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Website design potentially as influential as the message: study
Oct 25, 2016
The design of a website could be just as influential as the message it conveys, according to new research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business.More...
Clean-tech membrane wins SFU science and tech venture pitch competition
Oct 13, 2016
A portable DUI-testing headset, a revolutionary clean tech membrane, and a home diagnostic for chemotherapy patients were just some of the pioneering ventures pitched to a panel of guest judges at SFU’s Invention to Innovation Venture Pitch competition.More...
How to improve Canada’s record in science innovation
May 4, 2016
SFU Beedie Professor Elicia Maine studies strategies to boost advanced material commercialization.More...
CPA Innovation Centre: How technology affects mindfulness
Apr 22, 2016
Technology is increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, yet in addition to the positive effects that it is intended to have it can also have negative side effects – one of which is a significant detrimental impact on our attention spans.More...
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...
President’s Faculty Lecture: Elicia Maine on turning scientific invention into innovation
Feb 25, 2016
Canada is punching above its weight in invention – but when it comes to bringing its scientific discoveries to commercial applications, it receives a failing grade on its report card. So what can be done to turn Canada’s burgeoning community of scientists into a prolific community of scientist entrepreneurs?More...
How firms can appropriate consumer-created intellectual property
Oct 10, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that though firms may be tempted to profit from consumer-created modifications to their intellectual property, this is not always advisable – and can in fact backfire.More...
From research to the marketplace: Beedie leads the way for researchers
Sep 2, 2015
SFU’s Beedie School of Business offers researchers a way to bring their world-changing thinking to practical applications in the global marketplace.More...
How firms can appropriate consumer-created intellectual property: study
Sep 1, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that though firms may be tempted to profit from consumer-created modifications to their intellectual property, this is not always advisable – and can in fact backfire.More...
Huffington Post: How Gamification Can Transform Business Processes
Aug 27, 2015
The following article was published in the Huffington Post Canada Business section on August 26. It features research by Beedie School of Business faculty Ian McCarthy, Jan Kietzmann and Leyland Pitt, current PhD student Karen Robson, and former PhD student Kirk Plangger.More...