Karl Moore talks Hot Cities
For reading week, Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore took a group of students on the ninth edition of the Hot Cities of the World Tour, which is an annual trip that gives 30 91黑料网 undergrads and alumni a close-up view of the cities and towns powering some of the world鈥檚 fastest-emerging economies.
Coaching and charity front-and-centre for former Desautels student
As Kevin Donovan enters his second year as head coach of a high-school lacrosse programme, he talks about his first game with the team, improving the squad鈥檚 place in the standings, and how accountability helps student athletes develop into adulthood.
GroundIt鈥檚 CEO on her entrepreneurial journey
Business partners Audrey Bolduc and Mitalie Makhani won the 2015 Dobson Cup with their pitch to make fertilizer from used coffee grounds. Now CEO of GroundIt, Ms. Bolduc returns to judge the 2017 Dobson Cup.
Mal aim茅 en France, le MBA cherche toujours son identit茅
The MBA seeks its place in FranceTo many, an MBA is the springboard for a successful business career 鈥� but not so in France, where MBA holders in the 120 top executive suites dropped from 37 per cent in 2011 to 21 per cent in 2015.
In Bermuda, arts and culture can be an enabler for progress
Desautels alumna Lauren Merkel聽(MBA'13) makes the case that Bermuda鈥檚 best resource for moving the island nation forward is its arts and cultural capital. Ms. Merkel is a senior consultant at Toronto-based Lord Cultural Resources, which specializes in the cultural heritage sector.
IMPM student鈥檚 worldview changed in India
IMPM student Isabelle Graveline says that the programme鈥檚 Indian module has changed her approach to business 鈥� and life. She saw how Indian businesswomen were using micro-finance to improve their lives, and visited a $1.5 billion biopharm company, started in its founder鈥檚 garage in 1978, where 鈥渢he biggest stakeholders are the employees.鈥� For Graveline, 鈥渢he firm鈥檚 focus on meeting its workers鈥� expectations really resonated with me.鈥�
SNC-Lavalin CEO on strategy, communication and excellence
SNC-Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce sat down with Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore to discuss what it takes to keep a major engineering firm with 40,000 workers humming 鈥� and crucially, to get his vision out across the whole organization. One of the biggest factors is straight-up communication.
91黑料网 Hot Cities Tour gives students a taste of Asia
For the ninth 91黑料网 Hot Cities tour, Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore brought 40 students to Hong Kong, then Palawan and Manila in the Philippines to observe some of Asia鈥檚 strongest growing economies.
MBA students win big at HEC case competition
The Desautels Faculty of Management was well represented at this year鈥檚 HEC Corporate Responsibility Challenge. Among the twelve competing teams, MBA students Taha Ataullah, Bernardo Pr么a Bressane, Hardeep Singh, and Karen Vanthuyne secured second place, while Angela Hernandez Castillo, Matt Jones, Akshay Kohli, and Margarita Komarova placed fifth.
An MBA victory at USC Global Case Competition
The Desautels MBA case team composed of Catherine Du Pont, Jiawei Lin, Helena Rati, Karen Sidhu, Jessica Truong secured first place at the USC Marshall Global Case Competition, which was hosted at the Amazon Headquarters in Seattle, WA. Congratulations to all!
Desautels case competition team lands unexpected prize
An undergraduate team from Desautels came home from a case competition in Portugal with an invite to go back for a month-long project aimed at making the city of Porto more attractive to startups. The prize is doubly sweet, as neither the team nor the officials saw it coming. Team member Aarushi Kumar says that 鈥淚t was not something we were expecting and it was not something the organizers were expecting to do, either.鈥�
A record-breaking 91黑料网24
On March 15, 2017 our #DesautelsFamily came together to raise money for both our Faculty and 91黑料网 as a whole.
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Atypic : agence d茅vou茅e au d茅veloppement du secteur pluriel
A commitment to change: nonprofits, business sense and research in actionAtypic鈥檚 founder, Pascal L茅pine (EMBA鈥�12) credits a meeting with Henry Mintzberg with giving him the kick he needed to pursue a life in the non-profit sector. His agency aims to work with NGOs, co-ops and other organizations, as well as to spread the word about how important the sector is.
New financial skills workshop at 91黑料网 Dobson Centre
The 91黑料网 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship鈥檚 recent Startup Financials workshop gave attendees a solid basis from which to build out financial projections, which can be the weakest link in many business plans. Expert presenters included pros from White Star Capital, Appetite (Honorable Mention at the 2016 Dobson Cup), and of course, National Bank.
Leadership lessons for today and tomorrow
A recent post on Changeboard examines what leadership will mean for coming generations, seen through the lens of Brexit and Trump in the world today. The piece throws the question to leading business departments from around the world.
