Marketing professor Colleen Collins on getting out of the commodity trap
September 1, 2010
Farmer rips page from corporate strategy handbook
Bill Vanderkooi has applied the principles of vertical integration as he aggressively expands the family business
David Ebner
Abbotsford, B.C. — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Last updated on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 7:06PM EDT
It was already in his blood. Mr. Vanderkooi’s grandfather had been a dairy farmer in the family’s native Netherlands. His father immigrated in the 1960s to the fertile Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver, ... Read More >>
Vancouver Sun profiles incoming SFU Business student Afrag Gill
September 1, 2010
Perfect grades and a perfectly nice kid
By Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun
Ten years ago, when he was eight, Afraj Gill came to Canada with his family from Chandigarh, India. In the interest of brevity, since this column has only so much space, we should get right to it and catalogue what Afraj has been up to since his arrival. To begin:
- He graduated from high school this year from Enver Creek secondary in Surrey. He scored a perfect 100 per cent in all seven of the courses he took ... Read More >>
SFU Business to host Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Paul Beamish speaking on Successful Joint Venturing
August 30, 2010
Every year, corporations establish thousands of joint ventures (JVs), investing hundreds of billions of dollars. In fact, between 25% and 40% of all foreign investments take place via equity JVs. The use of JVs and strategic alliances has been rapidly growing. JVs require an open mind, and the willingness to work through testing strategic logic; partnership and fit; shape and design; and operating the JV. Contrary to the perceptions of some, JVs can be just as profitable and survive just as long as wholly owned subsidiaries. They can ... Read More >>
Tickets on Sale Now for the 2010 SFU - Nancy McKinstry Awards Breakfast
August 27, 2010
SFU Business is proud to host the SFU - Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity at the Segal Graduate School of Business on September 29, 2010. The awards recognize those who have shown exemplary leadership in advancing the cause of diversity in business. Last year tickets for this inspirational breakfast sold out in only two weeks, so be sure to reserve yours today.
A corporate award will be presented to an organization that exemplifies the values of diversity in the workplace and a graduate student scholarship is given to an SFU Faculty of Business Administration graduate student who has been ... Read More >>
Research on fluid teams inspired by SFU MBAs garners international attention in Wall Street Journal
August 23, 2010
New classroom-inspired research focused on organizational reshuffling from the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University is garnering significant international attention, thanks to its publication in the August edition of the Wall Street Journal's Executive Adviser.
Gervase Bushe, the lead researcher and a professor of leadership and organizational development at SFU Business (pictured right), looked at how to enable the success of “fluid teams” – those workplace teams that are subject to a higher rate of turnover.
His work was inspired by MBA students from his classroom, who as part of their ... Read More >>
MIT Sloan Management Review: Is Decision-Based Evidence Making Necessarily Bad?
August 19, 2010
By Peter M. Tingling and Michael J. Brydon
Many managers think they’ve committed their organizations to evidence-based decision making — but have instead, without realizing it, committed to decision-based evidence making. Is that all bad? What can be done to fix it? In recent years, much has been written about evidence-based- or fact-based- decision making. The core idea is that decisions supported by hard facts and sound analysis are likely to be better than decisions made on the basis of instinct, folklore or informal anecdotal evidence. And many organizations have invested heavily in data ... Read More >>
SFU Business hosts Courage to Soar 2010 Conference
August 17, 2010
SFU Business is pleased to host this year's Courage to Soar 2010 Conference, a national event from August 13 to 18 that brings young leaders from across the country to Vancouver to engage with other leaders.
Youth in Motion's 4th Annual Courage to Soar Leadership Conference -- sponsored by Freedom 55 Financial and hosted by Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Business Administration -- is a dynamic leadership development opportunity available only to Top 20 Under 20 recipients and finalists.
The Top 20 Under 20 was created by Youth in Motion to celebrate and honour Canadians who have demonstrated a significant level of innovation, leadership ... Read More >>
Virtual advertising profitable if done properly: SFU Business study
August 16, 2010
It’s possible to run a profitable business in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world where users can socialize with each other through avatars. That’s the conclusion of a Simon Fraser University case study.
SFU business professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent, and PhD students Anjali Bal (SFU Business) and Wade Halvorson (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden) have won an award from the Academy of Marketing for their investigation of Second Life’s business and marketing practices.
“Cashing in on the Green Dots: Marketing Ireland in Second Life” earned them the Pearson Education prize for best case ... Read More >>
SFU Business graduate selected as winner in wireless entrepreneurship competition
August 16, 2010
Ahmed Medina, who completed the Management of Technology MBA at Simon Fraser University in 2007, has been selected as a winner in the BC Innovation Council's Entrepreneurship @ Wavefront competition for wireless concepts. His company, Revonet Consulting, underscores the growing innovation in the wireless sector in British Columbia in recent years.
Medina's business model, which revolves around a scheduling tool for smart phones, was conceived in the Marketing/Finance course that he took during the technology-geared MBA program.
In addition to Revonet, Wavefront, the community-based commercialization centre supporting the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media development companies, announced seven other companies ... Read More >>
SFU Business researchers’ investigation of Second Life wins international marketing award
August 3, 2010
An in-depth investigation of business and marketing practices on Second Life by researchers from Simon Fraser University has won a prestigious award from the Academy of Marketing.
SFU Business professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent and PhD students Anjali Bal (SFU Business) and Wade Halvorson (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden) have won the Pearson Education Prize for best case study paper at the July 2010 Academy of Marketing Conference in Coventry, England. The conference is the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Their study is entitled “Cashing in ... Read More >>
SFU Business plays host to crash course for BC entrepreneurs
July 30, 2010
by Jonathon Narvey, Special to SFU Business
How does a business idea go from start-up to long-term success? The New Venture BC seminar series, hosted at Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business, gives a crash-course in entrepreneurship to the British Columbia business community at large – as well as to SFU Business students and alumni.
SFU Business was a founding sponsor for NVBC, establishing it in 2000 to help encourage entrepreneurship in B.C.’s technology sector. Today, the non-profit BC Ventures Society administers and operates the competition, with more than 100 B.C. business leaders acting as mentors and judges ... Read More >>
Business in Vancouver profiles SFU Business alumnus Charles Chang, CEO of Sequel Natural Foods
July 27, 2010
Growing functional-food demand yielding healthy bottom lines for local companies
Port Coquitlam’s Sequel Naturals posting steady 50% annual revenue increase
By Glen Korstrom
Stricter government regulation of natural health products is about the only thing likely to keep Port Coquitlam-based Sequel Naturals from continuing its 50% annual growth rate.
