent article, Harvard Business Review author John Coleman made the case that reading and writing poetry can be a valuable component of leadership development.More...
Will Mitchell’s Winding Road
Dec 12, 2012
Distinguished business professor’s path – from industrial smelter to some of the world’s most prestigious business faculties – was guided by non-traditional start at SFU. Will Mitchell didn’t come by his decision to attend business school lightly. As an 18 year old, he was pouring lead slag into a furnace for a living at a lead-zinc smelter in Trail, BC when he decided to heed the call of higher learning – from Simon Fraser University. more »More...
Expert panel dissects role of state-owned enterprises in Canada
Dec 10, 2012
The Beedie School of Business in partnership with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada brought together some of the country’s leading experts in Canada-Asia business affairs in hosting a panel discussion on the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Canada’s economic and political future. The event was held by the Beedie School’s Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies, and aimed to clarify the most important issues in the role of SOEs in the more »More...