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When Clever People do Silly Things with Money
Many years in investment banking taught McGill University Professor Gregory Vit that risky decisions ‘happened’ far more frequently than they were thoughtfully ‘made’.
We asked Professor Vit about this and his new book 'The Risk in Risk Management' in which he addresses risk management in financial organizations.
Spring Convocation 2014
Spring Convocation 2014
Date: May 30, 2014
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Lower Campus
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Women at Business School – Joanne Liu, MiM student
Joanne Liu is president of Médecins Sans Frontières, an international medical humanitarian organisation that has 30,000 medical professionals delivering emergency aid in more than 60 countries. She trained at McGill University School of Medicine and has a fellowship in paediatric emergency medecine from New York University School of Medicine.
Thesis Proposal - Babak Lotfaliei, McGill University
Mr. Babak Lotfaliei, a doctoral student at McGill University in the area of Finance will be presenting his research proposal entitled:
Two Essays on Corporate Risk and Capital Structure
Babak Lotfaliei
Doctoral Student in Finance, McGill University
Date: February 18, 2014
Time: 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm
Location: Room 1610W, 1010 Sherbrooke W.
Fifth Risk Management Conference 2014
Fifth Risk Management Conference
Date: February 28 - March 2, 2014
Location: Fairmont Resort Hotel, Mont Tremblant, Quebec
Sponsored by:
Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre
Bank of Canada
CREATES
University of Aarhus
Global Risk Institute
National Bank
Organized by:
Trei Modele Culturale
Professor Roxana Barbulescu's article is featured in Business Magazin, one of the leading business magazines in Romania.
Read full article (in Romanian): Business Magazin, February 3, 2014
Study Untangles Divergent U.S. Job-Tenure Patterns
Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past?
Many Americans would probably say the answer to these questions is an obvious yes. Yet, for the past few decades researchers looking at the data haven’t been so sure: average job tenure (the number of years working for the same employer) has been surprisingly stable over time.
SEI Impact Internship Program - Call for 2014 Student Applications
Introduction
The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is an important vehicle through which McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management integrates social entrepreneurship and social innovation into its teaching, research and outreach activities. The SEI is an undertaking of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The Institute’s mandate is to foster an integrated approach to management.
The goals of the SEI are threefold:
Seminar: Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Bank of Canada
Funding Liquidity Risk and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Jean-Sébastien Fontaine
Bank of Canada
Date: February 7, 2014
Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location: Room 002
Abstract:
"Capacity Planning with Financial and Operational Hedging in Low-Cost Countries," Production and Operations Management
Authors: Chen, Lijian; Li, Shanling; Wang, Letian
Publication: Production and Operations Management, 2014
Abstract:
