Warren Buffett and Tech Stocks: Why Doesn't the Oracle's 'Common Joe' Portfolio Include Apple or Google?
With Mr. Buffett's annual celebration last weekend and some grumbling about his failure to beat the market in four of the last five years, people keep reminding me of a piece I wrote in 1996 for Dow Jones about Buffett's portfolio.
... Reuven Brenner holds the Repap Chair at McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management, serves on the Board of McGill's Pension Fund, and is a member of its investment committee. Brenner's last book is World of Chance (2008).
Talking Management with Karl Moore: To Buy or Grow Organically? That Is the CEO’s Question
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks to Phanish Puranam, professor of Strategy from INSEAD.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2014
Peter Todd Steps Down as Dean of Desautels
After nine years at the helm, Dr. Peter Todd (BCom’83) has stepped down as Dean of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management on April 30, 2014.
Fourteen Personalities to Receive Honorary Degree from McGill University
Honorees include particle physicist who co-led the discovery of the Higgs boson, Room to Read founder and agronomist who created “super rice”
The 'Why' Of When Family Businesses And Countries Prosper
“And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” is the saying now famously associated with John F. Kennedy, though Oliver Wendell Holmes said it eight decades before.
CEO Series April 27th, 2014 with Andy Nulman
Imagine Inside the Actors Studio with top CEO's. In this four-part special series McGill University professor and noted author, Karl Moore, sits down with Montreal business leaders. Each week he asks a different CEO about their path to success, their advice to budding entrepreneurs, their work/life balance and more. This week's guest is Andy Nulman (BCom'83), CEO, Just for Laughs.
Being a Winner in Business Doesn’t Mean You’re Not a Jerk
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s alleged derisive comments against visible minorities will likely cast an enduring cloud over the successful career the billionaire built, despite a pattern of racially charged behaviour.
Good Leaders Don't Forget About Community
Since the 1980s we have heard much about ‘leadership’; its impact on organizations and being a valued and rare quality. Countless numbers of books, articles, research projects, seminars and papers have been devoted to this subject. A Google search of the term leadership will yield 147 million hits. Must be important!
Oakville Doctor New Halton Medical Officer of Health
Halton Region’s new Commissioner and Medical Officer of Health (MOH) is looking forward to beginning what she characterized as a ‘dream job’ in a community she already knows.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Sobeys’ Complicated Relationship with Food
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks to Marc Poulin, CEO of Empire Co. Ltd., the parent of Sobeys Inc., one of Canada’s top retail supermarket chains. Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2014
The CEO Series with Karl Moore
Imagine Inside the Actors Studio with top CEO's. In this four-part special series McGill University professor and noted author, Karl Moore, sits down with Montreal business leaders. Each week he asks a different CEO about their path to success, their advice to budding entrepreneurs, their work/life balance and more. This week's guest is Zoe Yujnovich, President & CEO, Iron Ore Company of Canada.
Erdos City – 鄂尔多斯市 The “Horde” That Wasn’t
Usman W. Chohan (楚浩云) is an MBA candidate at Desautels with a Concentration in Strategy and Leadership. He is currently on an MBA exchange in Beijing, at a joint program between Tsinghua School of Economics (SEM) and MIT. The following piece is based on his work on Economics and Urbanization Trends in China, for the China Roots Seminar II (Industry & Society) at the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.
Desautels Teaching Awards 2014
Professors Ruthanne Huising and Phil Levy have been selected as recipients of the 2013-14 Desautels Faculty Teaching Awards for Undergraduate and Graduate teaching respectively.
The selections were made by a group chaired by Professor Yalovsky and included student representatives of the BCom and MBA programs who brought forward nominations from their peers. The awards will be presented at the May 30th convocation ceremony.
McGill Alumni Association Awards
Eight Desautels students and alumni have been selected to receive the McGill Alumni Association (MAA) Awards. They will be honoured at the MAA's Annual Honours & Awards Dinner.
McGill's Clement-Heydra among CIS athlete of the year nominees for BLG Award
CALGARY – Katia Clement-Heydra, a hockey player from McGill University, is among eight finalists announced by Canadian Interuniversity Sport and the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais for the 22nd annual BLG Awards, which were established in 1993 to recognize the top female and male athletes from universities affiliated with CIS.
