Professor Dror Etzion, along with McGill University colleagues Jaye Ellis (Law) and Catherine Potvin (Biology), has been selected to co-lead a research project under the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI).
Working under the theme of “Transitions”, the team will explore the pivotal role that Small- and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs) will play as they increasingly shift toward sustainable practices.
Following the release of the American Economic Association’s survey results revealing the predominance of discrimination against women in the world of finance, Professor Francesca Carrieri affirms that the findings are not surprising.
Professor Corey Phelps, Associate Dean of Executive Education at Desautels comments on the growing recognition of Africa as a source of top candidates for Canadian business schools. In the case of the International Masters for Healthcare Leadership, some of the program’s strongest participants have originated from there.
“We intentionally recruit out of Africa,” he says. “We see it as a growing market opportunity like so many industries do around the world.”
Coinciding with its theme of Building Future-Readiness, the McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA program recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and simultaneously became the University’s 100th Sustainable Event.
The celebrations were deemed Gold, the highest level of certification, by integrating best practices such as incorporating a land acknowledgement for Indigenous territory, reducing food packaging waste and committing to offsetting greenhouse gas emissions related to travel.
Professor Henry Mintzberg ranks 22nd among the world’s top 30 management professionals for 2019. He is celebrated, in particular, for his contrarian views of management that have elucidated dimensions of the profession that were previously left unquestioned or overlooked.
Desautels Honours in Investment Management students Kyle Costanzo, Émilie Granger, Tejas Saggi, and Eric Van Hees won the top spot in the National Banking Competition in Vancouver, coming in victorious over the 500 applicants and 70 competing teams who made it to the finals.
Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media recently spoke at Place des Arts in Montreal about empowering fellow women to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions without qualms, particularly in the tech sector.
Quebec has just announced a new fund to support vegan enterprises, Vegan Capital, with ACEM emerging as its first investor. For Indu Krishnamurthy (EMBA’15), Executive Director of ACEM, the fund dovetails seamlessly with the company’s mission.
Celebrated Canadian Olympian Jennifer Heil (BCom’13) knows very well the positive impact that sports can have on a girl’s confidence, personal growth, and success.
As VP Sport Development at viaSport, she is on a mission to ensure that stereotyping and discrimination are a thing of the past for women athletes.
Following the double acquisition of foreign tech companies by Syntax, the company’s CEO Christian Primeau (EMBA’12) shares his perspective on what this achievement signifies and his vision for the future at a press conference attended by Mr. Pierre Fitzgibbon, Quebec Minister of Economy and Innovation.
Over a dozen McGill students participated in Accuracy’s Business Cup (ABC) this semester, with one team of Desautels BCom students winning the Canadian final.
Babet Nieman, Michael Amar, and Tanya Gandhi are headed to Paris this week for the international final that will feature representation from six countries.
If the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) certified the 737 Max 8 aircraft in 2017, Professor Karl Moore comments on the soundness of their regulatory practice in light of the mandated grounding of the aircraft.
Professor Karl Moore interviews Anna Chif (BCom’12), Co-founder and COO of Dialogue, as she shares more about her entrepreneurial roots, her drive to connect people with better care, and the value of creativity in her role.
In an article for CEOWorld Magazine, Professor Corey Phelps writes that even professional problem-solvers get tripped up, especially when developing solutions outside their field of expertise or in situations that seem deceivingly familiar.
Discover three tips he proposes to help overcome the pitfalls of problem solving.
Congratulations to MBA students Paulo Caputo and Bryant Holt who were one of four finalists and the winners of the best presentation in the Bangkok Business Challenge, organized by the Sasin School of Management.
As the sole team from Canada competing against 71 other teams from 20 different countries, Caputo and Holt pitched their startup venture, Current Finder, which helps companies tap into cultural data in order to develop predictive hiring practices based on culture fit.