CEO Charles Chang expects revenue to top $21 million for the year that will end July 31. That compares with $14 million last year.
“We want to continue at 50% growth for the next few years,” he told Business in Vancouver. “Our revenue goal next year is about $30 million.”
Sequel Naturals produces “functional foods” – mostly ... Read More >>
Students bring soccer to the kids
July 15, 2010
Some local Simon Fraser University business students are keeping the World Cup soccer fever alive.
The students are offering low-income children an opportunity to experience the game with a one-day camp.
"A few friends and I are organizing a community event called Beyond the Game," said Tony Jing. "We are part of a project management course at SFU that requires us to host a community project.
"Since all of us were concerned about the lack of sports for some children we decided on a sports theme."
Jing, along with his Richmond fellow SFU students -- ... Read More >>
Joyent acquires SFU Venture Connection participant
July 15, 2010
Howie Wu may still be working towards graduation but the Simon Fraser University executive MBA student’s start-up venture, Layerboom Systems Inc., has already made the grade.
Joyent, Inc., a San Francisco-based international inventor of integrated smart technologies, has acquired Layerboom, making it SFU Venture Connection’s first protege to be acquired.
Layerboom helps companies build and sell virtual private server 'clouds'. Cloud computing refers to the new ability to shift physical technology infrastructure to a remote Internet hosting service, eliminating the need for companies or ... Read More >>
SFU pet project fundraises for pit bull shelter
July 14, 2010
Project4Pets, a class project undertaken by five Simon Fraser University business students, will get tongues and tails wagging on July 18 from noon to 5 p.m.
Fourth year students Whitney Law, Michael Liang and Lynzee Bewcyk and third year students Reza Andalib and Kelly Pang are mounting Talented Tails. It’s a pet talent show in East Vancouver to raise money for HugABull.
The seven-year-old Vancouver-based non-profit rescue and advocacy group has resettled more than 400 abused and abandoned pit bulls, most recently 23 dogs found by ... Read More >>
University Research Parks and Incubators: The Rio Experience
July 13, 2010
The U.S. State Dept and the Fulbright Program have awarded Ian P. McCarthy, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology & Operations Management, a grant to study university research parks, incubators, and the associated technology transfer programs run by the Genesis Institute, BIO-RIO and the Technology Park of Rio de Janeiro. ... Read More >>
Management of Technology MBA grads from Saltworks profiled in new book "The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Sustainable Economy for the Future"
July 8, 2010
SFU Business alumni from the school's Management of Technology MBA program have been profiled extensively in an upcoming book by business author and venture capitalist Andrew Heintzman, "The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Green Economy for the Future."
The subject of the profile, Saltworks Technologies, is a Canadian cleantech company focused on providing sustainable cost effective solutions for desalination and brine treatment. According to Heintzman, "this little company tucked away in the docklands of Vancouver may just have a viable answer to the world’s water woes. For many parts of the world where fresh water is scarce, desalination is viewed as an essential solution ... Read More >>
David Thomas appointed to Area Editorship with Journal of International Business Studies
July 8, 2010
David C. Thomas, Professor of International Management at SFU Business, has been appointed as Area Editor for Cross-Cultural Management with the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS).
JIBS is the world’s top-rated journal in the field of international business, and consistently ranks highly in the Financial Times’ list of top 40 business journals.
Thomas’ editorial term commenced on July 1, and will last for three and a half years. His Cross-Cultural Management area scope will include cross-cultural or comparative research that focuses on the interrelationship between culture and management roles or processes. This includes cross-cultural decision making, negotiation in a cross-cultural context, ... Read More >>
Paper co-authored by David C. Thomas and Mila Lazarova named 2010 Carolyn Dexter Award winner
July 5, 2010
The Academy of Management recently announced that a paper co-authored by SFU Business professors David C. Thomas and Mila Lazarova has been selected as the Carolyn Dexter Award Winner for 2010. The Carolyn Dexter Award is an all-Academy award given to the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy as defined by the International Theme Committee. Their paper, “Scientific Mindfulness: A Foundation for Future Themes in International Business,” proposes scientific mindfulness as the medium through which researchers should qualify the themes generating IB research. The paper will be presented at the SFU Business-sponsored 2010 Academy of ... Read More >>
World Cup ambush marketing research by professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent profiled in Globe and Mail
June 17, 2010
Dutch mini-skirt marketers 1, South African police 0
Simon Houpt, Globe and Mail June 17, 2010
n a popular ad for ESPN’s coverage of this year’s World Cup, the U2 front man Bono declares the tournament is, “not about communism, socialism, or capitalism.” But a savvy marketing stunt unfolding this week in Johannesburg illustrates how the World Cup is as much about the contemporary mechanics of capitalism - a tasty brew of big money, sex, and media manipulation – as it is about professional sport.
South African police charged two Dutch women Wednesday with ambush marketing ... Read More >>
Vancouver Sun: SFU Business introduces broad-based admissions policy
June 14, 2010
Grades alone not enough to get into SFU business school
By Tracy Sherlock, Vancouver Sun June 10, 2010
To combat sky-high admission requirements, Simon Fraser University's school of business is changing its application process to take into account extracurricular activities.
A 92-per-cent high school average is needed to get into the popular program, but that's about to change.
As of next year, all students will be selected based on "broad-based" admission requirements.
"When our admission average exceeded [those needed for] engineering, I said, 'There's something wrong,' " Colleen Collins, SFU's associate dean, faculty of business, said. "We do have some kids who, it blows my ... Read More >>
Meet three SFU graduates from the 2009 UFE Honour Roll
June 10, 2010
SFU Business congratulates the newest group of CA students to successfully complete one of the most challenging professional examinations in the world - the CA profession’s Uniform Evaluation (UFE). Out of 1037 CA School of Business (CASB) students who successfully challenged the uniform evaluation (UFE), three of the top 12 are graduates from Simon Fraser University.
