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UWinnipeg business and economic students - February 2010/photo by Cory Aronec

Faculty of Business and Economics Announces new Dean

Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg and Dr. John Corlett, Vice-President Academic and Provost are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sylvie Albert to the position of Dean of the Faculty Business and Economics for a five year term, effective August 15, 2012. read more

UWinnipeg competes at CFA Research Challenge

Five UWinnipeg students, Darrell Menzies, Michael Kurtas, Kyle Tran, Tsai Wei Li, and Ravneet Grewal, traveled to Calgary to compete in the CFA Research Challenge. This challenge is a global competition, which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing and presentation skills of university students. Each university has a team of 3-5 students, analyzing the same company, writing an equity research report, and presenting the findings before a panel of judges, consisting of leading industry experts and CFA professionals.

This is a very in-depth challenge that takes months of preparation. The UWinnipeg Team devoted a lot of time and energy into their work, continually looking to improve their findings. According to the Coordinator of the University of Winnipeg's new Economics and Finance Program, Phil Cyrenne, "We feel this team did an outstanding job representing the Faculty of Business and Economics as the inaugural team from the University of Winnipeg. As one of 6 of 11 teams that completed the CFA Research Challenge against long established programs, the team was a well organized and cohesive group led by Professor Hai Ta. Despite a late start and limited resources, the team comprised of both Business and Economics students, performed very well and set a high standard for future teams."

UWinnipeg represents at GAAPS

The Delta in Winnipeg hosted the Gathering of Accounting Academics, Professionals and Students Case Competition this past weekend, February 2nd-4th. UWinnipeg students, Jewanjot Singh Bhullar, Sami Moujani, Vidhur Sharma and Casey Berthon reached the final round of the case competition but sadly did not place.  

This is the third time in the past three years that Uwinnipeg has reached the final round of the competition. And we've only been entering in this competition for three years!

1st Place - The University of British Columbia (Okanagan)

2nd Place - The University of Manitoba

3rd Place - The University of Calgary

Are you interested in upcoming Business Competitions? Please visit:

http://busandadmin.uwinnipeg.ca/BusinessCompetition

The continued excellence and success of UWinnipeg students in different competitions depends on your participation!

UWinnipeg Students are the Cream of the Crop!

Five students from The University of Winnipeg - Abhilash Tyagi, Geneviève Coulombe, Matt Friesen, Kevin Gooch and Shantel Saliga - placed second in the 30th annual Manitoba International Marketing Competition (MIMC) held over the weekend of January 6 and 7, 2012.

Business Student wins elite "Next 36" competition in Toronto

Ethan Baron is an undergraduate student, at the University of Winnipeg, in his fourth year of completing a double major in international business, economics and finance. He competed for one of the prestigious spots in The Next 36.
The Next 36 is a superior program that selects and supports the next generation of high-impact entrepreneurs with a whopping $50,000 in start up cash as well as mentoring by high level CEOs. Baron successfully completed an intense series of exercises over one weekend in Toronto but the fun doesn't end there! Now that Baron has made it into The Next 36, he has nine months to develop a mobile venture with three others, from other parts of the country.

This is an amazing opportunity for Baron, as well as the University.
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Business Professor along with colleagues win Business Horizons Best Paper 2011

Jan Kietzmann, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian McCarthy and Bruno Silvestre, of the Business and Administration Department, were awarded the Best Article Award for 2011 by the management journal Business Horizons and Elsevier for the article: "Social media? Get serious! Understanding the function building blocks of scoial media".  Full article on award, Link to journal

Faculty Newsletter

The summer installment of the newly redesigned Faculty Newsletter: The Boom Times is now available for viewing.  Click here

Congratulations Class of 2010-2011, Spring Convocation 2011

On behalf of the faculty and staff in the Faculty of Business and Economics, congratulations graduates.  You have worked hard to earn the degrees that you now hold in your hands. Spring Convocation 2011 Information.

Economics Professors research hightlighted in Winnipeg Free Press

Professors Manish Pandey and James Townsend, Economics,and Tom Carter, Geography, are working on a report for The Institute of Public Policy which is featured in October 20th edition of the Winnipeg Free Press "Manitoba's immigration record hailed - Nominee plan envy of nation".

 

The Buhler Centre Receives its Official Grand Opening

The University of Winnipeg and the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art officially opened the iconic Buhler Centre today with Her Excellency Governor General Michaëlle Jean in attendance to unveil the first piece of art to be installed in the space, POLE TO MARK THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD (at Winnipeg) (2010) by artist Jimmie Durham. read more

Pre-Calc for University Access, MATH-0040

The Math and Stats department has a new course called Pre-Calc for University Access, MATH-0040.  This course is for students who may need a refresher in math or may not have the required pre-requisites for Business and Administration or Economics.  Click here for more information.

