Sarah Neilson, MBA’04, Portfolio Manager at RBC Global Asset Management
Monday, March 12th, 2018
Guest Lecture with MBA students in Modern Corporate Finance and BCom students in Corporate Finance – both with Sujata Madan
Published on: 13 Mar 2018
“The world is too much with us,” the poet William Wordsworth said a couple of hundred years ago. He was reflecting on the Industrial Revolution, but his observation seems all the more relevant today.
Our lives have been rewired by a new revolution in the form of the Internet, and it has not only brought the world more upon us; it could also be said we are too much with the world.
Such is the conclusion Ashesh Mukherjee advances in his book The Internet Trap.
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Published on: 12 Mar 2018
The McGill Food Analytics Club (McGill FAC) is a student-driven data analytics club that focuses on food. As the world is heading towards a massive food crisis the next decade, there is an urgent need to come up with solutions. Inspired and supported by Desautels Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, the club members want to contribute to solving this food crisis with data analytics. This includes research, coding and outreach.
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Published on: 9 Mar 2018
Aspire Food Group, a manufacturer of food products made from crickets co-founded by former MBA student Mohammed Ashour, announced that it has acquired Exo, a producer of protein bars made from crickets.
According to Ashour, “There was such a great meeting of minds it very quickly evolved into Aspire acquiring Exo. The synergy and logic just make sense”.
Published on: 8 Mar 2018
With the rise of Information Technologies, leaders of large corporations are forced to reinvent both themselves and their organizations.
Desautels Professor Alain Pinsonneault comments on the broad appeal of digital platforms enabled by new technologies, the threat they pose to traditional businesses and how the later can adapt.
For Prof. Pinsonneault, it will be important for companies to invest in innovation and to allow for a healthy margin of error.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2018
In a recent opinion piece for Huffington Post Quebec, Desautels Professor Patricia Hewlin uses the box-office sensation Black Panther to illustrate some of her findings on authenticity and conformity in the workplace.
Much like Okoye and Nakia in the film, Prof. Hewlin argues that if employees are empowered by their organization to tap into their true selves, then great benefits are bound to follow for all.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2018
Professor Francesca Carrieri sits down with La Presse to talk about the hurdles that women in finance still face and the initiatives in place at the Desautels Faculty of Management to improve this reality.
For example, the Faculty has launched a task force that aims to show undergraduate women that a career in finance is indeed a viable path through mentorship and internship opportunities.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2018
The former Cisco Systems CEO, John Chambers, has emerged as a public advocate for the Aspire Food Group’s edible cricket foods.
What’s more, he has pledged to invest in the promising company co-founded by former Desautels MBA student Mohammed Ashour. For the record, his favorite flavor is sea salt and vinegar.
Published on: 7 Mar 2018
Benny Cohen, BCom’82 , President and CEO, KPI Digital Solutions & Lewise Hiltz, Head of Digital Marketing at KPI Digital Solutions
Thursday, March 1st, 2018
Guest Lectures in Customer Insights (MRKT 657) with Prof. Ash Mukherjee
Mr. Cohen & Ms. Hiltz guest lectured in Customer Insights with the MBA students here at McGill. Their presentation focused on the power of data but more importantly, how to analyze and effectively develop business solutions through proper use and understanding of data.
Published on: 6 Mar 2018
Roberto Sbrugnera, EMBA’10,
Vice President, Treasury Risk & Investor Relations at Metro Inc.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Mr. Sbrugnera guest Lectured in an undergraduate course on Strategic Management with Ms. Imane Tabbara. He discussed the strategic positioning of Metro and their subsidiaries in the grocery retail industry. He also talked in detail about their major competitors and Metro’s approach to respond to the changes in the industry.
Published on: 6 Mar 2018
Peter Lindley, President and Head of Investments for State Street Global Advisors, Ltd
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Mr. Lindley guest lectured with the Masters of Management in Finance students. He gave the students and in-depth analysis of strategic asset allocation and in particular his firm’s tactical asset allocation approach. He also discussed his firms approach to risk management and portfolio construction.
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Published on: 6 Mar 2018
Steven Kramer, BCom’97, President & Chief Executive Officer of WorkJam
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Guest Lectures in Technological Entrepreneurship with Prof. Michael Avedesian
Published on: 6 Mar 2018
Kory Williams, MBA'04, Principal,
K Williams Consulting
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Mr. Williams guest lectured in two sections of Strategic Management (MGCR 423) with Prof. Kwangjun An. He discussed the real life applications of strategy and provided several case examples.
In particular he analyzed the strategic approach of Apple, particularly as it related to the development and launch of the iPod.
Published on: 6 Mar 2018
How does firm location affect the reliability of a company's financials?
Learn more about how Desautels professors are behind some of the most unique research projects in the world.
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Published on: 5 Mar 2018
In a piece for Asia Times, Professor Reuven Brenner points to history and other geographic contexts to demonstrate how Asian countries, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan, can redress democratic deviances.
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Published on: 5 Mar 2018
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