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Canada鈥檚 Bensadoun Becomes Billionaire Selling Aldo Shoes

Tanya Graber, a resident of Switzerland, researched fashion retailer Aldo on the Internet before her vacation to New York City.

鈥淲e saw these handbags and we wanted to buy these handbags,鈥� Graber said, gesturing to the camel-colored leather model on the checkout counter at the company鈥檚 store on Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

... The retailer has a value of $1.7 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, making Aldo鈥檚 executive chairman, Aldo Bensadoun (BCom'64, LLD'12), a billionaire.

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Published on: 11 Apr 2014

LG Electronics changes tack for smartwatch battle with Samsung

Wearable devices are just starting to take off and global electronics companies are racing to release smartwatches ahead of rivals to capture a bigger slice of the emerging next-generation market.

... LG plans to introduce a smartwatch jointly developed with Google. The G Watch will be released sometime between April and June this year. President Park Jong-seok (IMPM'07)聽of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company said that the opportunity to work with Google "was the perfect chance for LG to really pull out all stops in both design and engineering."

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Published on: 24 Mar 2014

What I Learned This Week: Here Are The Crayons

Since January, I've been teaching a somewhat different type of course at 9I制作厂免费. While saddled with the unfortunate standard curriculum name "Marketing and Society," the class is anything but.

... When I first put this course together, I had a discussion with two academics I respect immensely, Prof. Morty Yalovsky of 9I制作厂免费 (who used to be MY stats prof in my undergrad years) and Prof. Pete McGraw of the University of Colorado at Boulder (and co-author of the upcoming book "The Humor Code").聽

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Published on: 24 Mar 2014

Montreal Firm Formula Growth Makes Donation to Four Business Schools

Montreal-based investment firm Formula Growth Ltd. is hoping its $1.1-million gift to four business schools on Monday will inspire other private companies to help out the province鈥檚 struggling universities.

... Four Quebec business schools 鈥� Concordia University鈥檚 John Molson School of Business, 9I制作厂免费鈥檚聽Desautels Faculty of Management, Bishop鈥檚 University and HEC Montr茅al 鈥� got a much-needed private injection of funds with the $1.1-million donation, which is intended to foster entrepreneurship and innovative learning environments.

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Published on: 2 Apr 2014

Darren Entwistle to Step Aside as Telus CEO, President But Remain as Executive Chairman

Darren Entwistle (MBA'88)聽is stepping down as chief executive of Telus, but his influence in running the company he built from a regional telephone service into a $25-billion national wireless player will remain.

... 9I制作厂免费 professor聽Karl Moore聽said most CEOs leave after six to 10 years and don鈥檛 stick around as long as Entwistle.

鈥淚t may be a little long, but I wouldn鈥檛 be too critical of it because of the kind of change he has brought to Telus in the time that he has been there and been in charge,鈥� he said.

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Published on: 2 Apr 2014

Malaysia Airlines : message de condol茅ances

L鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费 tient 脿 offrir ses plus sinc猫res condol茅ances aux parents et amis des passagers du vol MH370 de Malaysia Airlines, 脿 bord duquel se trouvaient Muktesh聽Mukherjee (MBA'98), dipl么m茅 de 9I制作厂免费 芒g茅 de 42聽ans, et son 茅pouse Xiaomo Bai, 37聽ans.

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Published on: 24 Mar 2014

Malaysian Airlines: message of condolences

9I制作厂免费 wishes to express its deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of the passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, who included 9I制作厂免费 graduate Muktesh Mukherjee (MBA'98), 42, and his wife Xiaomo Bai, 37.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced today that according to data analysis, the plane crashed into the Southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 passengers. The plane, which was heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on March 8.

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Published on: 24 Mar 2014

Woulfe Mining Appoints Michel Gaucher as Chief Executive Officer

Woulfe Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of聽Michel Gaucher (MBA'69)聽as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Gaucher replaces Hubert Marleau as CEO although Mr. Marleau remains a member of the Company's Board of Directors. The Company wishes to extend its gratitude to Mr. Marleau for his tenure as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

... Michel holds a Bachelor of Arts from College Stanislas, a Bachelor of Science from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, an MBA from 9I制作厂免费 and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Montreal.

