Research
Six SFU Business Researchers Awarded SSHRC Standard Research Grants
Apr 17, 2009
Congratulations to six SFU Business faculty members, four of whom are new scholars, in their successful Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant applications. These are results for the Fall 2008 competition which funds three-year research projects and will be awarded in the Spring of 2009.More...
Stephanie Bertels Named as Co-investigator on Regulatory Compliance Study
Apr 16, 2009
SFU Business assistant professor Stephanie Bertels has been named as a co-investigator in an 18-month study on regulatory compliance. As part of an experiment in creative sentencing, Suncor is funding an investigation into the antecedents of regulatory compliance and the creative sentencing process. The research study will housed at the International Resource Industries and Sustainability Centre (IRIS) at the University of Calgary and directed by Prof. Frances Bowen.More...
David Hannah Paper on Confidentiality Selected for 2009 Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
Apr 14, 2009
Dr. David Hannah and PhD candidate Kirsten Pankratz have co-authored a paper that will be presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Meeting in Chicago, IL. The paper “Why Follow the Rules? An Empirical Examination of Employee Responses to Confidential Information Rules” has also been selected for publication in the Best Paper Proceedings for the 2009 meeting.More...
The G20 and Global Approaches to the Regulation of Finance: Zeitgeist for the Times or Just Apparition of the Moment
Apr 9, 2009
By Robert Adamson, Executive Director, CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management, Segal Graduate Business School, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver CANADA April 1, 2009 The winds of change are blowing in London as the G20 prepares to meet. Unfortunately no one knows when the winds will stop and who will be swept away. There are many views, however, on how and where to take cover. Many countries, particularly the European countries, are agitating for […]More...
Make It Warm and Sociable and It Will Sell
Apr 7, 2009
Why do some Web sites appeal more to the online consumer than others? Do women respond differently to e-commerce Web sites and online shopping than men? With a spotlight on gender differences and e-commerce, we already know men and women process information differently. For instance, men are selective processors, relying on highly available and salient cues.More...
Andrew von Nordenflycht’s Forthcoming Article in the Journal of Industrial Relations
Mar 19, 2009
Assistant Professor Andrew von Nordenflycht‘s article co-authored with Greg J. Bamber, Jody Hoffer Gittell, and Thomas A. Kochan titled “Contrasting Employment Relations Strategies in European Airlines” is forthcoming in the Journal of Industrial Relations.More...
Stakeholders, Social Activities and Fannie and Freddie
Mar 18, 2009
My research interest in the how firms address social issues led me recently to engaged in a research project to investigate the relationship between the level of firms’ acknowledgment of outside entities– broadly referred to as stakeholders, and including various groups such as shareholders, employees, customers, communities, NGOs, governments – and firms’ likelihood of long-term survival.More...
Strategic Governance for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Mar 18, 2009
In the strategy literature, corporate governance is an “important factor affecting the firm’s performance and long-term survival” (Filatotchev, Toms & Wright, 2006: 257). Research on board size and independence – posited to help firms reduce managers’ self-interested behavior, and manage transaction costs and resource dependencies (Boone et al., 2007; Filatotchev et al., 2006; Lynall, Golden & Hillman, 2003) – has focused on the showing that positive effect of these variable on firm performance (Forbes & […]More...
Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer – Exposing the role of the stock tip in the current financial crisis
Mar 18, 2009
I am a religious follower of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His succinct and insightful summaries of important topics enable ordinary people like me to get at issues which seem otherwise purposely complicated to keep us in the dark. In watching the recent media-created “feud” between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer I was able to articulate my frustration with the stock market in the current financial crisis.More...
von Nordenflycht Publishes on Airline Employee Engagement
Mar 16, 2009
“And you thought the passengers were mad. Airline employees are fed up, too-with pay cuts, increased workloads and management’s miserly ways, which leave workers to explain to often-enraged passengers why flying has become such a miserable experience.”–The New York Times, December 22, 2007More...