Welcoming a new cohort of GCPA students
The second week of May marks the start of the GCPA program for a new incoming cohort of 52 students. This year鈥檚 cohort consists of 47 of 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 very own Bachelor of Commerce graduates, one graduate from 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 School of Continuing Studies, 2 Concordia graduates and the remaining from other Canadian Universities.
Desautels鈥� Cameron McRae among Top 25 Finalists for SSHRC Storytellers Challenge
捆绑SM社区 Desautels鈥� Cameron McRae, PhD candidate in Marketing, has made the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Top 25 Finalists list for the 2023 Storytellers Challenge. Watch his compelling story on Precision Retailing in Grocery and Supermarket Environments.
IMSF empowers students impact in community
The Integrated Management Student Fellowship (IMSF), offered by the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), is an experiential leadership development program that aims to bridge the gap between the classroom and the community.
How the Chickasaw Nation grew its economy
Located in Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation operates more than 100 businesses and employs nearly 14,000 people. The federally recognized Native American tribe has come a long way since Governor Bill Anoatubby began working there as health director in the 1970s. 鈥淲e had to use ingenuity because we did not have a lot of resources. We had the human resources that we needed to mobilize.
MMF Series: Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Mitchell McEwen (MMF鈥�20)
Learn how the 捆绑SM社区 Master of Management in Finance (MMF) can open a number of career doors. On this Earth Day, we catch up with an MMF alumnus working in ESG and Sustainable Finance, Mitchell McEwen (MMF鈥�20). Now Senior Manager,聽Enterprise聽Sustainable Finance, TD Bank Group, he first joined the Bank as an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) intern.
Desautels African Business Initiative features alumni panellist Sekou Coulibaly
Each year, the 捆绑SM社区 Desautels African Business Initiative (DABI) brings together attendees, panelists and guest speakers for an opportunity to learn, network and engage in stimulating discussions about the future of business in Africa. This year鈥檚 panelists included Sekou Coulibaly (BCom鈥�03), who was executive director at L鈥橭r茅al before launching a sustainable, made-in-Africa luxury clothing brand called SEKBI Bogolan in 2020.
Sustainable finance is key to a sustainable future
Sustainable finance is an integral part of a more sustainable future, but it won鈥檛 fix the world鈥檚 problems overnight. 鈥淓ven if we all want to go to work tomorrow in electric vehicles, and have our groceries delivered in electric trucks, we鈥檙e not there yet,鈥� said BMO Quebec President Gr茅goire Baillargeon in an interview with 捆绑SM社区 Desautels Prof. Karl Moore for Les Affaires.
Vaudreuil-Soulanges entrepreneurs connect with BSRM researchers to learn retail best practices
About sixty entrepreneurs from Vaudreuil-Soulanges region joined Desautels faculty and staff for a conference on best practices in retail.
Shift to shorter commercial leases creates niche for temporary pop-up activities
E-commerce has made it possible to order almost anything online, but that has made it more challenging for brick-and-mortar retailers to attract shoppers and with more stores sitting vacant, some shopping malls have gotten creative, and added temporary pop-up activities like roller skating and haunted houses.
Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains
One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence鈥攁nd the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.
The lessons from this pandemic are helping Joanne Liu prepare us for the next one
鈥淓pidemics and pandemics are without pity,鈥� says Joanne Liu (MDCM'91,鈥疘MHL'14, DSc'16) 鈥淚f there are weak links, they will break.鈥� Liu is the former president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, and a graduate of Desautels鈥� International Masters for Health Leadership program.
Introverts鈥� ability to listen is a quiet superpower
Some aspects of introversion can make parents think something鈥檚 wrong with their child, but it can be more productive to embrace these traits rather than forcing them into extroverted tropes. 鈥淎s avid listeners, introverts can capture information that some extroverts might overlook,鈥� said Prof. Karl Moore for a CNBC article.
Liquidity support for mid-sized US banks is a band-aid solution that masks underlying issues
In a five-day period in early March 2023, three mid-sized US banks collapsed: Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank. The United States Federal Reserve stepped in with an emergency lending program to support liquidity and mitigate the risk of contagion. While that will probably work in the short term, it doesn鈥檛 solve the problem, says Mo Chaudhury, an聽Associate Professor of Finance (Teaching) at Desautels.
Delve: Why Friendly AI Chatbots Don鈥檛 Always Deliver Five-Star Customer Service, with Elizabeth Han
Logically everyone knows that software doesn鈥檛 have feelings, but AI chatbots that express emotion鈥攁s well as other advanced artificial intelligence tools like
Recap of DGFRC-sponsored finance workshop
The 10th HEC-捆绑SM社区 Winter Finance Workshop took place from March 26-28, 2023, in Ischgl, Austria, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) at the University of Luxembourg.
