Desautels alumnus named to the board of Teekay Offshore Group
David Levenson (BCom'96) has been nominated to the Board of Teekay Offshore Group as news of a completed comprehensive transaction with Brookfield Business Partners L.P. is also shared.
Turbulence for Bombardier on rail and aerospace fronts
The U.S. Department of Commerce is due to announce its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation launched by Boeing Co., which some maintain will disfavor Bombardier.
The findings come as Bombardier faces challenges in its rail operations with news of a multi-billion dollar rail merger between Siemens AG and Alstom.
Professor Chaudhury on the new Rohingya approach
In a blog post for bdnews24.com, Desautels professor Mo Chaudhury assesses the Bangladesh Government鈥檚 response to the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar concerning the Rohingyas, asserting that the current response contrasts with past related policy.
Desautels joins UN鈥檚 PRME initiative
The Desautels Faculty of Management has become a member of the United Nations鈥� Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative.聽 The faculty joins leading business and management schools from across the globe in working towards the United Nations鈥� Sustainable Development Goals.
Air Canada sets sights on budget-friendly flights
At its latest Investor Day, Air Canada announced that it will be considering the possibility of introducing an ultra-low-cost airfare plan. The news comes as more and more airline companies, such as WestJet and Flair Airlines, begin to dabble in the cheapening airfare market.
Saibal Ray on the potential benefits and costs if Amazon chooses Montreal
As Amazon hunts for a location for its second North American headquarters, Canada鈥檚 major cities are building their cases.
In a short interview with the 91黑料网 Media team, Desautels Professor Saibal Ray talks about the benefits that a Montreal Amazon office would bring in terms of jobs and indirect benefits to the city鈥檚 academic and research sectors.
Desautels鈥� Juan Serpa included on Poets & Quants鈥檚 top 40 Undergrad profs list
Poets & Quants has released its inaugural 2017 Top Undergraduate Business Professors list, and on it is Desautels鈥� own Juan Camilo Serpa, Assistant Professor of Operations Management.
Desautels alumna and former Ericsson exec joins Verizon as CSO
Light Reading reports that after leaving her position as Head of Ericsson North America, Rima Qureshi (BCom鈥�87, MBA鈥�96) has been hired as Verizon鈥檚 new Chief Strategy Officer. She will be working for CEO Lowell McAdam.
Qureshi has a deep understanding of the issues involved with running a successful tech company in today鈥檚 network-heavy reality: she started at Ericsson as a system analyst in 1993, before moving up through the ranks.
Desautels alumna mixes dance and brand strategy
In an interview for Flare Magazine, Toronto-based Shereen Ladha (BCom鈥�10) talks about finding success both as a brand strategist and as a busy Bollywood dancer in movies, Netflix shows, on Canada鈥檚 Got Talent and since 2014, on her own YouTube channel.
Desautels alumna on being a woman in comedy, her big break and the value of failure
Nour Hadidi (BCom鈥�10) is a comedian and TV writer who grew up in a family of doctors, earned a BCom, and spent a half-decade as a financial analyst before leaving Montreal for the comedy stages of Toronto.
In an interview with Flare Magazine, Ms Hadidi says that she got her big break in the form of an appearance on a CBC Radio special. That event led to other CBC appearances and gigs at comedy clubs.
Desautels alumna on law, business and her transgender journey
Marie Laure Leclercq (MBA) started her career, and indeed her life, as a male. According to the Canadian Bar Association鈥檚 (CBA) National Magazine, when she began the process of changing her gender in 1995, it was what she calls an act of survival.
The Most Overused Negotiating Tactic Is Threatening to Walk Away
In a piece for the Harvard Business Review, Desautels course lecturer Jay A Hewlin writes that, though negotiation experts the world over consider the 鈥渨alk away鈥� (technically, 鈥淏est Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement鈥� or BATNA) tactic to be an important tool, it鈥檚 not the best approach for every situation.
Mo Chaudhury on the Rohingya crisis, Bangladesh and the West
In a recent op-ed for Bangladeshi online newspaper bdnews24.com, Desautels Professor Mo Chaudhury explores the unfolding Rohingya humanitarian disaster in Myanmar, then outlines the corruption at the heart of the crisis and the players who stand to benefit from it.
Desautels Professor named guest editor of major business journal
Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin has been invited to serve as guest editor of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes鈥� (OBHDP) 鈥淎uthenticity at Work鈥� issue. Prof. Hewlin was co-author of a study on leader integrity and worker conformity.
OBHDP is one of the Financial Times鈥� top-50 business journals, and publishes on organizational behaviour and judgement in business.
Beef cattle management includes pregnancy checks
A piece in the Coshocton Tribune delves into the subject of fall-season beef herds and how to decide whether to cull a female. Pregnancy status can be the determining factor, since caring for a cow can cost $1,000 per year. If a cow isn鈥檛 a good bet for breeding, it might be better to sell it off or harvest the meat. Since a cow isn鈥檛 fully mature until the age of four, good nutrition is crucial for cows that are being aimed at breeding while they are themselves still developing.
