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Dror Etzion, Animesh Animesh and Christopher Luederitz awarded聽SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
Paola Perez-Aleman,聽Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization, awarded聽2020-2021 SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
Warut Khern-am-nuai,聽Assistant Professor of Information Systems,聽awarded聽2021 NSERC Discovery Grant
The retail industry has significantly suffered from the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. The overarching goal of this research program is to assist the retail industry to navigate the 鈥渘ew normal鈥� of the post-pandemic world by using AI models.
Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor of Information Systems聽and聽Alain Pinsonneault,聽Professor of Information Systems, awarded 2021 SSHRC Insight Grant
Lindsay Holmgren,聽Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization,聽awarded聽2021 SSHRC Insight Grant
Canadian retirement pensions are shaping up to be global leaders in issuing green bonds, or funds designated for environmental initiatives. Professor Sebastien Betermier views Canada鈥檚 commitment to sustainability as an advantage over other countries in growing both pensions and sustainability projects in the long term. Despite issuing debt, pensions will see increased returns as Canada moves to decrease emissions and create other green solutions to technology, transportation, and real estate.
Poets&Quants recently featured Kelly Gonzalez (MBA鈥�21) on its 鈥�2021 MBAs to Watch鈥� list. In one of the highlights of her Desautels tenure, Gonzalez served as the president of Marketing Club. In this capacity, she teamed up with the Desautels Graduate LBGTQ+ Association to launch the first edition of the Desautels Business Challenge, a case competition focused on improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
Gonzalez will soon take on a new challenge in the Customer and Marketing unit of Deloitte鈥檚 Vancouver office.
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Dan Park, BCom鈥�03, is redefining the used car sales industry with his start-up, Clutch Canada, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling cars without the hassle and uncertainty usually associated with the process. Clutch Canada gives customers the option to shop for a car from the comfort of home and have it delivered directly to their driveway.
If you listen to songbirds, you will recognize repeated melodies or phrases. Each phrase is made up of distinct sounds, strung together. A study from researchers at 91黑料网 has found that the song phrases of many songbird species follow patterns that are similar to those used in human speech. At least in some respects.
Electric vehicle (EV) sharing programs rely on publicly available charging infrastructure. Yet often there simply isn鈥檛 enough infrastructure to go around, creating a major barrier to success. In 2016, the vehicle sharing company Car2Go sold off its fleet of EVs in San Diego largely because the city鈥檚 charging infrastructure couldn鈥檛 keep pace with demand. Or so it seemed. With too many vehicles being dropped off at a few charging points in high-use areas, delays grew.
Professor Robert Nason鈥檚 research program centers on entrepreneurship and inequality. While flashy startups dominate headlines, the reality is that most of the rich are entrepreneurs and most entrepreneurs are poor.
