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This guide is designed to help you get started with your Business research. Find books, journal articles, and additional resources such as marketing information and company financial data available to you at SFU Library.
Contact info
Mark Bodnar
Business Librarian
SFU Burnaby & Surrey Campuses
mbodnar@sfu.ca
778-782-3044
Moninder Lalli
Business Librarian
SFU Vancouver Campus
moninder_lalli@sfu.ca
778-782-4264
New business books
- Working identity : unconventional strategies for reinventing your career /
- Innovation analytics : tools for competitive advantage /
- Sustainable Business Model Innovation /
- The plight of stigmatized groups in organizations /
- Act like a leader, think like a leader /
- The gray rhino : how to recognize and act on the obvious dangers we ignore /
- Beyond team building : how to build high performing teams and the culture to support them /
- Digital Business Strategy : How to Design, Build, and Future-Proof a Business in the Digital Age /
- Catalyzing Transformation : Making System Change Happen.
- Structural econometric modeling in industrial organization and quantitative marketing : theory and applications /
- Global trends, dynamics, and imperatives for strategic development in business education in an age of disruption /
- The start-up junkie's playbook : a 30-step plan to launch your business /
- Critical Leadership and Management Tools for Contemporary Organizations.
- Humane entrepreneurship : creating a new economy, venture by venture /
- The idea chase : seven principles for breakthrough innovation /
- Inside IBM : lessons of a corporate culture in action /
- Perspectives on race in organizations /
- The Rowman & Littlefield handbook on workplace diversity and stratification /
- Fashion wholesaling : from manufacturer to retailer /
- Number go up : inside crypto's wild rise and staggering fall /
- The Canadian business owner's guide to reconciliation : best practices for Indigenous inclusion /
- Women and work in Asia and the Pacific : experiences, challenges and ways forward.
- Dragon suit : the golden age of expatriate executives in China /
- Evolution of scenario planning : theory and practice from disorder to order /
- Decentering whiteness in the workplace : a guide for equity and inclusion /
Research guides by topic/format
View additional resources for specialized Business research guides by format/ topic, including how to find: annual reports, case studies, financial data, market research, and much more!
Help with course assignments
For help with course assignments and business research, start with these course-specific guides, as well as our topic/format research guides.
200 level
- Business 200 & 201: Assignment Tips (updated October 2021)
- BUS 216: Essentials of Business Writing (updated December 2021)
- BUS 217W: Critical Thinking in Business (updated June 2022)
- BUS 272: Behaviour in Organizations (updated Fall 2023)
300 level
- BUS 320: Financial Accounting: Assets (updated August 2023)
- BUS 322: Intermediate Managerial Accounting (updated January 2023)
- BUS 338: Foundations of Innovation (updated February 2023)
- BUS 341: Fundamentals of Marketing
- BUS 343: Introduction to Marketing (updated Fall 2023)
- General guide to secondary market research resources
- Video: Secondary Research for Business Decisions: Foundations for Estimates
- Video: Actions vs Words: Understanding a Company's Strategies Using News Sources
- Handout - Spring 2023
- Company information research guide
- Industry surveys research guide
- Resources to help with:
- BUS 345: Marketing Research (updated Fall 2023)
- D100: Blog post: Ingredients for successful taste tests + other primary market research
- D200: Blog post: On meal kits and primary market research
- BUS 347: Consumer Behaviour (updated May 2023)
- BUS 360W: Business Communication (updated Fall 2023)
- BUS 381: Intro. to Human Resource Management (updated Summer 2020)
- BUS 393: Commercial Law: Use the Commercial Law guide
400 level
- BUS 421: Accounting Theory (updated November 2022)
- BUS 430: Cross-Cultural Management (updated March 2022)
- BUS 431: Business with East Asian Countries (updated May 2022)
- BUS 432: International Human Resource Management (updated December 2021)
- BUS 447: Global Marketing Management (updated January 2020)
- General resources: International Market Research web guide.
- PowerPoint
- BUS 478: Strategy (December 2022)
500 level
- BUS 510: Financial Accounting / Managerial Accounting (formerly BUS 550/551) (updated Aug 2019)
- BUS 561: Business Communication (updated Aug 2019)
600 level
- BUS 615 Marketing (October 2023)
700-800 level
- BUS 708: Financial Management: Handout - Word & Fillable PDF
- BUS 720: Special Topics: Consulting Project
- BUS 741: Business and BC's Indigenous Communities
- BUS 754: Marketing Tech-based Products and Services (Vancouver)
- BUS 764: Financing the Organization: Handout - Word & Fillable PDF
- BUS 784: Industry Consulting Project (Vancouver)
- BUS 791: Opportunity Identification & Assessment (Vancouver)
- BUS 825 Financial Statement Analysis (Vancouver)
- Handout (Summer 2019)
- Ratio Analysis
Master's programs
- Library Guide for Graduate Business Programs (updated 2022 Feb)
- Library guide for Executive MBA Americas (NEW, 2022 Aug)
- Library Guide for Executive MBA in Indigenous Business Leadership (IBL Library Guide - updated 2022 Oct)
- IBL-EMBA Library Orientation (Fall 2022)
- Library Workshop IBL-EMBA (Spring 2022)
- Library Workshop IBL-EMBA (Fall 2022)
- Belzberg Library Information for Graduate Business Programs
PhD program
- PhD Orientation (link to Prezi) September 2017
Other
- Advancement (Fall 2023)
- Radius - Slingshot
- Presentation (Spring 2019)
- Presentation (Spring 2019)
- Student Marketing Association Workshop (Spring 2018)
- Venture Connection Workshop (Fall 2021)