World’s second richest man calls for three-day working week
Carlos Slim’s proposal that we work a three-day week sounds crazy. But many, in 1922, thought Henry Ford crazy when he announced that his staff would work a five-day week.
Christine Décarie, la spécialiste de Québec inc.
Depuis qu'elle a amorcé sa carrière de gestionnaire de portefeuille en 1990, Christine Décarie s'est rapidement imposée comme la grande spécialiste des titres de sociétés québécoises.
Loss of 1,800 Bombardier jobs painful but is positive for company: analysts
The restructuring at Montreal-based Bombardier Inc., as painful as it is with the loss of another 1,800 jobs, actually is a positive development for the aerospace company, analysts say.
Career Moves: Scripps Networks Interactive Appoints Sameer Deen Senior VP
Scripps Networks Interactive, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based provider of lifestyle content in the home, food and travel categories for TV and the Web, has appointed Sameer Deen senior VP, multi-platform distribution and strategy.
Combine hard and soft data
We tend to admire leaders who proclaim, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” But what if that’s not necessarily true?
Meet a COP-GOV: Bernard Truong
Bernard Truong: COP-GOV, Chief Advisor, Governance - Centre of Expertise - Operations Strategic Alliances, National Bank of Canada
P: What steered you towards the COP-GOV certification?
East meets West at Desautels
This month, 25 business students from China’s Shantou University are getting a taste of life at McGill and Montreal through the Desautels Faculty of Management’s International Summer Program.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Transcript: Have you reached your ‘best before’ date as a manager?
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, talking management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to a colleague in Australia from the University of Queensland, Neal Ashkanasy.
Gowlings : les stagiaires prennent la pose!
« On fait du droit mais on sait rire et être relax ! » : c’est en substance le message qu’a voulu passer le cabinet Gowlingsavec ce projet marketing pas très ordinaire.
Why finding purpose at work drives the economy
Article by Karl Moore and Sienna Zampino
Going Off on Your Own (or Not): MBA Electives in Entrepreneurship
From Richard Branson to Steve Jobs, entrepreneurs might be considered the defining business leaders of this generation.
Study: Lots of suspicious trading, but not many convictions
According to a new study, insider trading often occurs during merger and acquisitions and is rarely punished. BNN takes a closer look with one of the report's co-authors, Patrick Augustin, Assistant Professor of Finance, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. Watch full video: Business News Network
Electrolux closes Montreal area plant, leaving thousands unemployed
After years of waiting, more than a thousand Electrolux employees are out of a job after the company wound down operations Wednesday.
Arnold Steinberg looks back fondly on his time as McGill’s ‘chai’ chancellor
As McGill University’s first Jewish chancellor, it is probably appropriate that Arnold Steinberg is “kvelling” about the amazing students who have built the McGill brand by spreading the gospel about the Harvard of the North and wowing the world with the expertise McGill instilled in them.
Lettre Ouverte aux Investisseurs Irresponsables
J’ai toujours considéré l’investissement et la Bourse comme l’une des activités humaines parmi les plus stimulantes qui soient.