Sumeet Sangha
“Growing up, my career choices were all over the place,” says Sumeet Sangha. “I never saw myself as an accountant, but as I grew older, I realized that becoming a CA would provide me with a ... Read More >>
SFU Business remembers William (Bill) Rowe, 1933-2010
June 7, 2010
SFU Business alumnus William (Bill) Rowe, who graduated from the Executive MBA program and was a longtime supporter and friend of Simon Fraser University, passed away on May 28, 2010. A Celebration of Life will be held in his honour on June 9 from 2-4pm at Villa Amato, 88 East 1st Ave., in Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Union Gospel Mission or the Heart and Stroke Foundation may be made in Bill’s honor.
SFU Business remembers William (Bill) Rowe, 1933-2010
The SFU Business community mourns the passing away of William (Bill) Rowe ... Read More >>
Accelerating Social Innovation highlights faculty research and industry impact from SFU Business
June 7, 2010
The Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University has produced Accelerating Social Innovation, an externally-focused booklet that provides research and analysis from SFU Business researchers - in the realm of sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and business ethics.
Produced as part of SFU Business’ sponsorship of the Business in Vancouver Colour Series (Green edition: Sustainability), held this year at SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Accelerating Social Innovation offers insights into a number of timely issues in the area – from the embedding of sustainability into organizational culture, to climate ... Read More >>
Study Tracks Role of Wealth in NHL Innovation
June 2, 2010
T’is the season of assessment for most National Hockey League teams now that only two are vying for the Stanley Cup, but a new study finds that spending more money on innovation may not be the best improvement strategy.
“Wealth can play a role but there is no conclusive evidence that it is the prime driver of innovation,” says SFU business professor Peter Tingling, co-author of Feast or Famine: Does Wealth Help or Hinder Innovation in Sport?
In a study of NHL entry draft decision-making between 1997-2004 Tingling and co-researcher Kamal Masri conclude that levels ... Read More >>
SFU Business names Leyland Pitt to Dennis F. Culver EMBA Alumni Professorship
June 1, 2010
Leyland Pitt, Professor of Marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, has been appointed as the Dennis F. Culver EMBA Alumni Professor. Dennis Culver, who passed away on February 7, 2010, graduated from the first class of Executive MBAs at SFU, where he forged an enduring relationship with the institution. The EMBA alumni endowment – a fund Culver helped establish – created the EMBA professorship for which he is named.
“Leyland Pitt is richly deserving of this honour,” said Daniel Shapiro, Dean of SFU Business. “He is a great scholar and a great teacher, and has been ... Read More >>
Kaplan’s Business School Insider - July 8 at Segal Graduate School of Business
May 31, 2010
At this free event, learn about business school first-hand from admissions officers and MBA alumni! A panel of experts will cover insider tips on the application process and discuss business career opportunities. The event will include a business school fair with representation from Vancouver-area and national business schools.
Date: Thursday, July 8th
Location: Segal Graduate School of Business - 500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC
Event Agenda
5:30pm – 6:30pm - MBA Program Fair and Networking session
6:30pm – 7:00pm - GMAT Strategy Session
7:00pm – 8:30pm - MBA Panel Discussion
MBA Programs Attending
Simon Fraser University – Segal Graduate School of Business
University of British Columbia – Sauder School ... Read More >>
Executive MBA student takes home “Best Cash Budget” honours
May 31, 2010
SFU Business student Jordan Marr is this year’s winner of the “Best Cash Budget” competition, part of the Bus653 Managerial Accounting course in the Segal Graduate School’s Executive MBA program. The course is one of two at SFU Business allowing selected EMBA potential and recent graduates to partake in the CMA Executive Student Program.
Marr, who will earn his EMBA this term, is no stranger to success in accounting. When taking the accounting component of the EMBA program during the spring of 2009, he placed second in the Business 670 class of 24 students.
“Congratulations are in order to Jordan,” said Alain ... Read More >>
SFU Business Alumnus Awarded Action Canada Fellowship
May 27, 2010
Seventeen exceptional Canadians have been selected as the 2010/2011 Action Canada Fellows.
They include SFU Business alumnus Terry Beech as well a physicist, a neuroscientist, a nurse and a First Nations management consultant.
Selected to join Action Canada’s prestigious 11-month leadership development and public policy program, the 17 new Fellows will attend six working conferences across Canada, work on public policy projects and learn from mentors who are current leaders in government, business, academia and non-governmental organizations. They will also become members of the Action Canada Network of Fellows, which now has 104 members.
Terry Beech is the Burnaby CEO and co-founder of ... Read More >>
Global experts dissect investment environment in wake of financial meltdown
May 21, 2010
Vancouver— A leading figure in the fight for financial regulation reform in the United States made his case for sweeping changes to an audience of pension funds managers, institutional investors and business academics at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver yesterday.
Damon Silvers, the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), argued for broad U.S. legislative introductions in the wake of the global financial crisis that would restore confidence in investment markets. These include a new, independent consumer protection regulator; regulation of executive pay to discourage excessive risk-taking; the limiting of ... Read More >>
Call for Nominations for 2010 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity
May 17, 2010
The 2010 SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity is issuing a call for nominations for the Corporate Diversity Award. Nominations are open to all companies with operations in British Columbia, and recognizes one that excels in the area of diversity.
Nominees will be measured against the attached Nomination Criteria by the Awards Selection Committee, appointed by the University. Nominees are encouraged to provide examples of their accomplishments for each of the Objectives listed below, and may do so using this form or a separate nomination package. Some Organizational Accomplishments may address more than one Key Performance Indicators (KPI); therefore, ... Read More >>
Redefining Profitability highlights research and analysis from SFU Business
May 13, 2010
The Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University has produced Redefining Profitability, an externally-focused booklet that provides research and industry impact highlights from SFU Business researchers.
Produced as part of SFU Business’ sponsorship of the Business in Vancouver Colour Series (Black edition: Profitablity), Redefining Profitability offers insights into a number of globally relevant finance and management issues – from banks in crisis, to Canada’s capital markets, to the relationship between profitability and the triple bottom line.
Click here to download the Redefining Profitability booklet in PDF format. ... Read More >>
SFU Business professor Leyland Pitt wins American Marketing Association Innovation in Education Marketing prize
May 10, 2010
Leyland Pitt, Professor of Marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, has been awarded the 2010 Pearson Prentice Hall Solomon-Marshall-Stuart Award for Innovative Excellence in Marketing Education. The teaching prize is given annually by the American Marketing Association (AMA).
