The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: The Nature Conservancy announced today that Mario D'Amico, a leading international advertising and communications executive and former Global Chief Marketing Officer for Cirque du Soleil, has joined the organization as Chief Marketing Officer. He oversees membership, digital marketing, corporate marketing partnerships, strategic communications and publishing.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2014
Demography is not destiny, but it sheds light on the events leading to these two referenda, the Quebec one taking place in 1995, and the Scottish one last week, and has also implications concerning the changing voting ages around the world.聽In most countries the voting age is 18. However, the Scottish National Party's voted unanimously in October 2007 to lower it to 16, which subsequently became law. Argentina's Cristina Kirchner's party did the same in 2012, in preparation for the 2013 elections.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2014
The West Africa Ebola outbreak is "a growing threat to regional and global security," U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday, telling a high-level meeting on the deadly epidemic at the U.N. General Assembly that only an international response can prevent "a humanitarian catastrophe across the region."
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
From today (23rd) until October 3, the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) of Funda莽茫o Getulio Vargas will hold the fourth edition of the聽, an international Master鈥檚 program focused on management practices in Brazil.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
There's a paradox at the heart of how we think about聽. Ask someone to picture a stereotypical leader and most people will think of someone confident, brash, and outgoing--the classic extrovert.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
Sam Sadeghi鈥檚 career seems to be on a trajectory that only goes up. The electrical engineer has been working full-time in his field since graduating with a bachelor鈥檚 degree from聽Ryerson University聽in 2004. He continued to work full-time while pursuing a master鈥檚 in power electronics, which he earned from Ryerson in 2008. The only time he didn鈥檛 work was when he took a four-month leave in 2009 to take core courses for his master鈥檚 in business administration at聽Wilfrid Laurier University.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
St茅phane Rouleau pourrait se vanter, clamer que c鈥檈st gr芒ce 脿 son leadership qu鈥橳echnologies r茅alise pr猫s de la moiti茅 de son chiffre d鈥檃ffaires 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ranger, mais non. 芦鈥塁鈥檈st de la pure chance鈥壜�, avoue candidement le PDG de 43聽ans.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to Gautam Mukunda [assistant professor of business administration] from the Harvard Business School.
Should we only look for transformational leaders when we are in trouble, or are there other times we need transformational leaders?
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
The U.S federal government聽聽it鈥檚聽cracking down on companies like Burger King who attempt to relocate聽to Canada or overseas to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
...听WATCH:聽Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons has been acquired by Burger King and Canadians are worried. 91黑料网鈥檚 Prof. Karl Moore explains what can change about your coffee experience.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2014
OptionMetrics, a leading source for quality historical option price data, tools and analytics, has announced the upcoming聽. The conference will be held on聽October 20th聽at Convene, located at 810 Seventh Avenue in Times Square.聽 It will bring together financial professionals and researchers from academia and business to share ideas and increase understanding of the options markets.聽
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Published on: 23 Sep 2014
Nicola Wealth Management (NWM), an independent financial planning and portfolio management firm serving high net worth individuals and families, opened a new office in Toronto to expand its presence in Eastern Canada and accommodate clients in the Greater Toronto Area. The Toronto office is situated at Suite 1702 - 2 Bloor Street West, joining Western Canada locations in Vancouver, Kelowna and Richmond, B.C.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2014
The economy has changed dramatically in the 30 years since Doug Bergeron first entered the work force and, of course, Bergeron, 53, has changed with it. Best known for leading the group that purchased the credit- and debit-card terminal maker聽from Hewlett-Packard for $50 million in 2001, as CEO, he transformed it into a multinational, multi-billion-dollar company.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2014
Sean Murray Smith's name has never been mentioned in discussions about Montreal's greatest chefs. He has never appeared on a television cooking show or been profiled in a newspaper or on the radio.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2014
They come from Antigua to Zimbabwe, and almost every country in between.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2014
La carte d鈥檃ffaires de la Caisse d鈥櫭ヽonomie solidaire Desjardins se lit comme suit聽: principale institution financi猫re consacr茅e 脿 l鈥櫭ヽonomie sociale et 脿 l鈥檌nvestissement socialement responsable (ISR) au Qu茅bec. Elle soutient financi猫rement pr猫s de 3000 coop茅ratives, organismes 脿 but non lucratif, syndicats et entreprises socialement engag茅es. Au 31聽d茅cembre 2013, son chiffre d鈥檃ffaires d茅passait les 1,4聽milliard de dollars et son actif tournait autour de 738聽millions.
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Published on: 22 Sep 2014
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