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Education Excellence Award from the
Canada China Business Council
Ivey has received the inaugural Education
Excellence Award from the Canada China Business
Council
(CCBC) for outstanding achievements in
expanding Canada’s relationship with China
through education, research, alumni relations
and student/faculty exchanges.
Ivey was unanimously chosen by independent
judges to receive the Gold Award in the
education category.
The award was presented by His Excellency
Zhang Junsai, Ambassador of the People’s
Republic of China to Canada at a gala event in
Montreal. Paul Beamish, Director of Ivey’s Asia
Management Institute and Engaging Emerging
Markets Centre, and Jan De Silva, Associate
Dean, Ivey Asia, accepted the award on behalf of
the School at the awards ceremony and CCBC AGM
and Policy Conference in Montreal. The event was
attended by David Johnston, Governor General of
Canada, as well as other dignitaries.
China Delegation Visits Western University
On November 12th 2012, a seven-person
delegation from Chongqing government and
industry visited Western University to discuss
opportunities for cooperation on research,
programs, business, etc.
People attending the meeting included:
Western Attendees:
Dr.
David Sylvester- Principal, King’s University
College; Dan Sinai- Associate Vice President
Research;
Rob Esselment, Director of Government Relations;
Lise Laporte, Manager of International Learning;
Eric Morse, Ivey Associate Dean – Programs;
Michelle Han – Associate Director, Asian
Management Institute & Engaging Emerging Markets
Research Centre.
Community Attendees:
Hon.
Joe Fontana, Mayor of the City of London; Hon.
Deb Matthews, Member of Provincial Parliament
and Minister of Health for Ontario; Gerry
McCartney, CEO Chamber of Commerce; Joaquim
Balles, Past President- Chamber of Commerce and
Chair of the Asian Opportunities
Committee;George Baran, Vice-Chairman, Trudell
Medical Group.
Chongqing Delegation: Mr. Chen Yatang-Vice-Chairman,
Standing Committee of Chongqing People’s
Congress; Mr. Song Yu-Vice-Chairman, Education,
Science, Culture & Health-Care Committee of
Chongqing People’s Congress; Mr. Li Tianan-Deputy
Director-General, Chongqing Science and
Technology Commission; Mr. Zhang Haiqing-Deputy
Director-General, Chongqing Foreign and Overseas
Chinese Affairs Office; Mr. Zhang
Zaikun-Member of the Standing Committee of
Chongqing People’s Congress,
Vice-President, Chongqing Iron & Steel (Group)
Co., Ltd; Mr. Liu Qiang-President, YaoPharma
Co., Ltd; Ms. Shi Tingting,Translator from
Chongqing Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs
Office.
Doing Business in China
BNN's "Headlines with
Howard Green" interviews Janet De Silva about
Ivey's work in China
13 September 2011
part one...
part two...
part three...
Ivey welcomes delegation from Dalian University
of Technology (DUT)
(l-r) Ivey
professors Paul Beamish, Hubert Pun, and
Associate Dean Eric Morse with DUT School of
Management and Economics Dean Jingqin Su,
Associate Deans Fangwei Zhu, Xinran Li, Wenli
Li, and Director of International Program
Office, Haowen Wu.
More at...
Dean of Nottingham Business School in China
visits Ivey
Dean Carl Fey spent an entire day at Ivey
meeting with senior leadership and Ivey faculty
to discuss potential partnerships in areas such
as student and faculty exchange, case workshops
and usage, and executive development programs.
Dean Fey
(second from right) visiting with
Ivey doctoral students with interests in
China research and teaching.
Jinan University delegation visits Ivey
Ivey Associate Dean
Rod White (r) welcomes Dean Cong Dong Li
(l)
from Jinan University, School of Management.
More at...
 Ivey
Summer Business Program
A
pre-university program on
business fundamentals for young
adults offered at Ivey's campus in Hong Kong.
Taught by Ivey faculty from Canada, the course
is delivered using Ivey's renowned case method,
which challenges students to learn by doing,
within an active class environment. The
experience allows students to learn business
fundamentals in finance, marketing,
organizational behaviour and general management.
Click
here to download the program leaflet.
Ivey Ph.D. graduate appointed Dean of Nottingham
University Business School in China
Dr. Carl Fey
(Ph.D. 1997), a professor of international
business, has been appointed Dean of the
Nottingham University Business School in Ningbo,
China, home to nearly 3000 undergraduate and
postgraduate students. Fey, who served on the
executive board of the International Association
of Chinese Management Research, focuses his
research, teaching, and consulting on how
management practices need to be adapted to be
successful in China and Russia. His areas of
expertise include foreign market entry,
leadership, organisational culture, change
management, knowledge transfer, and mergers and
acquisitions.
