Quantum technology has largely been confined to the lab, but it is moving ever closer tothe world of business, writes Karl Moore in Forbes.com. With $35.5 billion in government and business investment globally, technologies like quantum computers have the potential to transform multiple sectors of the economy. “It's like science-fiction come to life,” says Scott Crowder, Vice President of IBM Quantum Adoption and Business Development.

Classified as: Karl Moore, Strategy and Organization (C)
Published on: 14 Nov 2022

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) introduced a new business model for charitable giving. “Wewere the first ones to create the regular donation model," said Dr. Joanne Liu(MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16), an emergencyphysician, a professor at the School of Population and Global Health at , and the13th President of MSF (2013-2019). “One of our first fundraising campaigns was 1 euro per day,”Liu said in an interview with Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes.com. “And another big innovation wasthe no opt-out approach.

Classified as: joanne liu, International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL), IMHL Alumni, Karl Moore, Strategy and Organization (C)
Published on: 14 Nov 2022

Politics has pervaded the world of business, writes Prof. Karl Moore in Forbes.com. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) and equity, diversityand inclusion (EDI) are bothchanging corporate practices.

Business leaders still need to have a strategic vision, but they also need to demonstrate compassion, empathy, and vulnerability on behalf of their company – allqualities that have historically been concealed to entrench a leader’s authority.

Classified as: Sustainability, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Karl Moore, Strategy and Organization (C)
Published on: 14 Nov 2022

The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management Symposium on The Road to Net Zero took place on November 2, marking the opening ceremony of the sixth edition of the International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC).Thank you to our panelists, Fanny Doucet, CFA, Managing Director & Head, Sustainable Finance at Scotiabank and Lori Kerr, CEO of FinDev Canada for participating in what was an insightful disc

Classified as: Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), Case Competitions and Challenges, Sebastien Betermier
Published on: 14 Nov 2022

Rich Francis, owner of Seventh Fire Hospitality Group in Six Nations in Ontario and Alberta, never set out to be a chef, but leveraged his time on Top Chef Canada to launch a prominent culinary career. Francis focuses on the precolonial culinary traditions of Indigenous peoples, but there are limits on what he’s able to do. “Most of my work is in First Nations communities,” Francis told Prof. Karl Moore in an interview for The Globe and Mail. “Partially because it’s illegal to do what I’m doing using Indigenous products.

Classified as: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Karl Moore, Strategy and Organization (C)
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

Young Canadians are more engaged in their finances than they are sometimes given credit for. And there are things that parents can do to help them learn to manage their money, writes Canadian SME magazine, a publication produced for an audience of small and medium sized enterprises. course is one of them. The free course is a collaboration between the university, RBC and the Globe and Mail, and is to help Canadians of all ages enhance their knowledge.

Classified as: Personal Finance Essentials
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

ѳҾ’s International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM) gives its students a fresh take on business education, said Ron Duerksen, the Global Executive Director of IMPM. In an interview with the EMFD Global blog, Duerksen elaborated on what makes its approach distinctive.

Classified as: International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM)
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

Aldo Bensadoun began his career at a chemical company, but that didn’t align with his values – or his vision. The entrepreneur launched ALDO in 1972, with a vision of love, respect, and integrity. Fifty years later, the company has more than 3,000 stores around the world.

Classified as: Aldo Bensadoun, Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board, Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Master of Management in Retailing (MMR)
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

A heartfeltcongratulationsto our undergraduate and graduate students who received their diplomas during the October ceremony.

Best wishes and welcome to the illustrious at and the Faculty of Management!

Classified as: Convocation
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

Coached by Senior Faculty Lecturer Niels Billou, BCom students Marc Ransom, Amy Pagé, Izabella Tyc and Hosseyn Al-Moussawi Wasserman traveled to in Waterloo, Ontario, to compete at the Lazaridis International Case Conference Competition.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Case Competitions and Challenges, Niels Billou
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

Congratulations to Karen Zhuang, Lara Landauro, Maë Vernet, and Thanh Nguyen who won the $2500 first place prize in the 2022 Scotiabank Ethics in Action Case Competition (undergrad track) hosted by Dalhousie University. The team, coached by Dr.

Classified as: Niels Billou, Laidley Centre for Business Ethics, Case Competitions and Challenges, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

We are so proud to have graduated our very first cohort of the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management (GCHM) program! As the group of 20 graduates move on to the next phase of their careers, we look forward to Desautels' continued partnership with the for Cohort 2 in January 2023.

Classified as: Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management (GCHM), hs-communications
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

Congratulations to Master of Management in Finance (MMF) Team 6 students Pascal Audette, Heng Chang, Fenton Garvie, Eugenia Pan and Alexandre Touchette on their win at the 5th MMF Synergy Challenge!

Classified as: David Schumacher, Master of Management in Finance (MMF), Case Competitions and Challenges, experiential learning
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) represent a possible next step in the technological evolution of banking and the financial intermediation sector, with advances in privacy, fraud protection, and efficiency—but their roles and risks on the high-tech path forward are only now becoming clear.

Classified as: delve, Thought Leadership, Katrin Tinn, David Schumacher, Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre, Finance (T)
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

A job description can be pretty different from the job itself. Sometimes this can be because the hiring organization’s needs are evolving, and they are responding to these changes, write ProfessorLisa CohenandPhD candidate Sara Mahabadi in The Conversation. If an organization becomes aware of their evolving needs during the hiring process, it can help to repost the job ad, so they find the candidates that are best aligned with their actual needs.

Classified as: Lisa Cohen, Organizational Behaviour (T)
Published on: 8 Nov 2022

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