I was just scanning the latest issue of Statistics Canada's Business & Community Newsletter (that's what a bus/econ librarian does for a break near the end of a hectic week), and I noticed it included a short note about an animated video they'd made on "What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?" 

We've hit that magical time of year when semester-loan items borrowed last year from the SFU Library need to be returned or renewed!

If you borrowed or renewed a semester-loan item between July 31, 2015 and November 30, 2015, it is due next Monday (January 11, 2016). Fines and suspensions can be avoided by returning and/or renewing books before that date.

Does your research require access to data on FDI (foreign direct investment) inflows, outflows, positions, and stock?  Maybe also to FDI regulations, policies, and major players?  Then start with our (just-updated) BUS 431 course guide! 

How's this for a New Year's resolution? The SFU Library is kicking off 2016 with a major reorganization!

Our overall goal is to realign our people and responsibilities in order to meet emerging researcher needs. From a Business/Economics perspective, this restructuring will result in some significant changes around who to contact if you need assistance.

In my last post, I talked about using the economics sections of major Canadian financial institutions to find key economic measures, as well as forecasts of the same.  Today we're going to extend the discussion to economic predictions from a few key SFU Library databases.

Happy 2016!  Here's hoping your research this year is smooth, yet full of enlightening surprises!

SFU researchers now have trial access to a collection of ESG data via our WRDS financial data interface.  This trial of RepRisk ESG data will end on Oct. 19, 2016 (yes -- 2016!).  The RepRisk data includes severity measures for each of 28 different issues (child labor, local pollution, freedom of association...) within the broader categories of Environmental, Social, and Governance.  <more>

Overwhelmed trying to tease out trends in a Big Data dataset? Perplexed by panel methods in strategy research? Curious about the publishing criteria for qualitative research? Have we got a resource for you!

We are very pleased to announce that SFU researchers now have online access to over a hundred lectures on advanced research methods topics.  Look for the CARMA Video Library on our alphabetical list of databases. 

I just noticed that the CMA Innovation Centre within our Beedie School of Business wil be hosting a presentation on Introverts in the Executive Suite on Nov. 26th.  Interesting topic!

I'm not able to attend, but for those of you who are able, or even just those of you who want to learn more about the topic, check out the research tips below. I've pulled these from one of the topic guides I created for a BUS 360W class a couple years ago.