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MBA students win big at Vancouver for Acumen Fund Case Challenge
Mar 27, 2012
A team of students from the full-time MBA program at the Beedie School of Business was the big winner at the recent Vancouver for Acumen Fund Case Challenge. The winning team consisted of SFU MBA students Pragya Grewal, Shahneel Pirzada and Arjun Maruthi, whose presentation focused on Vision Springs, a company which provides low-cost, high-quality reading glasses to low-income communities in India. The competition required teams to submit responses to a case based on a more »More...
Beedie launches social venture accelerator program
Mar 21, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is launching a new social venture accelerator program, the SFU Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator (SEA), designed specifically for entrepreneurial students with social impact ideas or an interest in helping teams launch social ventures. Sponsored by Vancity, the SEA will help students move ideas from concept to reality, and aims to develop entrepreneurs that will help address tomorrow’s social, environmental, and economic challenges. Designed for students looking to more »More...
MBA student teams dominate at the Haskayne 24 Hour Case Competition
Mar 20, 2012
MBA students from SFU’s Beedie School of Business made up two of the four teams who placed at the recent Haskayne 24 Hour Case Competition. This year’s competition was held at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from March 8-11 and featured 16 teams from MBA programs at universities from across the nation. The two SFU teams finished second and fourth, taking home prizes of $3,000 and $1,000 respectively. The Haskayne 24 Hour more »More...
Management of Technology MBA grads’ company awarded contract with NASA
Mar 19, 2012
A company formed by two graduates of the Beedie School of Business Management of Technology MBA program has been awarded a contract to deliver a pilot water recovery unit to NASA. Saltworks Technologies will develop the unit to test the water recovery systems and processes at NASA Ames Research Center, with the intent for future use on board the International Space Station. Saltworks won the contract after a recent public tender for solutions held by more »More...
MBA start-up named to prestigious “Ready to Rocket” list
Mar 15, 2012
A new mobile phone platform being co-created by Simon Fraser MBA alumna Bella Hwang has been recognized as an emerging company in the 2012 Ready to Rocket list. The Ready to Rocket list is a unique business recognition list that profiles British Columbia technology companies with the greatest potential for revenue growth. Hwang’s company, Texts 4 Health, helps health organizations use their resources more efficiently via mobile phone technology to provide better care for patients. more »More...
The Globe and Mail: As Beedie School grows, dean puts his strategy skills to work
Mar 13, 2012
The following article was published by the Globe and Mail on March 13, 2012 as part of their 2012 Report on Business Education. BY GORDON PITTS, GLOBE AND MAIL As a scholar of corporate strategy, Dan Shapiro likes nothing better than to dive into an intriguing case study of an organization in the throes of fast, complex growth. But what happens when that case is the institution he runs, the Beedie School of Business at more »More...
SIFE Simon Fraser lands ACE Western Canada regional awards
Mar 6, 2012
Students from Simon Fraser University recently showed the Vancouver community what they “dared to do” to create social, environmental and economic impact throughout the Lower Mainland – and picked up some awards along the way. Members of the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter from SFU, along with 16 other universities from as far as Manitoba, attended the 2012 ACE Western Regional Exposition at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The two-day event focused on the impact more »More...
Beedie school creates new finance degree designation
Mar 6, 2012
Contact: Andrey Pavlov, 778.782.5835; 778.782.7922; apavlov@sfu.ca Derek Moscato, 778.782.5038; drmoscat@sfu.ca The graduate finance degree at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business has a new designation – Master of Science in Finance. The change reflects the evolution of SFU’s popular graduate finance program, which attracts students from around the world. Two years ago, faculty members and industry professionals redesigned what was then the Master of Financial Risk Management program – expanding the offering of core quantitative courses. In addition, more »More...
Chile’s Minister of Mining provides industry overview at Beedie event
Mar 6, 2012
The future of the the Chilean mining sector and its implications for the economies of Chile, Latin America and beyond were the focus of a special forum hosted on March 2 at the Beedie School of Business. The event featured Dr. Hernan Eduardo de Solminihac Tampier, Minister of Mining for Chile, whose presentation zeroed in on the “Challenges and Opportunities in the Chilean Mining Industry.”More...
Spring Soirée networking night connects HR students with industry leaders
Mar 5, 2012
The Human Resources Students’ Association (HRSA) at Simon Fraser University is to host its first annual professional networking night, Spring Soirée 2012, on March 21. Held at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in downtown Vancouver from 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Spring Soirée provides an opportunity for Beedie School of Business students in the HR field to network with experienced HR professionals. With support from title sponsors HSBC and Angus One, the Spring Soirée will be attended by more »More...