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Stuart McFadyen

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mcfadyen@ualberta.ca

Overview

About

Educational Background

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of Berkeley, September 1969
  • Master of Arts (Economics) University of British Columbia, June 1968
  • Master of Arts (Economics) University of California, Berkeley, September 1967
  • Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, June 1963
  • Bachelor of Science University of Manitoba, B.Sc., September 1959


Significant Awards

  • Named McCalla Professor
  • Winner of Federal Government Program Category of 1994-95 Fraser Institute Economy in Government Competition for proposal on "Cost Savings Through Restructuring of the CBC". With C. Hoskins.
  • Research Fellow, Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1995.
  • LEE III $259,600 Project Funding for Alberta Communications Consortium: Joint Development of Networked Graduate Programs. With Adam Finn, Colin Hoskins, Faculty of Extension of University of Alberta and Graduate Program in Communications of University of Calgary.

Research

Research Interests

  • Economics
  • Marketing
  • International business
  • Corporate strategy
  • Public policy aspects of the Cultural Industries


Research in Progress

  • Distribution Problems in Marketing of Canadian Feature Films. (With C. Hoskins and A. Finn.)
  • New Product Development in Feature Film and Television Program Production. (With A. Finn and C. Hoskins.)
  • Television, Film and Video in a Global Market - book being written for Oxford University Press. (With C. Hoskins and A. Finn.)
  • International Joint Ventures in TV and Film: An Analysis of the Determinants of Success. (With C. Hoskins and A. Finn.)


Major Research Grants

  • SSHRC $66,000 Strategic Grant, 1997-2000, "New Product Development in the Canadian and Australian Feature Film and Television Program Production Industries: A Comparative Study". With A. Finn and C. Hoskins.
  • SSHRC $50,000 Regular Grant, 1996-99, "Valuing the CBC: A Citizen-based Approach". With A. Finn and C. Hoskins.
  • SSHRC $37,000 Strategic Grant, 1995-98, Managing for Global Competitiveness. "Distribution Problems in Marketing of Canadian Feature Films". With C. Hoskins and A. Finn.
  • SSHRC $56,700 Strategic Grant, 1995-98, Managing for Global Competitiveness. "New Product Development in Feature Film and Television Program Production International Joint Ventures". With A. Finn and C. Hoskins.
  • SSHRC $95,000 Grant 1992 "A State-of-the Art Review of Cultural Development in an Open Economy". With C. Hoskins, A. Finn, et. al.
  • SSHRC $101,000 Grant 1991-94 "New Product Development in the Canadian Film and Television Program Production Industry". With C. Hoskins and A. Finn.
  • SSHRC $31,330 Grant 1990-92 "International Joint Ventures as a Competitive Strategy in the Supply of Products with a Cultural Dimension". With C. Hoskins.


Publications

Books

  • McFadyen, Stuart M., Global Television and Film: An Introduction to the Economics of the Business. With C. Hoskins and A. Finn. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., Cultural Development in an Open Economy. With C. Hoskins, A. Finn and R. Lorimer (eds.). Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995, (reprint of Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1994), 300 pp.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., Canadian Broadcasting: The Challenge of Change. With C. Hoskins (eds.). Edmonton: University of Alberta, 1985, 69 pp.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., Canadian Broadcasting: Market Structure and Economic Performance. With C. Hoskins and D. Gillen. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1980, 277 pp.


Selected Book Chapters

  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "A Comparison of the Motivation of Japanese and Canadian Participants in International Joint Ventures in Television and Film: The Role of Cultural Distance and Management Culture". With C. Hoskins and A. Finn. In Paul Beamish and Peter Killing (editors), Cooperative Strategies: Asian Pacific Perspectives, San Francisco: New Lexington Press, 1997, pp. 157-177.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Television and Film in a Freer International Trade Environment: US Dominance and Canadian Responses". With C. Hoskins and A. Finn. In E. McAnany and K. Wilkinson (editors), Media, Culture and Free Trade, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1996, pp. 63-91.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "The Mandate, Structure and Financing of the CBC". With C. Hoskins. In H. Holmes and D. Taras (editors), Seeing Ourselves, Second Edition, Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1996, pp.285-301.


Articles In Journals

  • McFadyen, Stuart, "International Joint Ventures in the Production of Australian Feature Films and Television Programs". With Colin Hoskins and Adam Finn. Canadian Journal of Communication, 24, Winter 1999, pp. 127-139.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "The Effect of Cultural Differences on the International Co-production of Television Programs and Feature Films". With Colin Hoskins and Adam Finn. Australian Canadian Studies, 16 (2-1998) pp. 99-113. (Previously also published in Canadian Journal of Communication.)
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Evidence on the Performance of Canada/Europe Co-productions in Television and Film". With Colin Hoskins, Adam Finn and Anne Jackel. Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 21, 1997, pp. 129-138.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Telefilm Canada Investment in Feature Films: Empirical Foundations for Public Policy". With A. Finn and C. Hoskins. Canadian Public Policy. Vol. 22, No. 2, 1996, pp. 151-161.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "A Comparison of Domestic and International Joint Ventures in Television Program and Feature Film Production". With C. Hoskins and A. Finn. Canadian Journal of Communication. Vol. 21, No. 2, 1996, pp. 77-94.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Survey Evidence on the Benefits and Drawbacks Associated with Canada/Europe Co-productions." With C. Hoskins, A. Finn and A. Jackel. European Journal of Communication, Volume 10(2), 1995, pp. 221-243.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Film and Television Co-production: Evidence from Canadian-European Experience". With C. Hoskins, A. Finn and A. Jackel. European Journal of Communication, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1995, pp. 221-243.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Marketing Management and Competitive Strategy in the Cultural Industries". With A. Finn and C. Hoskins. Canadian Journal of Communication, Volume 19, Issues 3/4, 1994, pp. 269-296.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "The Environment in Which Cultural Industries Operate and Some Implications". With C. Hoskins and A. Finn. Canadian Journal of Communication, Volume 19, Issues 3/4, 1994, pp. 99-122.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "Canadian Participation in International Co-productions and Co-ventures in Television Programming". With C. Hoskins. Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 1993, pp. 219-236.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "The US Competitive Advantage in the Global Television Market: Is it Sustainable in the New Broadcasting Environment?" With C. Hoskins. Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1991, pp. 207-224.
  • McFadyen, Stuart M., "International Marketing Strategies for a Cultural Service". With C. Hoskins. International Marketing Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1991, pp. 40-52.

Teaching

Teaching Experience

  • BUEC 466: Taxation in Theory and Practice (Link to my BUEC 466 Website)
  • BUEC 470: Cultural Industries in a Global Economy
  • BUEC 670: Cultural Industries in a Global Economy