Cryptocurrencies have always been volatile, but they have also generated some very impressive returns. Even large pension funds got in on the action, and some of them have been burned. By investing in the crypto exchange FTX, the Ontario Teachers鈥� Pension Plan (OTPP) hoped to avoid the risk of investing in individual cryptocurrencies. But that backfired spectacularly when FTX collapsed, and OTPP recently wrote down its entire $95 million (USD) investment.
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Published on: 2 Dec 2022
When most people apply for jobs, they expect the job description to match the job that will be filled. But between the interview and the actual hiring, job duties sometimes evolve. At a time when many people are making career changes and employers are facing uncertainties and struggling to find employees, understanding why jobs change is crucial.
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Published on: 1 Dec 2022
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participant Megan Robertson (BCom'21, GCPA'22) has been named to the Honour Roll of the
Published on: 30 Nov 2022
In 2018, when the Fetherstonhaugh family envisioned an award to recognize and reward teaching excellence, they hoped for great teachers and at the Desautels Faculty of Management extraordinary teachers emerged. As the recipient of the 2022 Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Programs, Prof. of Practice Sujata Madan engages with students in a way that promotes and accelerates their classroom and lifelong learning.
Published on: 29 Nov 2022
Gerry Schwartz founded Onex Corporation in 1984, and after nearly four decades at the helm, he grew the company in to one of Canada鈥檚 largest private equity and venture capital firms. Now, Schwartz is stepping down as Onex鈥檚 CEO. Schwartz is a big thinker and helped change Bay Street鈥檚 attitude to be a little more like New York, said Associate Professor Karl Moore in an interview with BNN Bloomberg.
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Published on: 25 Nov 2022
How would definitions of business growth and success change if entrepreneurship ventures decided that instead of scaling up, they would 鈥渟cale deep鈥�? While scaling up allows an organization to pursue fast expansion with goals of going national or global, scaling deep lets an organization pursue enduring growth and sustainability anchored to its original location.
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Published on: 24 Nov 2022
On November 14, the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics hosted students, faculty, staff, donors, alumni and friends of 9I制作厂免费 Desautels for the official launch of the Centre.
The Laidley Centre for Business Ethics will serve as a hub for 9I制作厂免费 researchers across disciplines, from law and religion to economics and engineering, to work toward solutions for the most pressing ethical issues of our time.
Published on: 23 Nov 2022
This October, we were pleased to celebrate our first in-person Homecoming since 2019, a terrific occasion for us to re-engage with our alumni 鈥渋n real life.鈥� Homecoming is always a great time to reminisce, expand your network, and to reengage with your alma mater and it was great to be back in person! Read on to hear about what went on at Desautels, and save the date for next year's Homecoming!
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Published on: 23 Nov 2022
In 2018, leukemia survivor Mai Duong founded Swab the World, a foundation that educates people about the lack of diversity among stem cell donors, the initiative is getting an assist from MMA Gives, a campaign that gives non-profits, SMEs and NGOs the opportunity to work with Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) students to help meet their analytics goals.
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Published on: 21 Nov 2022
The 9I制作厂免费 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship helps startups launch their innovative ideas and, along with the Office of Innovation and Partnerships (I+P)'s 9I制作厂免费 Innovation Fund (MIF), supports the 9I制作厂免费 community in ideation, validation, acceleration and fundraising.
Published on: 21 Nov 2022
When does deviance from the norm propel a career or stop it in its tracks? Call it law-breaking or call it creative license, in creative industries and occupations, intellectual property concerns can make or break reputations, careers, and companies. Ask the creators themselves whether something is deviant, illegal, or illegitimate and the answers aren鈥檛 simply yes or no, they鈥檙e varying shades of grey. In the electronic dance music community, for one, the enforcement of certain norms and legalities around intellectual property isn鈥檛 always up to the law鈥攊t鈥檚 up to the community.
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Published on: 18 Nov 2022
The Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC) conference in Toronto aims to create connections and catalyze deals between the innovators, dealmakers and changemakers who are driving retail forward. The Bensadoun School of Retail Management was well represented at this year鈥檚 three-day expo and networking event, which was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
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Published on: 17 Nov 2022
The R茅seau du Sport 脡tudiant du Quebec (RSEQ) named its rugby all-star teams for 2022, and Desautels鈥� Martin Laval was among the selections. Laval is a third-year management student, and was named to the Second Team All-Stars. He was one of seven 9I制作厂免费 players recognized for their play this season, and ranked ninth in the league in scoring, with 36 points in seven games. Congratulations, Martin!
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Published on: 17 Nov 2022
The return of mass air travel has encountered some turbulence, to say the least. Lengthy delays and lost luggage are ubiquitous, even as air travellers often pay a premium for flights. At least 240 WestJet flights were recently cancelled as a result of a system outage caused by a computer problem at a data centre, and when delays like this occur, airlines are less able to cope with them than they were in pre-COVID times. They are understaffed, and overwhelmed.
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Published on: 17 Nov 2022
Many households are heavily, or even exclusively, invested in real estate. That鈥檚 a lot of聽money to have tied up in a single type of investment, but people don鈥檛 think of houses聽like other investments, according to research from Associate Professor聽Sebastien Betermier. Whether聽they appreciate or not, they can still give you shelter, and some investors consider this聽more valuable than portfolio diversification.
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Published on: 14 Nov 2022
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