Research
Beedie hosts fifth annual Innovation Conference
Jan 23, 2015
A firm’s technological capabilities can moderate the negative relationship between host country and foreign entry and expansion in the face of technological disasters – and by patenting their technology a firm can help further mitigate the effects of these disasters.More...
Consumers misled about cause of obesity: study
Jan 13, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business indicates that food and drink manufacturers are contributing to the world’s growing obesity crisis through deceptive and confusing marketing.More...
CMA Centre for Innovation: NPD’s relationship with aspirational levels
Oct 17, 2014
Biopharmaceutical firms who are performing below the levels of new product development they strive for are more likely to form strategic research and development alliances to compensate. This was the focus of a special CMA Centre for Innovation research presentation by Beverly Tyler, professor in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University. The event, held at the Segal Graduate School on 16 October, featured a presentation by Tyler on research from her more »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 »More...
Lifting the resource curse: Transparency of multinational enterprises
Sep 12, 2014
Countries blessed with abundant petroleum resources are often burdened by weak government and economic performance – a phenomenon known as the resource curse – and experts see the need for greater transparency. Recent regulatory initiatives call for increased multinational enterprise (MNE) transparency. Yet about 75 per cent of the world’s oil reserves are controlled by state-owned enterprises (SOEs), many of which are not subject to the transparency requirements that come with being listed on a more »More...
Lost in translation: Language and reverse knowledge transfer in multinational corporations
Sep 12, 2014
One of the pleasures of travel is listening to the sound of exotic languages in foreign places. But for a multinational corporation (MNC) setting up shop overseas, linguistic differences can bring a host of problems that have the potential to seriously impact performance.More...
Understanding Sovereign Wealth Funds Essential, researchers say
Sep 12, 2014
Consider the economic potential – and political power – that $5.5-trillion of the global economy can generate. It exists, quietly, and the western banking system can attest to it. During the 2008 financial crisis, the world’s faltering economy was recapitalized by $40-billion in less than four months.More...
Increased profits from tax havens don’t nurture R&D in multinational enterprises
Sep 12, 2014
It’s an almost-unfathomable figure: US$21 trillion to US $32 trillion – nearly half of the globe’s annual GDP of $72 trillion – that is estimated by the Tax Justice Network to have been secretly squirrelled away by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in tax havens. That’s money that should, but isn’t, going into the tax coffers of nations like Canada.More...
How tax policy and corruption impact businesses
Sep 12, 2014
Corruption impacts the business environment of a country with surprisingly varying outcomes, depending on the efficiency of the tax policy administration and regulatory environment, new research reveals.More...
Affirmative Action elicits bias in pro equality Caucasians: study
Jul 25, 2014
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business indicates that bias towards the effects of Affirmative Action (AA) exists in not only people opposed to it, but also in those who strongly endorse equality.More...