Current EMBA participant Catherine Dagenais is the Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Soci茅t茅 des alcools du Qu茅bec (Saq).
She recently sat down with Infopresse to talk about the importance of agile adaptation in the wake of far-reaching technological advancements, as well some of the learnings gleaned from her time spent in the 91黑料网-HEC Montr茅al EMBA program.
Since the 1980鈥檚, Groupe Desch锚nes has secured 29 acquisitions to establish itself as the main Canadian distributor of plumbing, heating, electrical, water, and sewer supplies.
Building on its history, Fran莽ois Desch锚nes (EMBA鈥�10), the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Desch锚nes Inc., has guided the company toward one of its most pivotal acquisitions to date - Corix Infrastructure.
Coinciding with International Women鈥檚 Day, Radio-Canada featured EMBA alumna Manon Jeannotte (EMBA鈥� 16), Chief of Gespeg and the recipient of the EMBA program鈥檚 inaugural scholarship for indigenous managers, to discuss the path to reconciliation and her role in politics.
The Desautels Graduate Management Challenge (DGMC) brings together MBA students from top universities across Canada to tackle real business problems faced by companies today. DGMC 2018 was hosted by the 91黑料网 Case Competition Association (MCCA) on March 10th, 2018.
The Desautels Faculty of Management is delighted to recognize members of its community who have recently received awards of excellence.
Please join me in congratulating them for their continued and inspiring commitment to Desautels and 91黑料网.
Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou
Dean & Professor of Finance
Desautels Faculty of Management
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A system-wide computer outage forced Air Canada travelers to wait long lines across Canadian airports on Monday.
While the technical issue was addressed by the afternoon, Desautels Professor Karl Moore shares his perspective on how adapting antiquated IT systems for the modern age can pose a challenge.听
Mr. Shaffer guest lectured with our Honours in Investment Management students. He discussed his career path since graduating from 91黑料网 and his decision to found Galliant Advisors.
He talked about his firm鈥檚 investment approach and their expertise in US stock picking. Finally he gave a few investment examples including; Wyndham Worldwide, McDonald鈥檚 and Amazon.
Guest Lecture with MBA students in Modern Corporate Finance and BCom students in Corporate Finance 鈥� both with Sujata Madan
鈥淭he world is too much with us,鈥� the poet William Wordsworth said a couple of hundred years ago. He was reflecting on the Industrial Revolution, but his observation seems all the more relevant today.
Our lives have been rewired by a new revolution in the form of the Internet, and it has not only brought the world more upon us; it could also be said we are too much with the world.
Such is the conclusion Ashesh Mukherjee advances in his book The Internet Trap.
The 91黑料网 Food Analytics Club (91黑料网 FAC) is a student-driven data analytics club that focuses on food. As the world is heading towards a massive food crisis the next decade, there is an urgent need to come up with solutions. Inspired and supported by Desautels Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, the club members want to contribute to solving this food crisis with data analytics. This includes research, coding and outreach.
Aspire Food Group, a manufacturer of food products made from crickets co-founded by former MBA student听Mohammed Ashour, announced that it has acquired Exo, a producer of protein bars made from crickets.
According to Ashour, 鈥淭here was such a great meeting of minds it very quickly evolved into Aspire acquiring Exo. The synergy and logic just make sense鈥�.
With the rise of Information Technologies, leaders of large corporations are forced to reinvent both themselves and their organizations.
Desautels Professor Alain Pinsonneault comments on the broad appeal of digital platforms enabled by new technologies, the threat they pose to traditional businesses and how the later can adapt.
For Prof. Pinsonneault, it will be important for companies to invest in innovation and to allow for a healthy margin of error.
In a recent opinion piece for Huffington Post Quebec, Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin uses the box-office sensation Black Panther to illustrate some of her findings on authenticity and conformity in the workplace.
Much like Okoye and Nakia in the film, Prof. Hewlin argues that if employees are empowered by their organization to tap into their true selves, then great benefits are bound to follow for all.
Professor Francesca Carrieri sits down with La Presse to talk about the hurdles that women in finance still face and the initiatives in place at the Desautels Faculty of Management to improve this reality.
For example, the Faculty has launched a task force that aims to show undergraduate women that a career in finance is indeed a viable path through mentorship and internship opportunities.
The former Cisco Systems CEO, John Chambers, has emerged as a public advocate for the Aspire Food Group鈥檚 edible cricket foods.
What鈥檚 more, he has pledged to invest in the promising company co-founded by former Desautels MBA student听Mohammed Ashour. For the record, his favorite flavor is sea salt and vinegar.听
