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How tax policy and corruption impact businesses
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...
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Increased profits from tax havens don’t nurture R&D in multinational enterprises
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...
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Understanding Sovereign Wealth Funds Essential, researchers say
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...
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Lost in translation: Language and reverse knowledge transfer in multinational...
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...
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Lifting the resource curse: Transparency of multinational enterprises
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...
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See you in court: Smartphone giants’ patent litigation strategies and outcomes
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...
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Leanwashing: A Hidden Factor in the Obesity Crisis
A significant proportion of the global population believe that lack of exercise is a major factor that leads to obesity. Aneel Karnani, Brent McFerran and Anirban Mukhopadhyay explore the role of food...
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Developing and leveraging crowd capital: A valuable resource for...
Ian McCarthy, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs, at the Beedie School of Business. The following article was written by Beedie School of Business Associate Dean Ian McCarthy, and adapted from an...
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CIRDI fosters collaborative spaces for learning, action research, and innovation
From left to right: Jose Carlos Silva Macher, Environmental Management Advisor, Consortium for Economic and Social Research (CIES) Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES); Kristina...
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Beedie professor Gervase Bushe offers new perspective on organizational change
Gervase Bushe, Professor of Leadership and Organization Development, Management and Organization Studies at the Beedie School of Business. A new book co-edited by Beedie School of Business professor...
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How American Idol and Call of Duty can help improve business
Like most of us, Ian McCarthy enjoys a good game. The Associate Dean of Graduate Programs at the Beedie School of Business (and fan of poker and soccer) has taken his love of games a step further,...
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How firms can appropriate consumer-created intellectual property
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...
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The hazards of Confidential Information rules in the workplace
David Hannah, Associate Professor at the Beedie School of Business. Research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that organizations that implement rules governing...
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Welfare recipients judged negatively when making ethical purchases
Society believes that those on social assistance – or “welfare” – should not be paying a premium to purchase ethical goods instead of cheaper alternatives, according to research from Simon Fraser...
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How to improve Canada’s record in science innovation
Beedie Professor Elicia Maine’s new research focuses on improving advanced material commercialization. SFU Beedie Professor Elicia Maine studies strategies to boost advanced material commercialization....
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Top of the charts: Beedie professors top Google Metrics list
Professor Ian McCarthy. The music industry has Billboard, the business world has Forbes 500. Now, ranking successful academic papers has been made possible by Google Metrics – and Beedie School of...
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Businesses that show commitment to sustainability inspire greener customers
Beedie School of Business associate professor Brent McFerran. Environmentally friendly toothbrushes found to impact energy conservation. Spending a little to prove a commitment to sustainability can...
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Clean-tech membrane wins SFU science and tech venture pitch competition
From left to right: Chris Erikson, Partner at Pangaea Ventures; Michael J. Damiani, Lawyer & Patenting Agent of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP; Ben Britton, co-founder and CEO of Ionomr; Andrew Harries,...
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Jing Li named to 2016 cohort of RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and...
Jing Li, Associate Professor of International Business and Canada Research Chair in Global Investment Strategy at the Beedie School of Business. Jing Li, Associate Professor of International Business...
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Website design potentially as influential as the message: study
Beedie School of Business professor Dianne Cyr. 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...
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