Ivey doctoral awarded Post
Graduate Research Fellowship by the Asia Pacific
Foundation of Canada
Michael Roberts,
a Ph.D. candidate in general management at Ivey,
is among the five new Post Graduate Research
Fellows for 2011-12 announced by the Asia
Pacific Foundation of Canada. Roberts has
extensive knowledge of South Korea, and will
further develop his previous research on
international returnees and the capturing of
foreign knowledge by multi-national enterprises
in emerging markets.
Institute Director joins
National Conversation on Asia's Futures Group on
Asia
Institute Director was invited to join Asia
Pacific Foundations of Canada’s (APFC)
Futures Group on Asia.
The group, in support of the APFC ’s National
Conversation on Asia (NCA) initiative, will
provide thought leadership in the development of
innovative Canadian policy responses to the rise
of Asia and to help Canadians develop a fuller
appreciation of Asia’s significance for Canada’s
future prosperity.
Ivey Professor celebrates research feat
Paul Beamish,
an award-winning researcher at Ivey, has reached
a milestone in his publishing career.
Beamish has just had his 100th research paper
accepted for publication. The paper, “Geographic
and Product Diversification in Charitable
Organizations,” co-authored with Ivey PhD
graduates Geoff Kistruck of Ohio State
University and Israr Qureshi of Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, will be published in the
Journal of Management in 2011.
In addition to learning his 100th paper would be
published, Beamish also had his 50th book
published and saw the graduation of the 25th PhD
student he has supervised, all in 2010.
With no plans to slow down, Beamish has another
dozen or so articles in review. “I’m as curious
as ever about how things work and still enjoy
the research process,” he said.
An Ivey faculty member since 1987, Beamish also
holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in
International Management and is a fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada, Academy of
International Business and Asia Pacific
Foundation of Canada.
Former Minister of International Trade Discusses
Game-Changing Strategies for Global Business
Game-changing economic and political upheaval
signal the need for new styles of international
business leadership. As a politician, economist,
business leader and member of the Queen’s Privy
Council, David Emerson
is positioned to offer insight on developing
international markets amid a rapidly-changing
global economic landscape and the critical
questions and challenges business people should
be thinking about. On Thursday, January 27,
2011, he will discuss how Canada’s new
high-level connections with growing emerging
world powers, such as China and India, will have
a significant impact on Canada’s future
international business relationships.
Click
here
to view the presentation.
Asian Business Cases:
China’s Increasing Role in Global Capital
Markets
Former Dean of Ivey Asia
Dr. Larry Wynant
examines China’s growing impact on global
capital markets in Canada, U.S., and Europe to
fund its growth and build its global profile. He
highlights four case studies that illustrate
what attracts companies to raise capital abroad
and what the trade-offs are in deciding on a
global capital issue. The full summary and case
studies published by the
Asia Pacific Foundation of
Canada can
be accessed
here.
Ivey alumnus co-founder of
India-Canada Alumni Network (ICAN)
IAA India
Chapter president
Parag Saigaonkar
(MBA'94) and ICAN co-founder
Vinay Chaudhry
(MBA'04) were present in New Delhi for the
official launch of the India-Canada Alumni
Network on November 9, 2010. ICAN is
organized by Canadian alumni in India and
supported by the Canadian High Commission in New
Delhi. The objective of the group is to create a
platform for social and professional networking
for Indians who have studied in Canada. More at
www.ican.net.in
(framing the
unveiling: H.E. Stewart Beck (acting Canadian
High Commissioner) on left and Vinay Chaudhry on
right)
Ivey signs MOU with Indian Institute of
Management (IIMB)
Ivey is expanding its presence in India by
partnering with the Indian Institute of
Management Bangalore on a new initiative that
will enhance educational opportunities at both
schools.
(l to r)
Ivey Dean Carol Stephenson and IIMB Director
Pankaj Chandra at the MOU signing ceremony in
Bangalore.
Click
here
to read more.
Director's Visit to Indian Business School
During a recent visit to ISB, Ivey Professor
Paul Beamish emphasized the need for a "case
study culture" in management education.
Ivey's partnership with ISB is primarily aimed
at publishing a series of business case studies
with an 'India' focus.
Ivey joins case-writing partnership with group
of 190 Chinese business schools
(l to r)
Shuming Zhao, Dean of School of Business,
Nanjing University, Jingqin Su, Director of
China Management Case-sharing Center and Dean of
School of Management, Dalian University of
Technology, Ivey Professor Paul Beamish, and
Prof. Yunhuan Tong, Secretary General of China
National MBA Education Supervisory Committee
joined hands after the MOU signing ceremony
during the inaugural China Management
Case-sharing Conference in Kunming.
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