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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
- Innovation in China : a strategic management casebook /
- Advanced introduction to employee engagement /
- The builder's guide to the tech galaxy : 99 practices to scale startups into unicorn companies /
- Business trends in practice : the 25+ trends that are redefining organizations /
- Managing the partners in strategic alliances /
- A history of advertising : the first 300,000 years /
- I'm afraid Debbie from marketing has left for the day : how to use behavioural design to create change in the real world /
- Limitless Supply : New Economy in the Digital Era /
- Project management next generation : the pillars for organizational excellence /
- Advanced introduction to advertising /
- The digital mindset : what it really takes to thrive in the age of data, algorithms, and AI /
- A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about human resource management /
- Cultural values in strategy and organization /
- Cleaning up greenwash : corporate environmental crime and the crisis of capitalism /
- Fair value in accounting : from theory to practice /
- Advanced introduction to creative industries /
- Advanced introduction to business ethics /
- Love you : public policy for intergenerational wellbeing /
- Alternative Investments.
- The No Club : putting a stop to women's dead-end work /
- Anti-racist leadership : how to transform corporate culture in a race-conscious world /
- Amplifying Indigenous voices in business : Indigenization, reconciliation, and entrepreneurship /
- Crisis, chaos, and organizations : the coronavirus and lessons for organizational theory /
- The antiracist organization : dismantling systemic racism in the workplace /
- Battle-ready : Crafting Strategy to Beat Competition.
- Advanced introduction to sustainable competitive advantage in sales /
- Artificial intelligence and innovation management /
- Inclusion revolution : the essential guide to dismantling racial inequity in the workplace /
- Multidisciplinary approach to diversity and inclusion in the COVID-19-era workplace /
- Principles of responsible management education (PRME) in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) : opportunities, threats, and the way forward /
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 2020)
- BUS 272: Behaviour in Organizations (updated September 2021)
300 level
- BUS 320: Financial Accounting: Assets (updated May 2022)
- BUS 322: Intermediate Managerial Accounting (updated December 2021)
- BUS 341: Fundamentals of Marketing
- BUS 343: Introduction to Marketing (updated Summer 2022)
- 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 2022
- Company information research guide
- Industry surveys research guide
- Resources to help with:
- BUS 345: Primary Market Research (Spring 2021)
- General guide to secondary market research resources
- Video: Secondary Research for Business Decisions: Foundations for Estimates
- D100 section: Blog post: On meal kits: Primary research questions & secondary resources
- E100 section: Blog post: A feast of resources for those researching alternative protein markets! (redux)
- BUS 346: Global Business Environment (D200 section) (Fall 2020)
- BUS 347: Consumer Behaviour (updated May 2022)
- BUS 360W: Business Communication (updated Summer 2022)
- BUS 381: Intro. to Human Resource Management (updated Summer 2020)
- BUS 393: Commercial Law: Use the Commercial Law guide
400 level
- BUS 410: Financial Institutions (December 2020)
- BUS 421: Accounting Theory (updated December 2021)
- BUS 430: Cross-Cultural Management (updated March 2022)
- BUS 431: Business with East Asian Countries (updated September 2020)
- 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 - D100 & D700 (August 2020)
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 (Sept 2021)
700-800 level
- BUS 722: Special Topics in Business Administration (Surrey)
- BUS 741: Business and BC's Indigenous Communities
- BUS 754: Marketing Tech-based Products and Services (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 in Indigenous Business Leadership (updated 2022 Feb)
- IBL-EMBA Orientation Fall 2021
- Library Workshop IBL-EMBA (Spring 2022)
- Belzberg Library Information for Graduate Business Programs
PhD program
- PhD Orientation (link to Prezi) September 2017
Other
- Radius - Slingshot
- Presentation (Spring 2019)
- Presentation (Spring 2019)
- Student Marketing Association Workshop (Spring 2018)
- Venture Connection Workshop (Fall 2021)