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Students help Vancouver reach zero waste goals
Jun 15, 2012
Students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business are using their sustainability-in-business acumen to help the City of Vancouver and other B.C. jurisdictions reach their zero waste goals. Annually, SFU’s MBA students undertake real-world sustainability projects for clients across Canada. This year, they are working with the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC) and the city in a project that is also being supported by the packaging division of Walmart Canada. Both RCBC and the city have mandated zero-waste goals, at a time when the province is moving towards “extended producer responsibility” — which puts the onus of waste disposal on product manufacturers and retailers. Students in the MBA sustainability class and the undergraduate course Managing for Sustainability (Bus 489), both taught by Stephanie Bertels, a Beedie School assistant professor, are designing companies or processes that close existing gaps in the consumer recycling landscape – from discarded computers and electronics to take-out food packaging.More...
Globe and Mail: Peter Tingling dissects employment picture in shaky economy
Jun 13, 2012
The following article was published by The Globe and Mail on June 12, 2012. Hiring is difficult enough in good times. So what happens when the economy is shaky? Some experts say hiring is easier because layoffs, such as the recent deep cuts at Research In Motion Ltd., flood the applicant pool with talent. Others say there’s too much “noise” in the marketplace as unemployed people – typically grade-C players, they say – carpet-bomb employers more »More...
New study examines similar traits of CEOs and NHL general managers
Jun 11, 2012
Peter Tingling says the NHL is fertile ground for studying the role of turmoil in management decision-making. “It’s not just an abstract question. CEO turnover at large companies is at 14 per cent and more and more CEOs are being shown the door. Yahoo and HP of course have both had a series of CEOs but other companies such as Samsung, Wal-Mart, Sony and Rim have also made changes.” Tingling will present a paper on the study, New Job, Old Job: Does job security help or hinder decision making? at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) annual conference in St. John’s Newfoundland on June 11.More...
Emily Chen parlays global exchange into Tsinghua Cup victory and prestigious internship
Jun 11, 2012
A Beedie School of Business undergraduate student has won a prestigious Chinese case competition while on exchange at Tsinghua University in Beijing – flying the flag for Simon Fraser University in the process. BBA fourth year student Emily Chen was a member of the team which placed first in the Tsinghua Cup Case Competition on May 27. Their presentation earned them the top spot out of a field of 32 teams. Chen and her three teammates were more »More...
Beedie School of Business maintains top Klout score
Jun 7, 2012
For the second year in a row, SFU’s Beedie School of Business is enjoying some serious Klout on social media. Tweeting since early 2010, Simon Fraser University’s business school (@SFUBeedie) has been rated as the most influential Canadian business school by a prominent social media metric known as Klout. The metric website measures influence by using data from selected media channels, such as Twitter followers and unique mentions and Facebook comments and likes. With a Klout more »More...
Beedie School of Business announces Co-op Global Careers Program
Jun 6, 2012
A new initiative at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business will give its CGA co-op students the chance to participate in a co-op work term on the sunny island of Barbados. The Beedie School of Business & CGA Co-op Global Careers Program is part of a new partnership between the Beedie School of Business, CGA-BC and CGA Caribbean. It will allow for one SFU CGA co-op student to be placed in a work term more »More...
London Summer Games sponsors risk loss to ambush marketers: Beedie study
Jun 5, 2012
On the eve of London's Summer Olympic Games, a business study from Simon Fraser University shows that the persistent effectiveness of ambush marketers leaves Olympic sponsors and those of other major sporting events particularly vulnerable – costing them not only their financial investment, but ultimately their customers. Professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent from SFU’s Beedie School of Business examined data from the 2008 “Li Ning affair”, which saw Olympic sponsor Adidas ambushed by lesser-known Chinese sportswear company Li Ning at the Beijing Summer Olympics.More...
Beedie teachers using Poll Everywhere to provoke critical thinking
Jun 5, 2012
The Teaching and Learning Group’s Interactive Polling Session took place on May 24 at 2:30pm. Andrew Gemino opened the presentation with questions about engagement and how students learn at our university. The 16 attendees were split into smaller groups to discuss more deeply the questions about how our students learn and the types of skills our School should develop. It’s clear from their discussion, that our teachers feel there is no singular technique to use more »More...
Beedie students to help Vancouver reach zero waste goals
Jun 4, 2012
VANCOUVER– As British Columbia moves to have manufacturers and retailers take increasing responsibility for the recycling and responsible disposal of consumer products, opportunities are being created for new businesses and products to facilitate this environmental and social trend. To this end, students at SFU’s Beedie School of Business are using their sustainability in business acumen to help the City of Vancouver and other BC jurisdictions reach their zero waste goals. Annually, SFU’s MBA students undertake more »More...
Opportunity Quest sees SFU MBAs deliver business ideas to Vancouver’s Heritage District
May 31, 2012
Students from the MBA program at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have been pounding the pavement in an effort to bolster business prospects in the Heritage District of downtown Vancouver during evenings and weekends – when thousands of area office workers have gone home. The district – the historic commerce and banking area of Vancouver’s West Hastings Street – is a dynamic area for retailing and includes some world-renowned brands in addition to numerous small- and more »More...