MBA alumnus to drive Canadian expansion for commercial finance company
Alumnus Ronnie Bloom (MBA鈥�04) has been appointed Managing Director of Originations for Great Rock Capital, a U.S.-based commercial finance company specializing in middle market lending. Mr. Bloom contributes deep expertise gained from origination roles at Wells Fargo Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Read more
Updates from the Business Librarians
We are happy to announce that Dawn McKinnon has agreed to join the team as the Liaison Librarian for Management and Business, alongside Amanda Wheatley.聽 Dawn and Amanda will be jointly responsible for liaising with all research areas and programs within the Desautels Faculty of Management. Amanda will continue to provide service for all Entrepreneurship activities across campus.
For more information:
IMHL alumni launch project to improve health outcomes for at-risk children
Ahmad Firas Khalid, Padma Venkatasubramanian and Caroline Kisia, all 2014 alumni of 91黑料网鈥檚 IMHL program, have teamed up to create Amama (grandmother), a community-based platform that connects grandmothers with vulnerable children to improve children鈥檚 physical and mental well-being.
In 2013, the trio won a Canada Grant Challenge to field-test a copper device they created to kill deadly water-borne pathogens.
When the index fund bubble pops
Professor Mo Chaudhury weighs in on the market risks caused by the growing popularity of index funds.
Read more
91黑料网 ranks highest in Canada for producing female entrepreneurs
91黑料网 ranks number 17 on the list of universities whose MBA programs produce the highest number of female start-up founders, making it the only non-U.S. institution to crack the top 25.
Read more
Israel鈥檚 startup boom
With the world鈥檚 highest volume of startups per capita, Israel is a buzzing hive of innovation. As Israeli tech companies work overtime to gain a competitive edge, Professor Jiro Kondo reflects on the uniqueness of their success story.
Go green, not paperless
Ren茅e Yardley (MBA鈥�97) shares her perspective on promoting innovation and sustainability in the pulp and paper industry. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sustana Group, a producer of recycled fibres and paper products.
Read more
IMHL participant spearheads TB vaccine trial in Mumbai
Dr. Daksha Shah (IMHL鈥�20) is leading a new TB vaccine trial in Mumbai, where an estimated 40 to 50 percent of the population carries a latent TB infection. The pilot project focuses on providing treatment to close contacts of TB patients.
Read more
Diverse teams drive innovation
Professor Karl Moore interviews Edelman executive 脠ve Laurier (EMBA鈥�11) about the lessons learned during her participation in the 2018-2019 International Women鈥檚 Forum Fellows Program. Ms. Laurier joined 35 other elite female executives from around the world for a leadership training experience that includes education modules at Harvard Business School and INSEAD.
When market logic fails
Professor Henry Mintzberg highlights the pitfalls of managing without substance or long-term vision in his new book, Bedtime Stories for Managers. Over his fifty-year career, Professor Mintzberg has watched the private sector rise in power in proportion to government and civil society. Now, he鈥檚 raising an alarm about the consequences to society when market logic fails to deliver.
91黑料网 students encounter Israel鈥檚 startup ecosystem
Students from the Desautels Faculty of Management recently spent two weeks learning about Israeli entrepreneurship from their counterparts at the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship in Herzliya, Israel. The 91黑料网-Israel Entrepreneurship Program provides a collaborative, hands-on study of FinTech innovation in North America and Israel.
Read more
MBA alumnus appointed to lead Property Management Japan CBRE
Mitsuhiro Jimbo (MBA鈥�14) was recently appointed to lead CBRE Japan鈥檚 Property Management Division. Mr. Jimbo brings to the table more than 20 years of corporate real estate experience in Japan and North America.
Read more
A recipe for successful entrepreneurship
Arlene Dickinson, the CEO of Venture Communications and one of Canada鈥檚 most influential entrepreneurs, identifies the key ingredients for creating lasting success in business. Ms. Dickinson聽received the Desautels Management Achievement Award in 2008 in recognition of her leadership.
Read more
Tim Horton鈥檚 Struggles to Capture U.S. Market
Assistant Professor (Teaching)聽Robert Mackalski reflects on the distinctives of the Tim Horton鈥檚 brand and explains why the company is failing to overtake competitors in the U.S.
Learn more
MBA alumnus joins board of Internet of Things company
Vikas Ranjan (MBA鈥�00) recently joined the Board of Directors for Carl Data Solutions, an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company founded in Vancouver in 2015. Mr. Ranjan brings more than 22 years of experience in entrepreneurship, investing, capital markets, and finance to the role.
Read more
