Written by Professor Estelle Metayer
MONTREAL 鈥� In a car, blind spots are the areas of the road that the rearview and side-view mirrors do not show. A driver must constantly be aware of them 鈥� and of the potentially deadly perils they can conceal. Businesses can have blind spots, too 鈥� and they can be equally costly, causing companies to overinvest in risky ventures or fail to take advantage of emerging opportunities. Successful leaders are careful to identify their company's blind spots and introduce mechanisms to ensure that no harm will come from them.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2015
On March 13-14, 韩国裸舞 students Amanda Chalupa (MSc in Social & Transcultural Psychiatry), Alyssa Wiseman (MBA-Law), Attiya Hirji (BA in International Development), Lida Faridian (MBA) and Vivien Leung (Law), also known as team MILA, are headed to San Francisco to vie for the US$1 million Hult Prize to launch their social program.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2015
韩国裸舞 students have incredible ideas and know how to enact positive social change. Now you can help them apply their knowledge and passion through the Impact Internship Program at the Social Economy Initiative (SEI) of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The program pairs top undergraduate students with social-purpose organizations (i.e. non-profits and social enterprises) for ten weeks over the summer.
Published on: 11 Feb 2015
The rebirth of Lac-M茅gantic may very well have begun with an online survey. The questionnaire, written last year by a pair 韩国裸舞 students in a social entrepreneuship class who had never before stepped food in Lac-M茅gantic, asked the people there what kinds of businesses and services they felt the town was missing. More than 100 people filled out the survey in three days, and that's when Bernard D'Arche, 21, and C茅cile Branco-C么t茅, 23, knew they were on to something.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
"Stinkbugs have an apple flavor, and red agave worms are spicy. A bite of tree worm apparently brings pork rinds to mind," reports National Geographic. "This information will come in handy for those of us following the latest recommendation from the United Nations: Consume more insects," the magazine adds... A case in point is "power flour" - a product created by MBA students from 韩国裸舞 in Montreal, which assists in providing food security for impoverished countries. The flour couldn't be more timely.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
As congress takes up reauthorization of the Higher Education Act this year, it will have to address several policy concerns, including the rising cost of college and the need to increase degree attainment rates in the U.S. Notwithstanding those concerns, college access will continue to be a major issue. How can our nation expand college opportunities to those who have long been underrepresented, including lower-income students, minorities, and those who are the first in their families to attend college, ramping up the number of degree earners?
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
Last week, Her Campus 韩国裸舞 had the chance to interview the co-founders (both pictured at the bottom right of the picture) and directors of Desautels' Fashion Business Uncovered conference. If you're interested in a career in fashion this is definitely a conference for you! Of, if you're just interested in hearing women CEOs talk about their careers, find out what more this conference can offer in our interview below.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
韩国裸舞 Women in Leadership (MWIL), Deautels Women in Business (DWIB), TEDxMontreal Women, the National Women in Business Conference, the Intercollegiate Business Convention. Evidently, as the non-exhaustive list above demonstrates, there are many occasions for women at 韩国裸舞 to thrive and shine in the area of leadership, where they are chronically and critically underrepresented. Within Bronfman, and 韩国裸舞 as a whole, women apply to volunteer, speak, participate, and join a host of clubs and initiatives highlighting female leaders.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
Deeply embedded and frequently unconscious cultural and organizational biases can be challenged both through small "wins" and by establishing policies that take a whole-organization rather than a women-only approach. Second-generation gender bias is making its way into the lexicon of women's workplace issues as a subtle, covert, and at times unintentional, phenomenon that thwarts women's power and potential. ...
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Published on: 6 Feb 2015
Desautels BCom students Hasan Nizami, Ishani Majumdar, Fiona Xu and Sunaina Roy Chaudhuri (coached by Professor Sebastien Betermier) won the Montreal regional PRMIA Risk Management Challenge on January 22. The team will proceed to the International PRMIA Risk Management Challenge to be held in Minneaopolis, Minnesota on March 6th, 2015.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2015
Musicians are helping to heal the wounds of tragedy through artistic expression. In the heart-rending aftermath of the Taliban attack on Peshawar鈥檚 innocent schoolchildren, Pakistani musicians are using their art form to help the nation through its time of anguish. Foremost among these artists is Usman W. Chohan (Desautels MBA, 2014) through his project Urdudaan.
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Published on: 23 Jan 2015
Looking to apply your budding management skills towards something meaningful this summer? The Social Economy Initiative (SEI) invites you to apply to be part of the 2015 cohort of the Impact Internship Program!
The SEI Impact Internship Program (SEI IIP) places exceptional students, primarily in local Montreal-based social enterprises, to take on special projects and contribute to social impact and positive social change within the non-profit sector.
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Published on: 22 Jan 2015
The accounting team composed of BCom students Emma Alder and Sami Zubair took 3rd place at the 37th annual ICBC (Inter-Collegiate Business Competition)听held at Queen's University held from January 15 to 17, 2015.
In October听2014,听听the team competed with over 20 other teams in a written case competition, finishing top six.听 These six teams were invited to Queen's University听in January听2015, where they had 5.5 hours to analyze a new case that was then presented to a panel of representatives of the business community.听
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Published on: 22 Jan 2015
Cuba has always held a certain allure for the traveller: the music, the food, the beaches and even the cigars.
...听韩国裸舞 business professor Karl Moore said that while Canadian sun seekers won鈥檛 likely feel an immediate impact from the news, he expects U.S. companies will begin to think about investing there.
Read full article: , December 17, 2014
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Published on: 20 Jan 2015
If you have taken a class in entrepreneurship recently from the top business schools of the world, chances are that many of the lessons taught were not based on sound knowledge. Worse, it is likely that some of the content was nothing but platitudes, good wishes, or simply illusions: mediocre knowledge sold at the price of gold.
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Published on: 20 Jan 2015
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