In his new book Channel Strategies and Marketing Mix in a Connected World, Professor Saibal Ray puts the spotlight on how the digitalization of the retail channel affects consumers, products, and sustainability.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
Professor Karl Moore comments on Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec’s (CDPQ) appointment of former investment banker Charles Émond as CEO.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
New research by Professor Dror Etzion highlights the systematic limitations of catastrophe bonds; rather than effectively tackling sustainability issues, they are simply putting more money into investors’ pockets.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management Charles de Brabant weighs in on Lowe’s decision to appoint Anthony Hurst as head of its Canadian division. Hurst was previously Senior Vice President of Strategy and Transformation of the American chain.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
The McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management MBA program is one of only three Canadian business schools on the 2020 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking. The McGill Desautels MBA is ranked 2nd in Canada and 91st worldwide.
The Financial Times surveys alumni who graduated three years after completing their MBA, and publishes their annual ranking of the world’s top 100 MBA programs based on multiple categories.
This year, the McGill Desautels MBA program is #1 in Canada in the following criteria:
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
Professor Karl Moore has penned an article outlining how introverts can adapt to different personalities and learn to manage up. This article was written with help from Leo Gelfand, a student in the BCom program in the Desautels Faculty of Management.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2020
The glass ceiling still exists for many reasons, leaving some women reluctant to apply for promotions and senior leadership positions. To ensure more women are considered for promotions, Professor Brian Rubineau suggests employers generate their own list of potential applicants.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2020
The McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship has announced the semi-finalists in the upcoming McGill Dobson Cup 2020, powered by National Bank. The semifinal pitches will take place from February 11–12, before the final pitches on March 30.
Published on: 29 Jan 2020
Le Devoir sits down with four students from the Montreal Social Value Fund (MSVF) at McGill University, Lina Dieudonné, Tanya Gandhi, Bhoomika Saxena and Maxime Lakat, to highlight ways in which they are investing in and advocating for sustainable finance.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2020
For Marie-Pier Bergevin (EMBA’19), Senior Director in Sponsorship and Brand Engagement at BMO North America, enrolling in a bilingual program was an opportunity to strengthen her leadership skills, transfer knowledge and gain new perspectives.
During her McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA, Bergevin made it her mission to only present in English, giving her the confidence to present in her job.
Published on: 27 Jan 2020
With AI technologies now able to perform HR duties, they are gaining the capacity to analyze candidate backgrounds and behaviour to determine their efficiency. A risk of this, Professor Matissa Hollister says, is that AI technologies may be capable of learning and perpetuating biases.
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Published on: 27 Jan 2020
When EMBA alumna Claire Hayek (EMBA’15) was told that her engineering role would be abolished, she took the opportunity to pursue her dream of starting her own business.
Merging her experience as an engineer, manager and singer-songwriter, Hayek developed MSP Teambuilding.
Published on: 27 Jan 2020
For Longueuil police chief and Desautels alumnus Fady Dagher (EMBA’12), providing his staff with adequate exposure to vulnerable communities in Montreal is an important step in reducing prejudices.
Through daily exposure to Muslim communities, people suffering from mental health problems, and children with autism, the Longueuil police staff will gain the experience needed to bring an element of human services to their role.
Published on: 27 Jan 2020
Meritocracies are predicated on the belief that only the best are chosen and that hard work and talent are always rewarded. If we presume that talent and hard work are not gender specific, then why is it that assumed meritocracies show extraordinary imbalances between men and women? Surprisingly, part of the answer is the assumption itself: Assuming a setting is a meritocracy can blind even those experiencing discrimination to its actual inequalities.
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Published on: 21 Jan 2020
When you have a diverse network, it allows you to tap into other professionals’ smart thinking, accelerates your career, and helps answer important questions as you navigate current and future opportunities. DesautelsConnect is a valuable tool for expanding your network, since it facilitates connections with other members of the global Desautels community.
Learn more about Hiroko Wakasugi's (MBA'16) experience of networking through DesautelsConnect.
Published on: 20 Jan 2020
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