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Jack Austin: The Pacific is Canada’s future
Jul 20, 2011
Jack Austin, namesake of the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies at the Beedie School of Business, wrote the following op-ed for the Vancouver Sun on July 19 – highlighting the importance of an Asia-Pacific strategy for Canada’s government and industry leaders. The Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies at SFU — in partnership with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada – was named to recognize Jack Austin’s exceptional contribution more »More...
Beedie students collect sports equipment for low-income families
Jul 20, 2011
What started as a school assignment has turned into a sporting drive to help families in need. Five SFU Beedie School of Business students in a project management class came up with the idea to hold a sporting drive. The students are Adam Fong, Charles Lui, Emily Shen, Jethro Rocillo and Louis Lam. “So many people are supportive of this,” said organizer Emily Shen.More...
Economics nomination honour for Aidan Vining
Jul 15, 2011
Aidan Vining, a professor of business and government relations at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, was selected as one of two finalists for the 2010 Kenneth J. Arrow Prize for Senior Economists this past May. His paper, “An Assessment of Important Issues Concerning the Application of Benefit-Cost Analysis to Social Policy,” was co-authored with David Weimer, a professor of public affairs and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Annually, the Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) more »More...
Business students make leap from high finance to haute couture
Jul 11, 2011
The Beedie School of Business class “Business 492: Management of Fashion Companies” has paired up undergraduate students from SFU’s Beedie School of Business with a cohort of visiting students from Bocconi, regarded as Italy’s top business and economics school, who are visiting Canada this summer.More...
MBAs push Singapore hotels to go green with winning business pitch
Jul 8, 2011
SFU graduate business students Kathleen Williams, Peter Konefal, Eva Tidlund and Connie Chang were selected from a global field in the Graduate School Projects@Singapore competition. The team’s faculty adviser is David Hannah, an Associate Professor of Management and Organization Studies at SFU and Academic Director of the MBA program. Their project proposal, which has now been accepted by Contact Singapore, an alliance of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Ministry of Manpower, is focused on integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental standards in Singapore’s booming hotel industry.More...
Financial risk management student Alex Conconi rides to conquer cancer
Jul 5, 2011
by Lisa Dalla Vecchia Alex Conconi, a current student in the full-time Master of Financial Risk Management (MFRM) program and active participant in the Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS Fund) recently completed the ride of a lifetime to raise funds for cancer research.More...
BC Business Magazine: Ryan Beedie, Young Gun
Jul 4, 2011
Ryan Beedie, the president of the Beedie Group and a increasingly prominent Canadian business leader, is the subject of an extensive profile in the July issue of BC Business Magazine.More...
Vector Marketing’s Campus Cup winner SFU receives $1000
Jul 1, 2011
Vector Marketing, a direct sales firm that markets Cutco Cutlery®, presented SFU with the Campus Cup, as part of their commitment to recognize and foster the relationships Vector has established with many great universities and colleges, at their first summer conference on May 30, 2011, in Coquitlam, BC.More...
MBAs engage with Encana on natural gas economy
Jun 27, 2011
MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business enjoyed a first-hand overview of key issues facing the natural gas industry at a special forum hosted by Encana on June 20. Held at the Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver, the day-long event featured industry speakers from both Encana and Westport Innovations discussing, among other subjects, the growing role of natural gas in North America’s energy mix.More...