The Globe and Mail has curated a list of books recommended by seven business leaders, with Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin recommending Awakening Compassion in the Workplace by Jane Dutton and Monica Worline.
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Published on: 21 Apr 2020
The startup industry is being particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many across the world experiencing declining sales, halted product development, and investors pulling out. Despite an industry in need, Professor Lisa Cohen notes that startups are often not included in government bailout plans.
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Published on: 21 Apr 2020
In an op-ed for Retail Insider, Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management Charles de Brabant highlights what we can learn from China’s experience reopening its economy post-COVID-19 lockdown. Brabant predicts a slow and progressive return to normal and considers how the relationship between brick-and-mortar and online stores may be impacted.
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Published on: 21 Apr 2020
Organizations learn constantly. They would not survive in the face of competition if they didn’t. Yet this learning is often gruesomely slow. Organizational practices and routines tend to stick and organizational structures tend to persist. But all this seems to change when there is a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic—and herein lies a possibility for organization learning, according to Professor Saku Mantere of McGill University.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2020
Under the supervision of Professors Juan Serpa and Mehmet Gumus, a team of McGill Desautels students have partnered with students from the Faculty of Engineering to develop a dashboard that tracks COVID-19 cases in Montreal and Quebec.
Updated daily, the new COVID QC website provides detailed information about the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in each Montreal neighbourhood, and throughout the province of Quebec.
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Published on: 17 Apr 2020
Professor Maxime Cohen and Desautels student Matthieu Reed (BCom’20), in collaboration with Columbia Business School Professor Daniel Guetta, have created a case study entitled "Modern Retail Analytics: Data Visualization Using Tableau".
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Published on: 17 Apr 2020
Darren Cormack (IMPM Cycle 17 participant) has been appointed as CEO of MAG, a global leader in humanitarian mine action. Cormack joined the company in 2008 and, for the past seven years, has served as Deputy CEO and Director and Strategy + Government Relations.
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Published on: 17 Apr 2020
In an article in Le Devoir, Jean-Simon Létourneau (IMHL’21), François de Champlain (IMHL’21), Richard Fleet (IMHL’21) and Joanne Liu (IMHL’14) reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the healthcare system and suggest measures to better prepare for the next one.
Published on: 17 Apr 2020
Job loss is only one of the many effects of COVID-19 on work and workers. These effects cascade beyond accelerating the ongoing work-from-home movement and could persist well beyond the pandemic itself, according to Professor Lisa Cohen of McGill University.
This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.
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Published on: 14 Apr 2020
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Published on: 14 Apr 2020
Professor Matissa Hollister, McGill University Fellow at the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, sits down with TVO to share how high-tech firms are using AI to better understand and combat COVID-19.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2020
As the former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, Joanne Liu (MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16) is familiar with the full force of epidemics. In this article in The Globe and Mail, Liu proposes immediate actions that Canada can take to limit the impact of COVID-19.
Published on: 9 Apr 2020
For working professionals, leaving their day job to pursue another passion may seem risky. A rise in “part-time entrepreneurship” in the culinary world is seeing amateur chefs set up exclusive underground restaurants in their homes as a way to test the waters before committing to a full-time venture. Professor Daphne Demetry explores how this trend is helping turn hobbies into startups.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2020
Following an early account of the local transmission of COVID-19, Desautels alumnus Dr. Hamidah Meghani (IMHL’15) stresses the need for communities to practice social distancing to stop the spread of the virus.
Published on: 9 Apr 2020
As the business world continues to adapt to the modern day, the next generation of business leaders are seeking new ways to make their mark in the industry. For many, an MBA is no longer about climbing the corporate ladder; it is an avenue to take a break from their careers, change lanes, and contribute to a better future for all.
Professor Benjamin Croitoru shares how the McGill MBA has diversified its program to meet the evolving needs of our students.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2020
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