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The hazards of Confidential Information rules in the workplace
Mar 1, 2016
Research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that organizations that implement rules governing Confidential Information (CI) can make it difficult for employees to fulfill their roles – resulting in rule breaking or bending.More...
Huffington Post: The Art Of Deliberately Leaking Corporate Secrets
Dec 11, 2015
The following article was published by the Huffington Post on 8 December, and features research by Beedie School of Business faculty David Hannah, Ian McCarthy, and Jan Kietzmann. By Liisa Atva.More...
The hazards of Confidential Information rules in the workplace: study
Aug 10, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that organizations that implement rules governing Confidential Information (CI) can make it difficult for employees to fulfill their roles – resulting in rule breaking or bending.More...
Beedie plays host to special User Innovation conference
Aug 7, 2015
User innovation is a potential creative goldmine for organizations – but there are many potential hurdles that must be overcome in order for a firm to strategically take advantage of these opportunities.More...
Business Insider: Why people will inevitably buy the $17,000 Apple Watch even though it’s barely different from the $350 version
Apr 10, 2015
The following article about research by Beedie School of Business assistant professor Brent McFerran was published by Business Insider on April 10, 2015. By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider.More...
See you in court: Smartphone giants’ patent litigation strategies and outcomes
Sep 12, 2014
In recent years, two titans of the smartphone industry – Apple and Samsung – have found themselves locked in courtroom battles. New research suggests that these disputes, which have resulted in extensive media coverage, are little more than show, and that rather than spending their time pursuing litigation against one another, the opponents would be better served learning to co-operate. The study, by Drs. Deli Yang of Trinity University, and Maho Sonmez of UTSA, San […]More...
Beedie prof. Peter Tingling tests business theories through professional sport
Sep 4, 2013
Professional sport is undeniably big business. Player contracts and sponsorship deals amount to tens of millions of dollars, with ticket sales, television rights and merchandising totaling billions. One could surmise, therefore, that sport commands a lot of attention in the way of academic research. However, Beedie School of Business associate professor Peter Tingling’s motivation for researching sport is a little less obvious. Rather than the business of professional sports, Tingling’s true research interests lie in […]More...
Beedie researchers help companies develop eco-apps
Sep 25, 2012
At the popular seafood restaurant Coast, just a few blocks from SFU’s Segal Graduate School campus in downtown Vancouver, the lunch crowd is filing in. Diners line the big circular bar, working away at outsized platters of Atlantic lobster, Alaskan crab legs, sashimi and oysters. But for environmentally conscious consumers, the savory scene presents a thorny dilemma: How do you know today’s catch won’t be tomorrow’s endangered species? “Most people would like to know that […]More...