Professor Fahad Saleh publishes a new paper that examines the social and political impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2019
Professor Karl Moore interviews Cirque du Soleil executive Davide Pisanu (MBA'13) about his efforts to navigate change and challenge the status quo in the face of uncertainty.
Each week as part of his blog on Les Affaires, Karl Moore, Associate Professor in Strategy & Organization at McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management, speaks with world-class business leaders about their journey, the latest trends in business, and notably, work-life balance.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2019
Professor Patricia Hewlin charts her journey from banking in New York to earning a PhD in organizational behavior and joining the Desautels faculty. Through her research on organizational barriers to authenticity, she’s on a mission to help students and leaders create a better workplace.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2019
McGill’s International Masters’ Program for Managers (IMPM), based on the pedagogy of Professor Henry Mintzberg, takes experienced managers through 16 months of hands-on training to hone their skills. The president of BonBoss, a Quebec-based HR consulting company, joins a training module in Montreal to experience the IMPM in action.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2019
Dr. Toni Rinow (MBA ’06) was recently appointed to serve as the next CEO of Pivot Pharmaceuticals, a Vancouver-based biopharmaceutical company specializing in medical cannabis products.
With a doctorate in physical chemistry and 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, Dr. Rinow is well-positioned to drive global expansion in key cannabis markets in Canada, the U.S., and the EU.
Published on: 23 Aug 2019
Professor Karl Moore interviews alumna Laura Younger (MBA’09) about her work as the executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) and the practical advantages of earning an MBA.
Published on: 23 Aug 2019
The use of the word “courage” in job ads, including ads for entry-level and minimum wage jobs, doubled between 2014 and 2018. Professor Lisa Cohen points out the risks of setting the bar too high and reflects on what companies are really looking for in their employees.
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Published on: 23 Aug 2019
Mirko Bibic (BCom ’89) will succeed George Cope as the next President and CEO of Bell Canada next January.
Since he joined Bell Canada in 2004, Bibic has played a pivotal role in the company’s strategic acquisitions, including the largest acquisition in Canadian telecom history with the purchase of Astral Media in 2013.
Published on: 20 Aug 2019
In an article for The New York Times, Professor Karl Moore defends Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s effort to save Quebec jobs and speculates about the future of SNC-Lavalin.
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Published on: 20 Aug 2019
Montreal’s Holt Accelerator welcomed its second class of fintech startup executives to a rigorous 12-week training program.
Like McGill’s X-1 Accelerator, offered by the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, the Holt Accelerator plays matchmaker between promising entrepreneurs and industry investors.
Published on: 20 Aug 2019
Professor Karl Moore weighs in on the future of SNC Lavalin in the wake of an incriminating report released by Canada’s ethics commissioner.
The Montreal-based company has seen its market value plummet by more than 60 percent since January.
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Published on: 19 Aug 2019
Sylvain Fortier (BCom ’87), Chief Investment and Innovation Officer for Ivanhoé Cambridge, will work in tandem with newly appointed CEO Nathalie Palladitcheff to fill the void left by the company’s outgoing CEO.
Published on: 19 Aug 2019
Congratulations to Professor Arvind Karunakaran who was presented with the 2019 William H. Newman Award at this year’s Academy of Management.
Of twenty shortlisted candidates, Professor Karunakaran is one of two winners, securing the distinction for his paper, "Front-Line Professionals in the Wake of Digital Scrutiny: The Paradox of Public Accountability,” which was submitted to Organizational Communications and Information Systems.
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Published on: 14 Aug 2019
Under the leadership of Professors Brian Rubineau and Jiro Kondo, nearly 40 McGill University students are in Israel this month to learn more about the country that has come to be called “startup nation.”
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Published on: 14 Aug 2019
EMBA participant and Founder of Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ) Kate Arthur has a reason to celebrate: her organization just received $8.1 million in funding from CanCode to educate kids about code and artificial intelligence.
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Published on: 14 Aug 2019
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