Pitt won for his marketing classroom proposal entitled "Case Teaching in the Age of Technological Sophistication.” The competition was open to full-time marketing educators who are also members of the AMA, and who have designed an innovative method of teaching marketing students or have devised significant classroom innovation.
This year’s ... Read More >>
SFU Business undergrads win big at Apex 2010 Case Competition
May 10, 2010
Singapore— An undergraduate team from SFU Business has garnered a top prize at one of Asia’s most prestigious business school competitions.
The SFU team – consisting of students Awin Ye, Matt Baril and William Trudeau – was awarded “Most Innovative Solution” at the Apex Global 2010 Case Competition, held last week in Singapore.
APEX Global is an annual international undergraduate business IT case competition hosted by Singapore Management University. A total of 24 teams from around the world – including Copenhagen Business School, University of Navarra, and University of Hong Kong – took ... Read More >>
SFU’s Learning Strategies Group Helps to Facilitate Leadership Exchange
May 6, 2010
Working with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), SFU’s Learning Strategies Group helped to put together a leadership exchange where four B.C. CEOs and four First Nations chiefs were paired up, and each leader spent a few days at his or her partner’s workplace.
To read the complete BC Business article, click here. ... Read More >>
Lessons From the Financial Crisis: Governance Gaps and Strategies for the Future
May 5, 2010
Presented by
SFU CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management and
the Shareholder Association for Research & Education
Join presenters:
Damon Silvers
Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO
Edward Waitzer
Jarislowsky-Dimma-Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at
the Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School and
Senior Partner at Stikeman Elliott LLP
With Moderator
Robert Adamson
SFU CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management
For a discussion on lessons from the financial crisis.
Topic Highlights:
The US Experience: The role of the SEC in the 2008 ... Read More >>
Bjorn Stigson, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, to visit SFU Business on May 10
May 3, 2010
The China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) Project
Presents
BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – THE GREEN RACE IS ON
BJORN STIGSON
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Geneva
MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Room 1300, SFU Segal Graduate School of Business
500 Granville Street, Vancouver
The WBCSD is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 international corporations committed to providing business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development. It provides a platform for companies to explore sustainable development, share knowledge and best practices, and ... Read More >>
SFU Business professor Tom Lawrence to receive USC's Greif Research Impact Award
April 21, 2010
Tom Lawrence, associate professor in management and organization studies and the Weyerhaeuser Professor of Change Management at SFU Business, is the 2010 recipient of the Greif Research Impact Award.
The Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Southern California has selected Lawrence's 2004 Academy of Management Journal article, entitled "Institutional entrepreneurship in emerging fields: HIV/AIDS treatment advocacy in Canada," in recognition of its scholarly impact. Launched in 2007, the annual award recognizes an entrepreneurship article published by the top-tier management ... Read More >>
Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent for the Financial Post: Ambush marketing hurt Adidas brand
April 20, 2010
When Wayne Gretzky lit the Olympic torch at this year's Winter Games in Vancouver, organizers didn't take any fashion chances. Canada's hockey hero was adorned in gear from an Olympics official sponsor, the Hudson's Bay Company.
Organizers had reason to be diligent with the clothing showcased at the torch lighting -- arguably the most impactful and symbolic moment of the Games. Because less than two years earlier, a Summer Olympics sponsor -- Adidas -- was successfully ambushed by rival athletic footwear and clothing company Li Ning.
Indeed, the threat posed to sporting events sponsors by ... Read More >>
Exchange Program finds Common Ground for Business and Aboriginal Leaders
April 15, 2010
Industry Executives and First Nations chiefs switch seats to improve inter‐cultural understanding.
By Joel McKay
Aboriginal and business leaders gathered in downtown Vancouver recently to celebrate a leadership exchange program aimed at reconciling decades of mistrust between industry and First Nations.
In partnership with Simon Fraser University's (SFU) Segal Graduate School of Business, the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB) placed six corporate executives and Aboriginal leaders in each other's seats for several days last fall to help them understand the issues that affect their respective worlds. The participants were:
Chief Kim Baird of the Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN), who switched places ... Read More >>
Rekha Krishnan Receives the 2009 Verity Award for "Overall Outstanding Paper in Management"
April 12, 2010
Rekha Krishnan, Assistant Professor of International Business at SFU Business, has been selected to receive the 2009 Verity Award for excellence in research in the management field.
Her award-winning paper, co-authored with Alex Eapen, is entitled “Conform or Rebel: When Does Keeping to the Rules Enhance Firm Performance?” It was published in the June 2009 issue of Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (CJAS).
The Verity International Award for Overall Outstanding Paper in Management is given in recognition of the most outstanding paper ... Read More >>
Business Undergrads Clean Up
April 12, 2010
A team of SFU undergraduate business students won the BC Clean Ventures competition last month at UBC. The competition is the first and only event of its kind in Canada, at which participants solve real-world clean-technology issues by developing green-business venture ideas, presenting them to teams of investors and negotiating financing. The SFU Business team of finance and accounting students—Jamie MacDonald, Kevin Nguyen, Jeremy Poon and Kevin Wang—beat out 34 other teams comprised of 132 students to take top prize in the venture capitalist category. ... Read More >>
Technology MBAs Focus on Community and Entrepreneurship
April 9, 2010
Emergency-response software tools, sustainable transportation programs, portable power devices—the range of business ideas ran the gamut as Management of Technology MBA students pulled out all the stops this semester to take their business ideas from inception to market introduction. Among their ventures:
Quake Aware: An earthquake-preparedness website and iPhone application developed by Richmond students who recognize the earthquake disaster risks facing their community, which sits at or ... Read More >>
SFU Business-hosted CaseIT Competition Hosts Best and Brightest from MIS
April 8, 2010
Schools from across North America, Europe and Asia converged upon SFU Business from March 31 to April 3 for CaseIT 2010, an annual international undergraduate case competition with a strong MIS focus designed to find the best and brightest in case analysis..
Hosted at Simon Fraser University, the CaseIt event is entirely student-run, and takes up to a year to plan. Students work diligently over three semesters to secure corporate sponsorship, invite visiting schools, and manage event logistics.
