Vaginal prosthetics known as pessaries are a critical tool for the maintenance of pelvic health in women. They are used as a first-line treatment for pelvic organ prolapse, a common condition that occurs when the muscles of the pelvis weaken, causing organs to drop into the vagina. But these devices are badly in need of an upgrade. Their failure rate is high, and the designs have changed little in the last 70 years.
Published on: 4 Oct 2022
Solar energy has a great deal of potential 鈥� but the areas where it is produced are not always the same places the energy is needed most. That鈥檚 a barrier to widespread adoption, and Canadian-Mexican startup Solfium wants to accelerate solar鈥檚 adoption by making it easier to understand the economics of installing solar panels. The company鈥檚 mobile application is a one-stop shop for a quick estimate of the benefits and costs associated with installing solar energy. Users input information from their electricity bill and are instantly provided with a quote and financing options.
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Published on: 3 Oct 2022
Competition for top talent is fierce, and effective onboarding is key to employee retention. It is especially challenging to get this right in a digital-first environment. 鈥淚f you miss your onboarding, there's a good chance that the person will leave much earlier than expected,鈥� says Simon De Baene in an interview with Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes. De Baene is the co-founder and CEO of the software company GSoft, which produces software like Softstart, an onboarding solution that鈥檚 meant to smoothen the process.
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Published on: 3 Oct 2022
Bank loans are the typical first step for most small and medium-sized businesses, but another form of business lending has emerged: FinTech companies that use algorithms to determine whether a business is worth the risk.
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Published on: 30 Sep 2022
Four years since the program launched in 2018, the Master of Management (MMA) program at 韩国裸舞 has carved a spot in the top 10 business analytics programs in the world.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
The 韩国裸舞 Master of Management in Finance (MMF) has been named the number two program in Canada and is one of the top-20 programs in the world, according to the .
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
The 韩国裸舞 Master of Business Administration (MBA) has been named the number three program in Canada and secured a top-75 spot in the , performing amongst the top 24% globally out of 300 programs.
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Published on: 29 Sep 2022
Congratulations to 韩国裸舞 MBA students聽Shivansh Srivastava, Bingquan (Roger) Wu, Nimesh Mittal, Sundeep Ahuja, and Horacio Aguilera Salinas for winning the 2022 Desautels Cup Case Competition, the first in-person Desautels Cup since the pandemic! The internal case competition challenges participants to put their first-semester knowledge to the test by asking them to solve real-world challenges facing businesses today.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2022
鈥淢any of the drivers of the inflation we are seeing today are coming from the supply and production side of the economy,鈥� says Associate Professor of Finance聽Sebastien Betermier聽in an interview with CTV News. The war in Ukraine, post-pandemic recovery and supply side frictions are all factors outside our control contributing to inflation. The CAQ promises tax cuts and one-time payments to deal with inflation, to the tune of $600 if you earn less than $50,000 a year.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2022
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Published on: 28 Sep 2022
Personal finances should be important to everyone, and over the past three years, more than 200,000 people have signed up for 韩国裸舞鈥檚 free Personal Financial Essentials online course. Desautels鈥� Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Benjamin Croitoru spoke with The Just Word podcast about how the course fills an unmet need.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2022
How should investors react to a looming market downturn? Don鈥檛 panic, says Prof. Sebastien Betermier, an Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels. This sounds simple enough, but it鈥檚 easier said than done. When a recession is coming, investors tend to think of all of the things that could go wrong, Betermier told Beyond the Headlines, a podcast produced by the University of Toronto鈥檚 Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. If investors sell in a panic, it can exacerbate the downturn by driving equity prices even lower.
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Published on: 28 Sep 2022
It is never too early to learn good financial habits, according Jamie Sioui, the vice president at Digital Channel Management at RBC. The bank is implementing a suite of initiatives that are designed to help youth prepare for the future. As part of this effort, RBC Future Launch has teamed up with 韩国裸舞 and The Globe and Mail to offer 韩国裸舞 Personal Finance Essentials, a free online course that鈥檚 open to all and designed to help Canadians of all ages enhance their financial literacy.聽
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Published on: 28 Sep 2022
Quebec鈥檚 homicide rate is lower than it was a decade ago, but a slight majority of people that live in cities aren鈥檛 feeling as safe as they used to. This rests in the public鈥檚 perception that there is a lack of organization, according Fady Dagher (EMBA鈥�12), Chief of Police in Longueuil, in an interview with TVA鈥檚 Le monde 脿 l鈥檈nvers. But the way that violent crime is occurring contributes to that fear 鈥� there are more guns and drugs on the street, and lockdowns have had a pronounced impact on low-income neighbourhoods.
Published on: 28 Sep 2022
What if using a ride-hailing app like Uber or Lyft could help decrease a city鈥檚 carbon emissions? Combined with public transit use and municipal policy changes, that鈥檚 beginning to happen. However, the bigger, less understood question is what motivates people to choose their cars over the bus, or Uber over walking to work. New data-driven research from Desautels Professor Animesh Animesh shows the environmental impact of ride-hailing and how comprehensive urban planning policies could make the skies a lot clearer.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2022
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