Article published in Journal of Retailing and Customer Services

Please join The Faculty of Business and Economics in congratulating Fabrizio Di Muro, whose manuscript "The Effect of Weather on Consumer Spending," co-authored with Kyle Murray, Adam Finn, and Peter Popkowski-Leszczyc, has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.  The journal is an international and interdisciplinary forum for research on the converging fields of retailing and services studies. It focuses on consumer behaviour and on policy and managerial decisions from both academic and practitioner perspectives to inform retailing and services.

New Faculty receives recognition at Academy of Management Conference.

Please join The Faculty of Business and Economics in congratulating Victor Cui, whose paper "The Impact of Alliance History with Current Competitors on Innovation Races"  (co-authored with Ilan Vertinsky) has won the Best Student Paper Award for the Technology and Innovation and Management Division at this year's Academy of Management Conference.

The University of Winnipeg receives a PEARL (Pursuit of Excellence in the Assessment and Recognition of Learning) Award

The University of Winnipeg along with participating workplace and industry representatives were nominated and selected to receive a PEARL Award offered through the Manitoba Prior Learning Assessment Network.

This award was received in recognition of a collaborative effort between Manitoba's Aerospace Industry and Manitoba Hydro and Biovail to grant prior learning recognition to managers and supervisors to allow them to participate in a cohort program leading to a 4-year Bachelor of Business and Administration. 

Last June 18 students graduated from the program of which some have now moved on and are working to completing their Master's program.

New Experimental Course in Microfinance being offered in the Economics Department

The Department of Economics wishes to announce the addition of a new experimental course, ECON-3120 Microfinance in Theory and practice.  The course description is as follows:

This course provides an overview of the economics of microfinance, a development strategy that provides credit, savings and insurance for individuals and families that are unable to access funds from a formal financial institutions.  The course examines the strengths and limitations of microfinance as an approach to poverty reduction, drawing on readings from practitioners as well as academics.  The course exposes students to a number of sub-disciplines of Economics, including development economics, financial economics, feminist economics and institutional economics.
The prerequisite for this course is Intro Economics (ECON-1102 and ECON-1103, or ECON-1105 (with a minimum grade of C), or ECON-1106 (with a minimum grade of C).  The course will be taught by Melanie O'Gorman and is designed to be accessible to a wide variety of students interested in learning more about this interesting development strategy, both in theory and practice.

For scheduling information log into WebAdivsor and search course sections.

Dr. Jing (Jenny) Chen recently received a $100,000 NSERC Discovery Grant, to be given over a five year period, to further her research on “Revenue Management in the Presence of Customer returns.”

“NSERC Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of research (with long-term goals) rather than a single short-term project or collection of projects. These grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances...” NSERC

In Jenny’s research, revenue management techniques will be used to deal with customer returns. Customer returns prevail in retail industries and represent a serious problem for both the retailer, who must process the incoming returns, and the product supplier, who must cope with the inventory of returned product. Jenny will conduct this research to gain a better understanding of consumer behavior on returning products and to examine how firm policies, such as pricing strategy, order policy, and customer returns policy, can be effectively used to handle customer returns in order to drive better business practices. 

The Faculty of Business and Economics along with the Virtual Business Innovation Centre visits City Hall

Mayor Katz Supports Aboriginal Entreprenuerial Program, $50,000 will help incubate up to 5 new businesses and create local jobs in Winnipeg read more

The Department of Business and Administration is pleased to announce that Chartered Accountants of Canada (CICA) is providing complimentary access a suite of online tax research databases to our students and faculty.  

Together, these databases are a comprehensive collection of Canadian tax research materials with clear, authoritative commentary from Ernst & Young, one of the world’s top tax advisory firms.

 Specifically, this database includes:

·        Ernst & Young's Guide to Preparing 2009 Personal Tax Returns

·        Federal Income Tax Collection Platinum (FITAC Platinum)

·        Federal Income Tax News

·        GST/HST & Excise News

·        Provincial Taxes Electronic Reference Library (PERL)

·        Provincial Tax News

·        Tax Matters@EY

·        Commodity Tax News

·        Excise Automated Reference Library (EARL) (GST/HST & Excise)

We thank CICA for their generosity in providing this powerful research resource to our students and faculty. More information on CICA’s Canadian tax reference materials can be found at www.knotia.ca/info/taxsuiteprem

CGA supports University of Winnipeg Faculty of Business and Economics - CGA Manitoba will offer annual scholarships for UWinnipeg business graduates and support the construction of space for the Faculty of Business and Economics as part of the redevelopment of the 460 Portage project. Read More

The University of Winnipeg is honoured to accept a $250,000 gift from the Certified Management Accountants of Manitoba which will help construct a new facility for the Faculty of Business and Economics at 460 Portage Avenue and will support annual scholarships for outstanding students enrolled in Accounting. Read More.