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Published on: 19 Mar 2014

Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian on How to Change the World with a Little Code and Some Internet

Alexis Ohanian is many things: a dedicated entrepreneur who is an ambassador for the prestigious Y Combinator program he graduated from; a political and social web activist; the founder of Reddit; the author of Without their Permission; and as it turns out, extraordinarily tall.

Thanks to the McHacks organizing committee, and 9I制作厂免费鈥檚聽Desautels Faculty of Management, he came to speak to a jam-packed room in the center of Montreal.

-Article by聽Roger Huang (BCom'13)聽

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Published on: 19 Mar 2014

Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Jennifer Heil Makes It a Perfect Day

Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 9I制作厂免费 speaks to Canadian freestyle skier Jennifer Heil (BCom'13), one of Canada鈥檚 great Olympic athletes.

Read full transcript: , February 18, 2014聽

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Published on: 17 Feb 2014

Henry Mintzberg鈥檚 Un-MBA Management Program

Lili Hall (IMPM'13) came across the International Masters Program in Practicing Management (IMPM) by chance. She had considered MBA programs before, but the standard options seemed too formulaic. 鈥淓very time I looked at the curriculum, I鈥檇 get sad,鈥� she says. As the founder and CEO of KNOCK, inc., a creative agency, Hall had already enjoyed a lot of professional success. She wasn鈥檛 looking to switch industries or climb the corporate ladder. 鈥淔or me, it was very personal,鈥� she explains. 鈥淚 wanted to be challenged personally, and obviously professionally.鈥澛�

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Published on: 28 Feb 2014

Canus se redresse et se (re)lance aux 脡tats-Unis

C鈥檈st connu, les plans d鈥檃ffaires se d茅roulent rarement comme pr茅vu. Les entrepreneurs qui s鈥檈n sortent sont capables de se r茅inventer. Parlez-en 脿 la direction de Canus qui, en 2004, avait un chiffre d鈥檃ffaires de 19 millions de dollars. Dix ans plus tard, il est de鈥� 15 M$. C鈥檈st ce qui est arriv茅 脿 Andr茅 Beauregard (EMBA'14), qui compte maintenant doubler ses ventes chez les d茅taillants am茅ricains.

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Published on: 17 Feb 2014

Rami Aslan Appointed as T眉rk Telekom CEO

T眉rk Telekom, the leading communications and convergence technology company in Turkey, announces the restructuring of its leadership by combining the roles of the Group CEO and the General Manager into a single CEO position. Rami Aslan (BCom'94, MBA'97), who has been serving on the board of T眉rk Telekom and as CEO of Oger Telecom, is appointed as CEO of T眉rk Telekom as of December 10, 2013. In addition to his current roles, he will be appointed as a member of T眉rk Telekom Executive Committee and member of the boards of Avea and TTNet.

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Published on: 18 Dec 2013

La collaboration en entreprise, une tendance qui est l脿 pour rester? Genevi猫ve Rossier et Marie-Jos茅e Lareau aux Grands Communicateurs le 27 novembre

Tr猫s tendance dans les organisations aujourd'hui, la collaboration est pr茅sent茅e dans les 茅coles de gestion comme un facteur de cr茅ation de valeur en entreprise, une qualit茅 essentielle pour tout gestionnaire moderne qui se respecte.

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Published on: 2 Dec 2013

Des projets dans la Ville reine

Ing茅nieure en b芒timent, Nadine L茅onard (EMBA'11) a 茅t茅 promue vice-pr茅sidente r茅gionale l'an dernier chez Pomerleau. Fra卯chement install茅e 脿 Toronto, on lui a confi茅 le mandat d'y g茅rer le nouveau bureau de l'entreprise qu茅b茅coise de construction.

芦J'avais un vif int茅r锚t 脿 conqu茅rir un nouveau march茅, 脿 traverser la barri猫re culturelle pour que l'entreprise puisse prendre de l'essor et diversifier ses activit茅s, affirme-t-elle. Je venais d'ailleurs de terminer mon m茅moire de ma卯trise sur le d茅veloppement de Pomerleau en terres nord-am茅ricaines.禄

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Published on: 2 Dec 2013

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