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Financial Times ranks Sauder Executive Education among the best in the world ...More

Sauder research: Hedge funds more like guardian angels than vultures ...More

Revamped UBC MBA built for increasingly complex global marketplace ...More

BCom graduate takes web startup global ...More

Sauder joins top schools to provide scholarships for NGOs and non-profits ...More

Taking charge: Empowering subsistence-level entrepreneurs to succeed ...More

Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School engages with student leaders at the World Model United Nations ...More

Sauder student entrepreneurs develop award-winning app for paperless ticketing ...More

Sauder professors explore the darkside of work ...More

Do advertising bans work? New research by Assistant Professor Tirtha Dhar ...More

New investment analysis centre gives immediate access to world markets ...More

Copying your best friend’s sense of style may cause her to feel more annoyed than flattered, according to Katherine White, an associate professor of marketing at the Sauder School of Business who looks at what influences and motivates consumer behaviour. ...More

Recent MBA graduates Lindsay Bozzer and Lezlie Mintz know that despite significant strides made by women, it can still be tough to break into the business world and rise up the ranks. ...More

Sauder’s Professor Darren Dahl knows that staying ahead in business requires creativity. In his new class, Cultivating Creativity he takes what he's learned from market research and applies in the classroom to help students become the disruptive innovators they need to be. ...More

More Western retailers in China having adverse effect on trade deficit ...More

Putting expertise to work in one of Africa’s most disadvantaged communities ...More

International MBA graduate Anna Murray was a recent winner at the Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 awards in recognition of her work integrating human rights and social responsibility into the world of business. ...More

A new study co-authored by Sauder marketing professor Darren Dahl finds that people with low self-esteem are less likely to buy an item of clothing if they compare themselves to a good-looking shopper wearing the same thing. ...More

The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and Copenhagen Business School (CBS) have announced a strategic alliance to dramatically increase collaboration. Motivated by shared values and a similar academic culture, and building on an active 16-year exchange partnership, the institutions signed an agreement providing stronger ties across a broad range of initiatives, including research, academic programs, student and faculty exchange, and other scholarly pursuits. ...More

The Sauder School of Business has joined a prestigious list of international business schools as a CFA Program Partner, signaling to the global business community that the school’s finance curriculum is closely tied to the most recent developments in professional practice. ...More

Carving down the slopes or ripping through a half-pipe can now be measurably more precise alpine activities, thanks to new high-tech goggles created by a team of MBA alumni from the Robert H. Lee Graduate School at the Sauder School of Business. ...More

SMART Pics, a social media powered photo booth that feeds images directly to the Internet, is the brainchild of 2011 BCom grad Ray Kanani. The 24-year-old entrepreneur stumbled onto the idea for the device that has become a online marketing sensation while still studying at Sauder. ...More

Just weeks before the catastrophic earthquake in Japan, third-year accounting student Salina Dharamsi travelled to the United Nations to participate in a debate focused on disaster risk reduction. ...More

When Arnold Leung graduated with his BCom in 2007, the young entrepreneur already had the beginnings of a web and mobile development company in his back pocket. Today, at 25, his work as CEO of Appnovation Technologies, a North American leader in the use of open-source web and cross-platform mobile development, recently won him the Business Development Bank of Canada’s 2011 Young Entrepreneur Award. ...More

In a paper published in the Journal of International Business Studies Finance, Sauder professors Kai Li and Dale Griffin show that a multinational company’s home culture tends to shape how it operates in China – something that can ultimately affect its level of profitability in the country. ...More

Just weeks after graduating with her BCom, Sauder student sustainability leader Rosie Pidcock took her passion for sustainable resource management global by chairing the 2011 International Student Energy Summit at UBC. ...More

Buying a new car, camera or computer? New research by Assistant Professor JoAndrea Hoegg shows that seeking advice from experts to choose between models of merchandise might not always be a good idea. ...More

The Sauder School of Business is now offering a fast paced first year class where Twitter is a teaching tool and discussion takes place at the speed of the internet. ...More

Sauder School of Business Pollay Prize winner says aggressive marketing of debt consolidation could cause some to continue or intensify risky financial behaviour ...More

From the schoolyard to the workplace, bullying is a troubling phenomenon that continues to make headlines. Research by Sauder professor Karl Aquino not only uncovers who is more likely to be a victim, but also provides key information for intervention. ...More

Fourth-year Finance student Cathy Han is one of a select number of undergrads from across Canada participating in The Next 36: Canada’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, an elite business program which aims to launch the careers of the country’s most promising and innovative students. ...More

Despite associated health risks, obesity is on the rise worldwide. This Sauder study sheds light on why the world's wealthiest and most educated continue to over-consume. ...More

Because of its large viewership, marketers pay a premium to secure commercial airtime during the big game in hopes of turning its linebacker-sized audience into big bucks. But until this new study by Sauder researchers, there was no publicly available measure to determine if the hefty price tag is worth it. ...More

On January 14, more than 100 Aboriginal post-secondary business students from across British Columbia converged at the Sauder School of Business for the first-ever Indigenous Business Education Network conference. ...More

Alongside clinical experts, Sauder grads Rachel Lewis and Argelio Santos are developing a simulation model to investigate the stages through which patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries flow with the goal of improving care. ...More

According to a new study by Sauder School of Business researchers, school quality is not a significant factor for home buyers, except for those purchasing residences priced in the top 25 per cent of the market. ...More

Using new video conferencing facilities, Sauder School of Business students are connnecting with small businesses in remote areas of British Columbia to transform their in-class learning into hands-on help. ...More

The Sauder School of Business has unveiled the completed first phase of an $85 million renewal and expansion of the School’s facilities which adds 50,000 square feet to the existing 216,000 square feet of the Henry Angus complex. ...More

Since 2005, Sauder’s Social Entrepreneurship 101: Africa initiative has worked with approximately 225 impoverished, but entrepreneurial Kenyan youths to empower them with business skills. ...More

Sauder’s youngest BCom grad, Brian Wong, isn’t through breaking records. He is now the youngest entrepreneur to raise major venture capital, attracting more than a quarter million dollars in seed funding for a mobile platform that bridges advertising and gaming. ...More

Sauder School of Business-based research centre the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) has released its annual Global Airport Benchmarking Report comparing the management efficiency of 156 airports and 19 airport groups in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific. The report reveals that airports in Atlanta, Copenhagen, Oslo, Hong Kong and Sydney are the leaders in their respective continents for efficiency among international airports serving more than 15 million passengers a year. ...More

It has long been debated whether the media plays a role in influencing the behaviour of audiences. New research by Sauder's Professor Karl Aquino shows that what we watch and read can a make a difference in how we act, and for the better. ...More

The stress of scheduling chemotherapy treatments has been substantially reduced by a new technology created and implemented by a team of researchers from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and the BC Cancer Agency. ...More

In the months before NASA’s last space shuttle returned to Earth and the historic shuttle program came to an end, Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk was attending a Sauder School of Business Executive Education class to prepare him for the next stage of his working life. ...More

Graduate, Maryanne Mathias, links fashion to social, economic and political change. ...More

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