Congratulations to Desautels BCom students Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian for winning the聽PRMIA Risk Management Challenge, marking a third consecutive victory for the Faculty. The team will advance to the International Risk Management Challenge in London, UK on April 7th, 2017 for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 USD.
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Published on: 3 Mar 2017
Alain Brunet (EMBA鈥�11) got his start at the SAQ as a retail part-timer in 1981, and climbed the ranks to become the CEO in 2013. Over the years, he has seen the Quebec wine market grow from a field dominated by white wines like Hochtaler to a mature scene where you can find specialty wines galore at the SAQ, or amazing private imports at any fine wine bar.
Mr. Brunet sat down with Bill Zacharkiw of The Montreal Gazette to discuss pricing, availability and the direction he sees the SAQ taking in the future.
Published on: 2 Mar 2017
A team of Desautels undergraduate researchers from a business statistics class taught by Assistant Professor examined data from online film sites like IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, plus box-office sales, to come up with a picture of just what it is that makes a movie successful. The team studied elements like star power, ratings and budget to determine the most influential factor.
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Published on: 2 Mar 2017
An Asia Times piece quotes columnist David P. Goldman that the Trump administration rose from the ashes of the Republican and Democrat intellectual elites. 鈥淗e was a complete outsider,鈥� Goldman says, 鈥渁 totally improbable candidate, who was elected because the establishment fell into such discredit with the voters.鈥�
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Published on: 1 Mar 2017
In Smiths Falls, Ontario, a former chocolate factory houses one of Canada鈥檚 biggest marijuana producers. Canopy Growth and its competitors are in a headlong rush to increase production and market share, and they will likely soon exceed the market for medical marijuana in Canada. But that鈥檚 no problem; the industry is looking ahead, toward the legalized recreational marijuana market promised by the Liberal Government.
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Published on: 1 Mar 2017
Biopharm company Athenex has tapped independent consultant and 91黑料网 Commerce alumnus J. Nick Riehle (BCom鈥�76) to join its executive suite as Chief Financial Officer, pending Board approval. Mr. Riehle brings a lifetime of experience to the position, having previously served as CFO of Chelsea Therapeutics and Haht Commerce. Before that, he spent 17 years at Nortel Networks, and cut his teeth as an analyst at IBM from 1977 to 1979.
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Published on: 1 Mar 2017
In an op-ed piece for the Globe and Mail, Desautels鈥� Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies decries what he calls our 鈥渆ra of bullies,鈥� naming Trump, Putin and other strong-arm politicians as examples, and asks if we really have to put up with this.
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Published on: 1 Mar 2017
Desautels Faculty of Management Finance Professor Mo Chaudhury writes for The Daily Star that the court case surrounding the Padma Bridge project in Bangladesh 鈥攚hich has snared the World Bank, SNC-Lavalin and the Bangladeshi government 鈥攈as only served to highlight the need for greater accountability across the board in large development projects.
In the piece, Chaudhury goes on to make the point that an acquittal in a case like Padma Bridge does not hold much water when most of the players have image problems and allegations of corruption to contend with.聽
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Published on: 28 Feb 2017
In an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Desautels Finance Professor examines the 1970 essay Whose Country Is America? by Eric Hoffer. Professor Brenner looks at how the essay seems to have predicted the tenor of the last US presidential election, as well as the histrionics that have rocked America since.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2017
According to a study performed in part by Desautels Assistant Professor of Accounting , when it comes to chasing innovation, companies with risk-loving CEOs tend to pursue more original projects and 鈥済enerate more patents with greater market impact than their peers.鈥� This is because thrill-seeking personalities tend to be more open to new ideas, which translates well into the business space.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2017
In a recent essay for the inaugural issue of American Affairs, Desautels Faculty of Management professor writes that it is time to drop the macroeconomic myths that have been damaging us for decades, and put accountability back at the centre of our economy. Against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis, he examines the practices and theories that took hold in the 1930s, and how they have affected everything from democracy to the basic assumptions we make about economics.
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Published on: 24 Feb 2017
The Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health is a $50,000 award for research that can influence North Americans鈥� well-being. It is partially administered by the Desautels Faculty of Management.
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Published on: 24 Feb 2017
On behalf of the Desautels Faculty of Management, I wish to congratulate the deserving recipients of the 2017 Desautels Management Achievement Awards (DMAA), Mitch Garber (BA'86), CEO, Caesars Acquisition Company, and Norman Jaskolka (BCom'76, DPA'78), President - Aldo Group International, The Aldo Group Inc.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2017
Congratulations to BCom student Stephanie Ng-Lun, recipient of this year鈥檚 Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year Futures Fund Scholarship. Award recipients from across Canada were present in Toronto this week to attend a leadership session and special reception held in their honor, as well as to participate in Canada鈥檚 Outstanding CEO of the Year Award Gala Dinner, which recognized Calin Rovinescu, CEO of Air Canada.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2017
Professor Reuven Brenner of the Desautels Faculty of Management was in Manhattan, NY on February 21 to mark the inauguration of American Affairs, a quarterly journal of public policy and political thought for which he is a contributing writer and serves on the Advisory Board. The launch was hosted at the Harvard Club with guests such as Peter Thiel, former CEO and Co-Founder of PayPal.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2017
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