Desautels MBA student takes top spot at Deloitte case competition
Congratulations to McGill student Yuan Chu Zi Lao (MBA’21) on her first-place win at the recent Deloitte Impact Case Competition. The competition kicked off at the Deloitte offices in Montreal on November 22, where eight teams were formed, and the case was presented to students. Yuan was grouped with McGill engineering student Dante Nesparoli and […]
Desautels MBA students win first place in ethical case competition
From November 21–23, twelve teams from across Canada participated in the Scotiabank Ethics in Action case competition at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Desautels MBA students Ajay Singh, Matthew Trecha, Yasmien Emara, and Ashna Agnihotri scored first place in the graduate category, taking home a cash prize of $2,000. The competition challenged students with complex ethical […]
Consumers show a rising interest in retail events
As we see a growing interest in retail events, retailers are tasked with the challenge of finding new and exciting ways to draw in customers. The expansion of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales into a week-long event indicates that the retail industry is showing no signs of slowing down. Joining CTV News, Professor Saibal […]
Finding the Silver Lining of Workplace Interruptions
How task relevance and mindfulness can help you stay on track and boost your effectiveness You’re at work drafting an important marketing analysis for a health care app. A message indicator slides across your screen: The photocopier is down. Another: Your dog walker is sick. Now an e-mail prompt: A public health official has forwarded […]
How to Keep Suppliers Honest—Instead of Allowing them Every Opportunity not to Be
Choosing the right contract structure can incentivize suppliers to deliver higher quality products Supply chains went global long ago, but effectively monitoring product quality in distant factories is a challenge that companies are still working to overcome. Language barriers and an unfamiliar regulatory landscape can make it difficult to know exactly what’s happening during the […]
Walking Away Rather Than Blowing the Whistle
Higher turnover among boards of directors is linked to corporate fraud, a new study proves Over the past two decades, a number of high-profile cases of financial reporting fraud among large firms (Enron, XEROX, and AOL, among others) have led governments and regulators to question how effective existing oversight structures—including boards of directors—are at preventing […]
Facing the Climate Challenge: Taking Significant Actions in Business and Government
With Mike Gerbis, CEO of The Delphi Group & GLOBE Series and Professor Paola Perez-Aleman Can we avoid a climate change catastrophe while still pursuing poverty alleviation and prosperity for all? Mike Gerbis, CEO of The Delphi Group and GLOBE Series and Professor Paola Perez-Aleman of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management share insights on […]