This year's winners of the prestigious competition were:
1st Place – Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Milan, Italy)
2nd Place – Indiana University Kelley School of Business ... Read More >>
SFU, UBC and UNBC Profs Honoured for Research-Based Community Contributions
April 8, 2010
An SFU professor who has devoted his career to helping others deal with thorny ethical dilemmas, a UBC professor who developed an innovative therapy to assist people with schizophrenia, and a UNBC professor who is a tireless educator, researcher, and advocate for improving health outcomes of Aboriginal peoples receive this year’s CUFA BC Distinguished Academics Awards.
SFU’s Professor Mark N. Wexler received the Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award for his 30 years of applying his scholarly work on business ethics to practical problems in business, government health care, and other fields, and for engaging the broader community in a ... Read More >>
Students Create Earthquake iPhone App
April 8, 2010
What should you do if an earthquake hits? Consult your iPhone.
An “earthquake-friendly” iPhone application developed by six Simon Fraser University Management of Technology MBA students is now available free online through the Apple iTunes store.
QuakeAware is the first and only iPhone application that focuses on what to do in the event of an earthquake.
“Our team was challenged with developing a product or service that benefits our community through inov8.ca, SFU’s social innovation website,” says student Ryan Cole, whose team includes Kelvin Chiu, Dylan Marks, Donal De Paor, Terrence Tam and Eliza Yiu.
“The recent catastrophes ... Read More >>
First Graduates Rank New SFU/CIOCAN Leadership Program Top of the Class
April 6, 2010
From the Vancouver Board of Trade 'Sounding Board' article by Patricia Battistel:
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) profession is one of the most critical in business and industry today. With so many outcomes and so many dollars hinging on CIO decisions, it is essential that CIOs have leadership skills beyond the effective deployment of technologies.
The first graduates of an IT leadership certificate program jointly offered by the Learning Strategies Group of Simon Fraser University’s Segal School of Business and the CIO Association of Canada (CIOCAN) are acquiring those skills, according to a recently released report. Evaluating eight aspects of the program ... Read More >>
SFU Business Adds Voice to U.N. Symposium on International Investment for Development
March 25, 2010
Daniel Shapiro, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, was part of a United Nations-assembled global collective of academics and policymakers intent on setting a revitalized agenda for research and policy in the realm of foreign investment last week.
The first UNCTAD Symposium on International Investment for Development, held in Geneva from March 15 to 16, has been established at a time when global capital flows and their relationship to economic development are receiving unprecedented attention. The overarching theme of the 2010 Symposium was "Setting the Agenda for Policy-orientated Research".
The invitation-only forum discussed a wide-range ... Read More >>
Technology MBAs Focus on Community and Entrepreneurship
March 23, 2010
Students from SFU Business’s Management of Technology MBA program showcased an impressive and progressive range of community-focused, technology-grounded products this week – from sustainable transportation programs to emergency response tools, and from portable power devices to sports and health software applications. The presentations were part of the MOT 774 business course, which requires students to take business ideas from inception to market introduction.
The products presented included:
Quake Aware: An earthquake-preparedness website and iPhone application developed by Richmond students who are cognizant of the earthquake disaster risks facing their community, which sits at or under sea level. The students were inspired by ... Read More >>
SFU Business student Matt Hallat goes for gold at 2010 Winter Parlaympics
March 17, 2010
By Marianne Meadahl, SFU News Online
For Matt Hallat, chasing a dream is all downhill now.
Hallat, a member of the 2010 Canadian Para-Alpine ski team, has spent four years on the slopes gearing up for a big week of competition at this month’s Paralympic games at Whistler.
The Squamish resident took a hiatus from his SFU Business studies to focus solely on training. He hopes to resume his classes in the fall with some hardware around his neck or ... Read More >>
SFU Business remembers Dennis Culver, 1923-2010
March 5, 2010
Longtime SFU Business alumnus, supporter and friend Dennis Culver passed away on February 7, 2010. His family is holding a public memorial for him at the Segal Room at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver on March 26 at 1 pm.
Dennis Culver, 1923 – 2010: A Legacy of Devotion to Community and Higher Education
It’s difficult to do justice with words to the unique and enduring legacy that an individual like Dennis Culver leaves at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Business Administration.
Over the decades, Culver was a trailblazing graduate ... Read More >>
Olympic sponsors risk loss to ambush marketers: SFU Business study
February 9, 2010
On the eve of Vancouver's Winter Olympic Games, a new study from Simon Fraser University shows that the persistent effectiveness of ambush marketers leaves Olympic sponsors and those of other major sporting events particularly vulnerable – costing them not only their financial investment, but ultimately their customers.
Professors Leyland Pitt and Michael Parent from SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business examined data from the 2008 "Li Ning affair", which saw Olympic sponsor Adidas ambushed by lesser-known Chinese sportswear company Li Ning at the Beijing Summer Olympics.
The Chinese company's namesake founder, Li Ning, was China’s most decorated Olympian and it was he ... Read More >>
SFU Business garners double exposure in Academy of Management Review
February 8, 2010
New research focused on human resources and organizational behaviour from SFU Business has been recognized with publication in the Academy of Management Review, one of the most prestigious journals in the management field.
The occasion is significant in that two SFU Business professors – associate professor Mila Lazarova and assistant professor Andrew Von Nordenflycht, who are part of a vibrant cohort of new scholars – have published separate articles in the journal’s January edition.
Lazarova published the article “Elucidating the Positive Side of the Work-Family Interface on International Assignments: A Model of Expatriate Work and Family Performance” with co-authors M. Westman and ... Read More >>
Media initiative provides Downtown Eastside context for 2010 Games
February 4, 2010
As the global media descends upon Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, a new initiative conceived in partnership with SFU Business is helping international reporters give their stories about the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood more context, and a stronger sense of that community.
Keeping the Door Open Society and SafeGames 2010, which focus on risky behaviours, harm reduction and social justice issues, established the concept of telling the neighbourhood’s story in a responsible way at the 2009 SI2 (Social Innovation) Conference, hosted by Simon Fraser University’s Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver.
“It is not obvious from the surface that the ... Read More >>
SFU Business Hosts Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Summit
February 1, 2010
On January 21, 2010, Simon Fraser University Business co-presented the “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100” awards and summit at SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in downtown Vancouver.
Colleen Collins, SFU Business Associate Dean, co-presented the Top 100 awards ceremony along with Betsy Gibbons of Korn/Ferry International.
A highlight from the summit was a panel discussion that included award winners Christine Day, CEO of Lululemon Athletica, Annalisa King, VP & CFO of Best Buy Inc., and Jessica McDonald, former Deputy Minister to the Premier and Head of the British Columbia Public Service.
