Every day, it’s a new business world.
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Business today is constantly changing — new technologies, emerging markets, changing competitors, evolving expectations and more. To succeed you need a strong combination of knowledge, skills and personal abilities.

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University gets you ready and keeps you primed to thrive in this ever-changing business world.

The Start-up Cycle Podcast: Risk

The Start-up Cycle Podcast: Risk

Shari Hughson, director of the Master of Entrepreneurship & Innovation program, knows a thing or two about risk-taking. We also hear from Smith entrepreneurship coach and mentor JP Shearer on the risks every entrepreneur needs to be aware of when starting a business.

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When Purpose Makes Cents

When Purpose Makes Cents

Instilling mid-level employees with a sense of purpose and clear management direction can lead to juicy stock returns

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How Sustainable Finance Will Take Root

How Sustainable Finance Will Take Root

The agenda is clear: decide what green finance means for Canada, bolster risk analytics, and manage the transition, without delay

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The Smith Experience at Queen's

International
Perspective

Due to its strong reputation, Smith School of Business attracts top students from across Canada and around the world. The School maintains international exchange partnerships with over 100 respected business schools in 37 countries, and welcomes more than 300 international exchange students annually.

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The Power
of Teams

Smith School of Business has been a pioneer in the important area of team-based learning, utilizing an approach that is far more sophisticated and integrated than that used at other business schools. Our students graduate better-prepared to lead and be productive members of today's collaborative workforce.

Experiential
Learning

We recognize that there is often no substitute to the learning imparted by hands-on experience. Our students put theories and best practices to the test through internships, new venture opportunities, and student-run businesses, including Canada's first hedge fund run by MBA and graduate students.

Committed to
Student Success

Our dedication to student success extends well beyond the innovative classroom experience. Our comprehensive career support programs, coaching services, alumni networking events and life-long learning opportunities are all designed to help our students realize their goals and ambitions.

Learning Environment

Goodes Hall, the home of Smith School of Business, combines an exquisitely restored 45,000 square foot 120-year-old Victorian schoolhouse with 143,000 square feet of bold new design and structure. The building is named in honour of the family of Mel Goodes, a Commerce '57 alumnus and former Chairman & CEO of Warner-Lambert worldwide.

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Faculty and Research

Smith School of Business has a long and impressive record of innovative and high quality research. Our mission is to advance business and society through excellence in research, and to improve the practice of management and leadership.

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  • Goodes Commons
  • MBA students in the Atrium of Goodes Hall
  • The west side of Goodes Hall in the spring
  • A state-of-the-art classroom in Goodes Hall
  • The on-site Starbucks off Goodes Commons
  • Smith School of Business Downtown Toronto location
  • Students enjoy the summer sun outside Goodes Hall
  • Queen’s Commerce students in a Goodes Hall meeting room
  • A view of Lake Ontario from the Smith Toronto location
  • One-to-one coaching – a hallmark of Smith School of Business
  • Goodes Hall in winter
  • Live and interactive videoconference classes across North America
  • Personal work stations in an MBA team room
  • The Donald Gordon Conference Centre – home of Queen's Executive Education
  • Accelerated MBA students at the Donald Gordon Conference Centre
  • Classroom at the Donald Gordon Conference Centre
  • Master of Management Analytics students in a Goodes Hall meeting room

News Blog More

Dr. Teri Shearer appointed Interim Dean

Kingston, Ont. – On October 15, 2019, Teri Shearer was appointed Interim Dean of the Smith School of Business, succeeding David Saunders who was Dean from 2003-2019.

Meet three new faculty at Smith

Kingston, Ont. – How does regulation affect the behaviour of financial institutions? How can analytics improve lineups for customers and businesses? And how do people make sense of often ambiguous and contradictory emotional signals in the workplace? These are three questions that three new researchers at Smith School of Business are working to answer.

Smith students win at pitch competition

Kingston, Ont. – Four startups led by Smith students won at the 2019 Dunin-Deshpande Summer Pitch Competition.

Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics at Smith School of Business celebrates success

Kingston, Ont. – Established with an initial gift of $2.2 million from Scotiabank, the SCCA has seen a number of successes since its start, including research advances in the areas of pricing, revenue management, loyalty programs, adaptable database management systems, analytics and decision making, and ethics and AI. In July, Scotiabank reaffirmed its commitment to the centre’s mission and success with $2 million in additional funding, supporting the centre through to 2025.

Publications

Year in Review

2018/2019 Year in Review

Year in Review highlights Smith accomplishments of the past year. In this newly revised edition, we focus on the school’s efforts around entrepreneurship and innovation, social impact, and analytics and artificial intelligence. We also highlight Smith’s growing global reach, business research excellence, and how today’s students benefit through alumni support.

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Smith Magazine

The magazine for alumni and friends of Smith School of Business is published twice a year. It features school news, in-depth stories, profiles of fascinating graduates and faculty, as well as updates from alumni from around the world.

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AACSB Accreditation

Smith School of Business has been accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the world's largest business school accreditation body.

equis accreditation

Smith School of Business achieved unconditional EQUIS accreditation in 2006 and is a member of EFMD – the European Foundation for Management Development.

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