McGill students are once again at the forefront of the climate movement, finding ways for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students in Professor Dror Etzion’s Strategies for Sustainability course are using solutions proposed by Project Drawdown to present viable business cases to help combat climate change. Mariela Tovar highlights some of the cases presented by students.
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Published on: 17 Jan 2020
Bloomberg has published an opinion piece featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier’s research on the shift from bonds to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds (FI-ETF).
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Published on: 17 Jan 2020
Desautels alumnus Ilias Konstantopoulos (MBA’92) has been announced as the new CEO of real estate organization Great Gulf Group. Konstantopoulos brings to the role more than 30 years of experience in operations, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, most recently as CFO of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust.
“He is an exceptional business leader and his wealth of experience will take the organization to the next level in line with the Board's strategic plan,” says preceding CEO Jerry Patava.
Published on: 16 Jan 2020
For the first time ever, we now have four generations occupying the workforce. With this resulting in more Millennials and Generation Z staff managing those from the Boomer generation, Professor Karl Moore outlines attitudes and behaviours that may bridge—or further widen—the generational divide.
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Published on: 16 Jan 2020
For Bertrand Cesvet, CEO and Senior Partner at leading creative agency Sid Lee, his connection to McGill runs deep. In an article for McGill Giving, Cesvet (BA’86; MBA’88; DLitt’16) reflects on his journey with McGill, beginning in his undergraduate degree and culminating in the recent Made by McGill campaign video.
Published on: 13 Jan 2020
Three Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participants Charles-Olivier Boucher, Carlo Frediani and Sebastian Molina Calvo have been named on the Honour Roll of the Common Final Exam (CFE) for their outstanding results.
Published on: 13 Jan 2020
New research from Prof Jui Ramaprasad explores how gender, comfort, and impulsivity are key for that perfect chemistry.
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Published on: 13 Jan 2020
In an interview with Professor Karl Moore, Rajah Augustinraj, Principal of the Boston Consulting Group, reflects on globalization in the past decade, noting that shifting technology, geopolitics and societal expectations are changing the way businesses operate. Desautels BCom students Emily Moubayed and Willing Li contributed to this article.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2020
As a native Quebecer, the new CEO and president of Bell Mirko Bibic (BCom’89) has big plans for the province, with a three-prong strategy aimed at increasing market share.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2020
A recent article in Belgium’s L’Echo explores Professor Patrick Augustin’s 2019 research looking at the low prosecution rates following unexplained trading activity in the leadup to company takeovers.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2020
In honour of the late Professor Richard Donovan, the Desautels MBA Japan program recently hosted the McGill MBA Japan Case Competition. The internal event gives students a chance to put their knowledge to practice by bringing them together over 24 hours to solve a case competition.
Teams presented to a judging panel of McGill MBA Japan alumni before the winners—Hoson Kablawi, Naohisa Takahashi, and Hazuki Yamashita—were awarded the Richard Donovan Cup.
Published on: 6 Jan 2020
Professor Karl Moore comments on Bombardier’s 2017 decision to sell its CSeries program to the second largest aircraft manufacturer, Airbus.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2020
In November 2019, teams in the McGill International Portfolio Challenge were asked to provide a solution for a fictional pension fund reassessing its investments in the interest of climate action.
In a piece for The Globe and Mail, Professor Sebastien Betermier considers the winning solution in the context of university pension plans.
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Published on: 6 Jan 2020
McGill University has announced the reappointment of Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, for a second five-year term, which will begin on July 1, 2020. Dean Bajeux-Besnainou joined Desautels in 2015 as the Faculty’s first female dean.
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Published on: 20 Dec 2019
The Desautels Faculty of Management’s Program for Operations Excellence has released a series of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training opportunities in Montreal and Toronto in 2020.
The training program is designed to help organizations continuously improve quality, manage projects and achieve higher levels of performance.
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Published on: 20 Dec 2019
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