Under the leadership of the Women’s Executive ... Read More >>
Segal Graduate School hosts innovation conference for SFU Business researchers
February 1, 2010
A unique, interdisciplinary research conference focused on innovation was held at the Segal Graduate School of Business on January 15, 2010.
As part of the “Segal Seminar Series on Organizations, Strategy and Technology” (SSSOST), the event included 35 members of the SFU Business faculty, as well as 12 PhD students from the school.
In total, 14 papers were delivered, focused on a broad range of business innovation subjects, from software development to consumer-generated advertising, and from health care technologies to organizational learning.
SSSOST was launched two years ago, with the intention of being a vehicle for faculty at SFU Business to further develop ... Read More >>
SFU Business Establishes Centre for Global Workforce Strategy
January 29, 2010
Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Business Administration has established a new centre that will develop strategies and carry out research related to the changing needs of workforce management.
The Centre for Global Workforce Strategy was created in response to a growing need by companies to effectively manage workforce diversity. Ideally situated within the university’s collaborative and multidisciplinary research environment, the centre will draw from the expertise on global workforce management at SFU Business. The centre also has an extensive global network of individuals associated with ongoing research projects in the area.
“Leading companies have recognized that workforce diversity is not ... Read More >>
CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement Research Dinner
December 10, 2009
CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement will be hosting a Research Dinner on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 6 - 9pm in the Segal Salon Rooms at the Segal Graduate School of Business (500 Granville Street). Details to be announced. ... Read More >>
PhD Candidate Colin Campbell Wins Best Paper Award at ANZMAC
December 10, 2009
Colin Campbell, Marketing PhD Student at SFU Business, won the award for the best paper on the Brands and Brand Management track of ANZMAC, the Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, recently held in Melbourne, Australia.
His paper, co-authored with Hsiu-Yuan Tsao, of Takming University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Mana Farshid, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; and Ronika Chakrabarti, Lancaster University, UK, was entitled “Lemon-Aid: Brand as a Signal for Quality – A Classroom Game”.
More than 600 marketing academics from all continents attended the conference, which was hosted by Monash University, and the Brands and Brand Management ... Read More >>
LSG Launches "Aboriginal Leadership Exchange", in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB)
November 9, 2009
The Learning Strategies Group, in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), launched the pilot of a unique exchange program that provides Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal senior leaders with the opportunity to learn about each other’s workplaces, social environments, and decision-making processes to help facilitate better business relationships.
We are excited to be working with ICAB on this innovative pilot project, it’s a first in Canada and it provides us with a unique opportunity to design and facilitate a safe experience through which Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal senior leaders can experience each other’s work and cultural environments to develop important insights ... Read More >>
Professor Leyland Pitt Receives Honorary Doctorate
November 9, 2009
Professor of Marketing, Leyland Pitt will be receiving an honorary doctorate (PhD Honoris Causa) on November 9th awarded by the Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden. This honour is in recognition of Leyland's work in the areas of eCommerce and Internet Marketing in general, and specifically for his contributions to the establishment and development of the PhD programs in marketing and eCommerce within the Division of Industrial Marketing, eCommerce and Logistics at the Lulea University of Technology. ... Read More >>
SFU Business Names Sustainability Entrepreneur in Residence
November 4, 2009
SFU Business may be the first University business school in Canada to appoint a Sustainability Entrepreneur in Residence. LEED-accredited (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and former SFU Business Assistant Professor – Entrepreneurship, Dr. Boyd Cohen, will occupy this unique position.
Dr. Cohen stepped away from the academic tenure track to focus full time on his own sustainable initiative launched in 2008, 3rd Whale Media (www.3rdwhale.com). 3rd Whale Media is the leading provider of mobile solutions for lifestyles of health and ... Read More >>
The Economist Covers MOT MBA Alumni Company Saltworks Technology
October 29, 2009
MOT MBA Alumni and Saltworks Technology founders, Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, have been featured in the current issue of The Economist. Past winners of the New Ventures BC Competition, Saltworks Technology addresses the issues of the production of potable water through a desalination process that is designed to be economical, environmentally sensitive and sustainable.
This year, Saltworks has completed a solar capture station in the Okanagan for heat capture testing, has partnered with the BC Innovative Clean Energy Fund and Sustainable ... Read More >>
SFU Business' Pink Rangers Win RBC Mini Innovation Challenge
October 27, 2009
RBC announced the winner of its RBC Mini Innovation Challenge. For the 2009 competition, the challenge for student proposals was about organizations and social innovation: "Organizations that support Social Innovation and create social good will do better if they can work together but currently mechanisms do not exist that support easy and effective group-to-group collaboration. Suggest innovative ways to allow these organizations to connect and collaborate."
A total of 51 teams registered, with SFU representing 10 of the 51. BUS338 alone had 7 student teams submit proposals. 20 proposals were short-listed with 8 of the 20 coming from SFU and the ... Read More >>
PhD Candidate Colin Campbell Heads Up New AMSQ Column
October 27, 2009
Starting with the November 2009 Academy of Marketing Science Quarterly newsletter, PhD candidate in Marketing, Colin Campbell, has started up an interview series with the assistance of AMSQ Editor, Theresa Flaherty. The column is titled "New Minds meet Great Minds" and will pair PhD students in marketing with established marketing academics for each interview. The first installment features Anjali Bal (PhD Marketing, SFU) interviewing Dr. Jagdeish Sheth, the Charles H. Kellstandt Professor of Marketing at Emory University.
To read the first “New Minds meets Great Minds” interview, click here. ... Read More >>
Leyland Pitt Awarded Grant to Investigate Apps
October 27, 2009
Marketing Professor, Leyland Pitt has received a seed grant from the Advanced Practices Council (APC) of the Society for Information Management to investigate “iApps in U-Space: Developing Customer Service Applications for Smart Phones”, with Iris Junglas, University of Houston.
The Advanced Practices Council is a forum for senior IT executives who commission exclusive research and share cross-industry perspectives.
This grant is awarded for a proposal that is to be developed into a presentation for an SIM/APC meeting to take place in Atlanta, GA in January 2010. If the SIM/APC committee thinks the project should go on to the ... Read More >>
Ian McCarthy's Canada Research Chair Renewed
October 26, 2009
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), formally announced 181 Canada Research Chairs newly awarded or renewed in 45 Canadian universities. As part of that announcement, Associate Professor Ian McCarthy's Canada Research Chair in Technology and Operations Research has been renewed for five years.
