As a professor of strategy and organization, Professor Karl Moore spends a lot of time considering the most effective way to communicate in a given scenario. While he isn鈥檛 averse to sending a quick text, he has also been known to fly across the Atlantic for a single face-to-face conversation. The more risky the conversation, the more bandwidth is needed to handle it effectively, he believes.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2021
After two decades at Autodesk, Diana Colella (EMBA鈥�11) has risen through the ranks to become the new Senior Vice President of Autodesk鈥檚 Media & Entertainment vertical solutions group, which oversees the collection of tools that video game developers and film and television producers use for visual effects, simulations, and rendering. In a Q&A session, Colella shares her business philosophy and looks back at the milestones along the road to success.
Published on: 13 Jan 2021
An innovative new mobile app called Ubenwa uses artificial intelligence to analyze the sound of a newborn baby鈥檚 cries. Founded by Charles Onu, a doctoral student in Computer Science at 91黑料网, Ubenwa provides a cost-effective, non-invasive tool to detect newborn asphyxia and save lives.
Onu credits the 2016 91黑料网 Dobson Cup competition with helping his team to improve their product.
Published on: 13 Jan 2021
Even as the pandemic radically reshaped American life, the federal government failed to provide strong and consistent guidance about how best to manage this public health crisis. Not surprisingly, individual states diverged in what they chose to do, and when they chose to do it
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
2020 marks the before and after of telework. According Professor Karl Moore, many C-suite leaders have recognized the need for greater workplace flexibility in their human resources strategy. Throughout the year, Professor Moore invited more than 40 leading executives to virtually address his management classes. Most guests affirmed that their employees would not return to the office in the same capacity after the pandemic.聽
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
Most job seekers rely on networking to land the next position, but women candidates take extra steps to identify workplaces that are inclusive and supportive. In tandem with a professor from Dartmouth College, Professor Elena Obukhova released a study that focuses on the concept of 鈥渟couting鈥� for a job.
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
Health warnings from federal and provincial governments fell on deaf ears as planefuls of Canadians departed for Mexico, Cuba, and other destinations despite the surge of COVID-19 cases. According to Professor Karl Moore, the absence of a full non-essential travel ban is partly the result of successful lobbying efforts from the struggling airline industry.
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
Charles de Brabant,聽Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, is optimistic about the future of retail following a horrendous year for most Canadian retailers. Giants like Amazon and Walmart, who account for 20% of the retail market, still generated profits in 2020, but the remaining 80% fared so poorly that they brought overall industry profits down by 93%.
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Published on: 12 Jan 2021
Professor Patrick Augustin wades into the debate over the heated race to fill Georgia鈥檚 two Senate seats in a runoff and special election scheduled for January. From his perspective, Senator David Perdue鈥檚 stock-trading activities illustrate the hazards of allowing sitting members of Congress to trade individual stocks and highlight the need for legislative reform.聽聽
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Published on: 18 Dec 2020
In anticipation of a two-week shutdown of non-essential businesses starting December 25, Quebec retailers are moving Boxing Day sales up a week. According to Charles de Brabant, Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Boxing Day sales have already lost ground to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, making them less vital but for moving year-end inventory off the shelves.聽聽
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Published on: 18 Dec 2020
Sonder, one of the first unicorn startups from the 91黑料网 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship community, is partnering with Investissement Qu茅bec (IQ) to build a centre for global growth in Montreal. The project will create more than 700 jobs to support Sonder鈥檚 mission to provide next-generation hospitality in 35 cities around the world.
Published on: 16 Dec 2020
The launch of the largest vaccination campaign in history involves the mass production of medical vials constructed out of borosilicate glass.
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Published on: 14 Dec 2020
As social distancing measures remain in replace across Canada, consumers are flocking to buy automated food and drink kiosks for fresh, made-to-order food and beverages with little to no human contact.
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Published on: 14 Dec 2020
Professor Saibal Ray, Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, describes the daunting complexity involved in ramping up the first round of COVID-19 vaccine production. From transportation to coordination, getting the right amount of vaccines to the right place and the right time is no small feat.聽
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Published on: 11 Dec 2020
Only 30 percent of Canada鈥檚 small business are hitting normal sales numbers as the second wave of the pandemic crashes into their bottom line. According to Professor Yu Ma, Academic Director of the Master of Management in Retailing, nothing short of digital transformation will equip these businesses to survive.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2020
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