Research

Climate change, energy transition, and geopolitics in emerging markets: SFU Beedie hosts 2022 global conference

Jun 14, 2022

Climate change, energy transition, and geopolitics were dominating themes at this year’s Global Strategy and Emerging Markets (GSEM) conference. On May 7 and 8, SFU’s Beedie School of Business hosted the 2022 GSEM conference through the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies along with our partners Cornell University Emerging Markets Institute, Northeastern University Center for Emerging Markets, and University of Texas at Dallas Center for Global Business. The conference brought together scholars, corporate executives, […]

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SFU Beedie professor Rosalie Tung selected as next Editor-in-Chief of prestigious international business journal

Mar 8, 2022

Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business Professor Rosalie Tung has been selected to serve as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). The only international business journal to be included in both the Financial Times journals list as well as the UT Dallas list of leading business journals, JIBS is the top-ranked journal in the field of international business. The announcement comes from the Executive Board of the Academy of […]

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Ali Dastmalchian appointed dean of SFU’s Beedie School of Business

Sep 18, 2015

Simon Fraser University has appointed Professor Ali Dastmalchian as dean of the Beedie School of Business, effective January 1, 2016.

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From follower to leader: China and the “One Belt, One Road” initiative

Jul 22, 2015

Introduced in May 2013 by China’s President Xi Jinping, the “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) initiative is an ambitious economic strategy focusing on connectivity and cooperation among countries primarily in Eurasia and involving over 60 countries. But for it to gain greater traction China will need influential supporters.

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Prof. Eric Gedajlovic appointed as inaugural Beedie Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Oct 31, 2013

Eric Gedajlovic, a professor at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, has been appointed as the Beedie Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship for a five-year term. The newly created professorship focuses on scholarship that is relevant to business strategy and entrepreneurship at both global and local levels – and outreach activities that disseminate academic research. Gedajlovic’s research is widely cited by scholars working in the fields of strategy, organizational theory, entrepreneurship, international […]

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Understanding outsourcing

May 17, 2013

Ian McCarthy explores the hidden implications of third-party contracts. While politicians and economic leaders continue to speak to the virtues or pitfalls of outsourcing by companies and countries, the resulting benefit or lack thereof accrue to organizations on a case by case basis – hinging on information, resources and skills – according to two new research papers from Beedie School of Business professor Ian McCarthy. The articles – published in a special issue on outsourcing […]

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Expat Society

Jan 18, 2013

International business expert Rosalie Tung focuses on expat managers and career globetrotters. In the 2003 Hollywood blockbuster The Last Samurai, actor Tom Cruise played the role of American officer Nathan Algren, a Civil War veteran who was sent to Japan in 1876 to help the Meiji Restoration government train its first Western-style army. The plan derailed, however, when Algren was captured by samurai warriors – who ultimately instilled in him the value of their traditions […]

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Exploring Canada’s identity as a Pacific Nation: The Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies

Dec 13, 2012

The ties between Canada and Asia are becoming an increasingly important part of Canada’s economy. The Pacific Ocean has become a highway by sea and by air for Canadian commerce and is continuing to grow exponentially. It was only last summer that former member of the Canadian Senate Jack Austin encouraged Canada to embrace an identity as a Pacific country and look across the ocean to its future. It should come as no surprise, therefore, […]

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Drifting Away: Measuring Market Inefficiencies

Dec 13, 2012

Dennis Chung isn’t about to let a proliferation of computer hardware get in the way of a good study on global markets. The professor of accounting at SFU’s Beedie School of Business not only lets computer servers take up valuable space in his office – he has also allowed them to invade his home. Chung, it turns out, is collecting financial data from markets around the world and around the clock – data that is […]

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Mila Lazarova named Canada Research Chair in Global Workforce Management

Oct 31, 2012

Mila Lazarova, an Associate Professor of international business at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, has been appointed as Canada Research Chair in Global Workforce Management. Canada Research Chairs are university research professorships which promote scholarship excellence, the creation of world-class centres of research, and the enhancement of Canada’s competitiveness in the global economy. Dr. Lazarova, who is also the Director of SFU’s Centre for Global Workforce Strategy, joined the Beedie School of Business […]

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