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BC Hydro Gets First McKinstry Award
October 26, 2009
BC Hydro, which has women in six of its 10 senior management team positions, is the first recipient of SFU’s new Nancy McKinstry award for leadership in gender diversity. McKinstry, now retired, is a former vice-president of Odlum Brown Limited and past chair of the SFU board of directors and of the Investment Dealers Association of B.C. ... Read More >>
SFU's Business School Caters to Leaders
October 14, 2009
John Turley-Ewart of the Financial Post recently interviewed Faculty of Business Administration Dean Daniel Shapiro about our MBA programs and our approach to business education.
"We positioned ourselves as providers of relatively small cohort-based MBA programs that target very specific sectors or demographic groups, as opposed to a one-size-fits-all MBA." - Daniel Shapiro.
To read the interview, click here. ... Read More >>
The Dean's Dream
September 30, 2009
SFU Business Dean, Daniel Shapiro, was recently interviewed by Business in Vancouver. The interview was published in BIV's Colour Series - Blue Edition. The issue focuses on how business can use technology and innovation to improve profitability, growth and long-term staying power.
"I don't think to tdate there has been widespread acceptance or even understanding of how modern technology can be used by leaders to enhance leadership" - Daniel Shapiro, dean of SFU's faculty of business administration.
To read the full article and interview, click here. ... Read More >>
An Innovator's MBA
September 30, 2009
MBA alumna Wahiba Chair was featured in a recent Financial Post article about universities, MBA programs and entrepreneurship. "I was an engineer and had no business skills when I entered the program in 2007," says Ms. Chair. "I had a vision for my company but I did not have a refined product. I was able to tailor the courses to allow me to refine my concept and take it into a viable business. My thesis was a 100-page business plan for PortaLife."
Associate Dean, Ed Bukszar also comments on the changing face of MBA programs noting, "As we come out of ... Read More >>
Live Your Dream
July 29, 2009
2006 BBA graduate Terry Beech is on a mission to help others achieve their dreams. He and his twin brother, Doug, have created Twinbro.com, which through seminars, workshops and social media strategies, inspires students to pursue their goals, teaches strategies for improving scholarship and admissions applications and encourages leadership. Terry is also completing his MBA at Oxford University.
Excerpted from the 2008/9 SFU Report to the Community. ... Read More >>
Catalyst for Change
July 29, 2009
Fourth-year business/anthropology student Sean Peters is helping third-world entrepreneurs and their families escape poverty. As founder of the SFU chapter of Agents for Change (www.globalafc.org) and the organizer of a micro-credit fundraising competition, he inspired fellow business students to raise $6000 and use it to make loans to entrepreneurs in the developing world. ... Read More >>
SFU Business student Milun Tesovic and MetroLyrics profiled
July 24, 2009
SFU Business student Milun Tesovic and co-founder of MetroLeap Media, which operates MetroLyrics, was recently profiled on Shaw Cable's The Express and GlobalTV's Morning News. ... Read More >>
TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award 2009 Winners
July 21, 2009
It is my pleasure, as Chair of the Teaching Effectiveness Committee, to announce the winners of the 2009 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Awards: Mr. Kamal Masri and Dr. John Peloza. ... Read More >>
SFU Business Students 1st Runner Up at APEX 2009
July 3, 2009
SFU Business students Courtney Eng, Lael Locher and Andrew Clements competed in the Singapore Apex Global Business Competition and came inches away from 1st place walking away with trophies and prizes for first runner up. Among a competitive field of 16 teams from 11 countries in four divisions, teams were given just 24 hours to develop a solution to problems facing real world energy company Vestas, a Danish wind turbine company.
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Kaplan’s Business School Insider
June 22, 2009
Date: Thursday, July 16th
Location: Segal Graduate School of Business - 500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC
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Simon Fraser University Faculty of Business Administration Awarded EQUIS Accreditation
June 16, 2009
The Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University was awarded EQUIS accreditation on June 2nd. This takes the number of accredited schools to 117 across 34 countries.
“We are delighted to have earned EQUIS accreditation. We have set high standards for ourselves and are proud of our world-class faculty, our innovative programs and our close ties with the business community. The accreditation process was an opportunity to benchmark our performance in various areas with very good international schools, and learn from the expertise of international colleagues. The learning ... Read More >>
SFU Business Professor David C. Thomas presentation on Cultural Intelligence and Creativity
June 3, 2009
When: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Facility: Segal Graduate School of Business
Location: 500 Granville St. Vancouver, BC Room #2300 (Rix Boardroom on the 2nd floor)
Ticket(s): Guests, $8.00; Associate Members, $5.00; Members, $0.00
Location is Wheelchair Accessible
Light refreshments will be served.
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High School Students Bring New Media to SFU Surrey for Project Management Competition
June 3, 2009
Have you ever wondered what high school students really think about post secondary education? Ten teams from five high schools in Surrey gathered this Saturday at the SFU Surrey campus to compete in the second annual Wideman Education Foundation (WEF) Project Management competition. The competition featured teams of high school students who produced short videos on why students like them should consider post secondary education. The event was jointly organized by the WEF, the Faculty of Business Administration and the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU.
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Student stars in Arab reality TV show
May 29, 2009
MBA graduand Wahiba Chair is just back from Doha, Qatar where she spent 10 weeks as one of 16 finalists on the Arab docu-reality program, Stars of Science. It is the first Arab TV program to create a worldwide competition in which finalists work in a televised lab with assistance from mentors and experts to develop their business ideas into a marketable product. The five-week show airs in Qatar on May 29, with the winner yet to be determined by an audience vote. ... Read More >>
MBA Alumni Pub Night
May 27, 2009
Date: June 11, 2009
Place: The Wicklow Pub (610 Stamps Landing, Vancouver)
Time: 6:30pm
Come learn what the SFU MBA Alumni Board is all about. The Board would like to share the year’s successes with you and hear about what you would like from your MBA Alumni experience.
Come join us for a drink and some appies and share your thoughts and ideas with the Board for the coming year.
Hope to see you all there!
