EMBA Information Session: August 29, 2017

Tuesday, August 29, 2017 12:00to13:00

Following a short presentation by the EMBA directors, you will be invited to ask questions and to discuss with program alumni who will share their own experience of the EMBA McGill – HEC Montréal...

Investment, overconfidence and the female edge

Published: 24 August 2017

A piece in Les Affaires looks at how our emotions and confidence can get the better of us when it comes to our investment practises, citing the panic in 2008 as proof that the markets are ruled...

Pokémon Go and the fortunes of local businesses

Published: 24 August 2017

According to Les Affaires, a study partly authored by Desautels Professor Warut Khern-am-nuai looks at whether or not the augmented reality game Pokémon Go affects local businesses....

Desautels alumna takes charge of sustainability at Careem

Published: 24 August 2017

A piece in Breaking News Pakistan announces the appointment of Nadia Rouchdy (BCom’09) as Head of Sustainability & Social impact at Careem, the Dubai-based rideshare company. Her appointment...

Karl Moore traces brands, from ancient Rome to today

Published: 24 August 2017

A recent piece at Appsforpcdaily.com delves into The Birth of the Brand: 4000 Years of Branding History, a study by Desautels professor Karl Moore and Susan E. Reid that contends that brands are as...

McGill Dobson Cup participants win Next Canada award for their insomnia solution

Published: 17 August 2017

With their revolutionary earplugs, Kristina Pearkes (BEng’17) and Sean Kaiser (BEng’17) aim to end insomnia without medication. The duo is the brains behind Orbityl, the company that just received...

Three keys for introverted leaders

Published: 23 August 2017

Desautels professor Karl Moore writes in The Globe and Mail that, though most business leadership writing is aimed at extroverts, introverted leaders are becoming more evident every day. He goes on...

A call for a new worldview

Published: 23 August 2017

In a piece for SFGate, Drs. Deepak Chopra and Anoop Kumar (MMGMT’15, International Practicing Health) write that, though the times we live in are worrying at best, taking on a new worldview can...

William Shatner: from BCom to Boston Legal

Published: 23 August 2017

Canadian Jewish News profiles William Shatner (BCom’52, DLitt’11) as part of its series on prominent Jewish Canadians. The Shakespearian actor’s career was catapulted into the stratosphere when he...

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