Top 50 Twitter Profs Include These Canadian B-School Teachers
The top 50 professors on Twitter 鈥� so ranked this month by online think tank LDRLB for their 140-character commentaries on research on leadership, innovation and strategy 鈥� include six from Canadian business schools.
Hult Prize Accelerator Preps Competitors for $1m
The problem: finding a high-quality source of protein for hundreds of millions of people that can be raised quickly, without consuming a lot of land, water, and other resources. ... Gabe Mott, an MBA student at 91黑料网 in Montreal, said he and his teammates, the winners of the Boston regional competition, hadn鈥檛 expected to get into social entrepreneurship, but the Hult Prize opened opportunities.
A Quick Glance at My MBA Internship
My name is Mo Sedki and I鈥檓 an MBA Management Consulting intern with Accenture, based in the Calgary office.
When I started the MBA program at 91黑料网鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, I knew that I wanted to kick off my career in Management Consulting. I, however, had never worked as a consultant and had no prior experience working for a global company. So, when I was offered the opportunity to join Accenture in Calgary for 12 weeks, I was more than stoked!
Crude Oil Shipments from the US to Canada
Professor Vedat Verter talks to CHQR News Talk 770 Radio about crude oil shipments from the US to Canada.
Listen to full interview (select August 12, 2013 - 10:00 am, scroll to minute 35:00): CHQR News Talk 770 Radio, August 12, 2013
The Paradox of Patent Assertion Entities
In March 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition, its antitrust policy review of the patent marketplace in which it unveiled the term 鈥減atent assertion entities鈥� (PAEs) as a substitute for the derisive term 鈥減atent trolls.鈥�
Transport des marchandises dangereuses - Le silence radioactif d'Ottawa
La catastrophe de Lac-M茅gantic a raviv茅 les inqui茅tudes li茅es au projet canado-am茅ricain de transport d'uranium sous forme liquide. Devant les craintes soulev茅es, le gouvernement Harper r茅plique que l'entente vise 脿 " r茅duire la menace que pose le terrorisme international". Mais il ne dit mot des cons茅quences possibles, un silence radioactif qui ne rassure pas les experts, 茅tant donn茅 les carences de Transports Canada en mati猫re de transport des marchandises dangereuses.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Leaders Need to Set a Clear Direction, says CN鈥檚 Mongeau
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 speaks to Claude Mongeau (MBA'88), CEO of CN.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, August 13, 2013
Run For The Hills: They Want To Send You On A Management Training Course!
Phil and I remember being younger managers in large multinationals (IBM for me) back in the 90鈥瞫, and in my case, the 80鈥瞫. We were sent to a variety of short training courses, and we honestly can鈥檛 say that we remember anything they tried to teach us. Except for one lesson. In fact, it was so powerful that we never forgot it.
Point chaud - 芦Les vrais h茅ros, ce ne sont pas des gens comme moi禄
On a tort de consid茅rer comme des h茅ros les m茅decins qui travaillent en zones de conflits, estime la nouvelle dirigeante de M茅decins sans fronti猫res (MSF), la Qu茅b茅coise Joanne Liu, de l鈥檋么pital Sainte-Justine. Le v茅ritable courage est ailleurs, selon elle, mais il ne nous int茅resse pas assez.
When A Work Environment Is Too Positive
One of the biggest growth areas in research in management is the role of emotions at work. When I was working at IBM in the 1980s, if anyone got emotional during a meeting, we鈥檇 stop the meeting and have coffee, until everyone calmed down. This seemed to happen whenever emotion 鈥渞eared its鈥檜gly head鈥�. Of course, there was plenty of emotion back then, but we undervalued it. Analysis was sovereign. Things are different today.
The Status of mHealth in the Hospital Setting
So we鈥檙e all going to have mHealth, it seems. A major March 2012 report by consultancy PwC and representatives of the global mobile operator industry predicted the worldwide mhealth market is expected to reach $23 billion (EUR 18 billion approximately) by 2017, with Europe the biggest sector ahead of Asia Pacific. Meanwhile, one supplier estimated to us that there are at least 12,000 鈥榟ealth鈥� mobile apps on the Apple iTunes store already.
Pipeline in Quebec
Professor in the Desautel Faculty Management Program at 91黑料网 Karl Moore tells us about some of the problems an eastbound oil pipeline might face in Quebec.
Listen to full interview: CBC, August 2, 2013
Restoring a Real Middle Class
In an interview last week, President Barack Obama correctly emphasized both that "upside mobility was part and parcel of who we were as Americans" and also that such mobility has been "eroding over the last 20, 30 years, well before the financial crisis". The question is: What can Washington do to remedy the situation?
-Article by Reuven Brenner
Newsmaker: Attention for Designers
Professor Elliot Lifson talks to CTV about Montreal's surprisingly vibrant fashion and design sector.
Watch full interview: CTV News, August 1, 2013
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Like People, Organizations Have Emotional Ups and Downs
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 speaks to Neal Ashkanasy, a professor from Australia鈥檚 University of Queensland.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2013