Please RSVP to Marni Larson, Secretary/Treasurer for the Board at mlar@stargarden.com ... Read More >>
SFU Business student Milun Tesovic named 2009 National Student Entrepreneur Competition Champion
May 8, 2009
Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and founding sponsor CIBC are pleased to announce the 2009 National Student Entrepreneur Competition Champion – Milun Tesovic of Metroleap Media Inc. and full-time student of Simon Fraser University. ... Read More >>
SFU Business Undergrads Claim First Prize at L'Oreal EStrat International Finals held in Paris
May 1, 2009
A undergraduate team from SFU Business came out First Place at the prestigious L'Oréal EStrat International Finals. EStrat is one of the world's biggest online business simulation competition. In this 9th annual edition of EStrat, the competition attracted over 40,000 students from around the world. ... Read More >>
Economist and Business Professor Daniel Shapiro is the Newly Appointed Dean
May 1, 2009
Economist and business professor Daniel Shapiro is the newly appointed dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, for a five-year term beginning May 1, 2009. ... Read More >>
SFU Business PhD Candidate Stacey Fitzsimmons Receives 2008 Best Student Paper Award
April 28, 2009
Congratulations to SFU Business PhD Candidate Stacey Fitzsimmons on being awarded the Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Endowment Award for Best Student Paper for 2008.
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MOT MBA Reunion
March 27, 2009
Date: May 19th, 2009, 5pm
Location: Room 1200, Segal Graduate School of Business, SFU, 500 Granville Street ... Read More >>
Simon Fraser University Students Take Top Place at 2nd Annual CA Case Competition
March 19, 2009
Two third-year commerce students from Simon Fraser University, Andy Leung and Raymond Zhang, took first place in the 2nd Annual Western CA (Chartered Accountant) Case Competition, held March 6 and 7 in Calgary, Alberta. ... Read More >>
Coming Out On Top
March 18, 2009
An SFU Business undergraduate team is among 16 finalists in L'Oréal EStrat, the world’s biggest online business simulation competition. ... Read More >>
British Columbia Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion Named
February 20, 2009
Burnaby, BC (February 17, 2009) – Milun Tesovic, Co-Founder of “Metroleap Media Inc.” and full time student at Simon Fraser University, has been named the 2009 British Columbia Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship “ACE” and proud program supporter, CIBC. ... Read More >>
PhD Candidate to Speak at BBM Annual Meeting
January 16, 2009
José Domingo Mora, a SFU Business PhD candidate whose research and thesis examines media audiences and how social interactions affect group consumption, has received a $4,000 BBM Canada scholarship from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. ... Read More >>
SFU Graduate Recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Women
November 28, 2008
SFU Business graduate Zabeen Hirji-Nowaczyniski was named one of the Top 100 Women by the Women's Executive Network, as reported in the Globe and Mail.
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MOT MBA Alumni's Company Hoping to Ride New Wave of Power Generation
November 13, 2008
The following article appeared in the November 17, 2008 issue of Business in Vancouver.
Technology designed by Pemberton-based SyncWave Systems Inc. harnesses ocean energy ... Read More >>
Young Internet Tycoon Pursues SFU Degree
October 30, 2008
By Diane Luckow
SFU Business student Milun Tesovic is a successful entrepreneur whose outlook on life and money belies his years. ... Read More >>
PhD Student Receives BBM Scholarship from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters
October 23, 2008
PhD Student, José Mora has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 BBM Scholarship and will receive a commemorative certificate and a cheque for $4000 at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Awards Breakfast on November 4, 2008. ... Read More >>
McGraw-Hill Ryerson Announces 2008 Scholarship Winners
October 16, 2008
SFU Business undergrad students Kyle Jackson and Jessica Kit-Sum Tang were recognized as two of 20 students across Canada who have been selected for McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s 3rd Annual Student Scholarship Award. ... Read More >>
EMBA Alum Recognized with Entrepreneur of the Year
October 15, 2008
BC Business has recognized Aimee Chan, President and CEO of Norsat International Inc., a public company providing microwave and satellite technology, with the 2008 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Award in the Turnaroud Category. ... Read More >>
MBA Graduate Shortlisted in Worldwide Competition
September 29, 2008
MBA Graduate, Wahiba Chair has been shortlisted for Stars of Science, an Arab worldwide science competition, sponsored by the Qatar foundation. ... Read More >>
MOT MBA Grads Win Big in New Ventures BC Competition
September 25, 2008
Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, both MOT MBA graduates (’05) have won $180,000 in cash and prizes in the 2008 New Ventures BC technology business idea competition. ... Read More >>
Marketing Project Pays Offs
July 26, 2008
A case analysis prepared by five of SFU’s full-time MBA students entitled: “Selling the Canadian Armed Forces Brand to Canada’s Youth” received the Pearson Education Prize for the Best Case Study on the case track of the 2008 Academy of Marketing Conference, the UK’s largest academic marketing conference. ... Read More >>
SFU Students Weather the Investment Storm
July 25, 2008
Operating within a volatile economic climate, SFU’s Global Asset and Wealth Management MBA (GAWM), Master of Financial Risk Management (MFRM), and business undergrad students were able to test their mettle and showcase their risk management and decision making skills in generating a positive annual return in the 2007 Redefining Investment Strategy Education (RISE) Forum, held at the University of Dayton. ... Read More >>
Working in Partnership with Other Nations
July 14, 2008
SFU Represented at Worldwide Business Competition
Sixty-six teams comprised of seven contestants in four countries went head to head at the 2008 Global Enterprise Experience, an international business competition aimed at developing skills in managing across cultures, time zones, world views and levels of wealth and poverty. ... Read More >>
SFU Graduates to Appear in CBC Program "Dragons' Den"
July 8, 2008
Sliced Tomatoes, Vancouver's first ready-to-cook meal delivery service, will be vying for investments from an illustrious panel of savvy Canadian venture capitalists on Season Three of the CBC television program "The Dragons' Den." ... Read More >>
BC Innovation Council Awards BC MBA Access to Commercialization Scholarships
July 3, 2008
The BC Innovation Council has awarded 10 graduate business students from Simon Fraser University with BC MBA Access to Commercialization Scholarships (valued at up to $15,000). ... Read More >>
Want to Be "CEO of Me? New Book Tells How
April 7, 2008
Feeling victimized by your over-committed work and family schedules? SFU Business associate professor Brenda Lautsch has a remedy.
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