/channels/taxonomy/term/11088/all en /channels/channels/event/hybrid-fostering-industry-university-partnerships-workshop-359754 <p>McGill Engine is pleased to announce that the workshop entitled <b><u>Fostering Industry-University Partnerships</u></b> will be offered this <b><u>Fall</u></b>!</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:27:47 +0000 webfull 202759 at /channels /channels/channels/event/hybrid-fostering-industry-university-partnerships-workshop-355155 <p>McGill Engine is pleased to announce that the <strong>Fostering Industry-University Partnerships workshop</strong> will be offered in Winter 2024!</p> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:09:15 +0000 webfull 197438 at /channels /channels/channels/event/application-deadline-dipierro-innovation-fellowship-347305 <h2><strong>Application deadline is April 2nd, 2023@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of May 1, 2023. </strong></h2> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:46:02 +0000 webfull 188512 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-us-travel-ban-265473 <p><em>The information below is outdated, you'll find a new version <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/experts-new-us-travel-ban-order-270594">here</a>.</em></p> <p>***</p> <p>Here are some McGill professors available to comment on the US Executive order that suspends the U.S. Refugee �㽶��Ƶ Program for 120 days and suspends entry by citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days:</p> Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:49:08 +0000 webfull 128968 at /channels /channels/news/problem-insider-obsession-237262 <p><span>If investors needed another reason to distrust the stock market, here’s a doozy. A study by a trio of researchers in the U.S. and Canada into </span><span>insider trading</span><span> found that one-quarter of the big merger and acquisition (M&A) deals over a 15-year period—roughly 460 transactions in total—may have seen people profiting on information before it was public.</span></p> Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:41:35 +0000 webfull 103392 at /channels /channels/news/millennials-work-purpose-not-paycheck-239359 <p><span>Article by <strong>Karl Moore</strong> and Sienna Zampino</span></p> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:25:08 +0000 webfull 105717 at /channels /channels/news/fall-berlin-wall%E2%80%94-triumph-capitalism-240013 <p><span>The Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago; hence we are now hearing a good deal about it. We are not, however, hearing much about the adverse impact this has been having on so many lives ever since. While the collapse of the wall freed the East Berliners of the shackles of communism, vast numbers of people around the world have since been shackled by another dogma, thanks to a misunderstanding of what brought that wall down. </span></p> Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:43:15 +0000 webfull 106410 at /channels /channels/news/expert-israel-whats-happening-two-state-solution-266440 <p>"Palestinians reacted with anger and bafflement on Wednesday after the Trump administration apparently backed away from insisting that having two states — one for Israelis, one for Palestinians — was the only viable solution to the decades-long Middle East conflict." (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/world/middleeast/trump-israel-two-state-solution.html">New York Times</a>)</p> <blockquote> <p><em>"The peace process has been moribund. Trump and Netanyahu have shaken it up but the implications are hard to anticipate."</em><br /> ​—Harold Waller</p></blockquote> Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:01:19 +0000 webfull 125571 at /channels /channels/news/nine-habits-leaders-need-break-237083 <p><span>“Keep learning” is the mantra of modern management. You have to keep up with the constant stream of new information, new technology, new paradigms – new everything. But sometimes one of the keys to progress is “unlearning.” Dumping old skills and habits is often more valuable than learning new ones. Here’s my list of the top things that managers need to unlearn immediately.</span></p> Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:46:14 +0000 webfull 103254 at /channels /channels/news/third-annual-optionmetrics-research-conference-brings-together-international-academia-financial-prof-239097 <p><span>OptionMetrics, a leading source for quality historical option price data, tools and analytics, has announced the upcoming </span><a href="http://www.optionmetrics.com/ouc2014.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">OptionMetrics Research Conference (ORC2014)</a><span>. The conference will be held on </span><span>October 20</span><span>th</span><span> at Convene, located at 810 Seventh Avenue in Times Square.  It will bring together financial professionals and researchers from academia and business to share ideas and increase understanding of the options markets. </span></p> Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:13:51 +0000 webfull 105457 at /channels /channels/news/talking-management-professor-karl-moore-need-innovative-ideas-then-tap-your-board-members%E2%80%99-expertise-239843 <p>This is <strong>Karl Moore</strong> of the Desautels Faculty of Management at �㽶��Ƶ with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to Michael Useem [a management professor] from the Wharton Business School.</p> <p>So Mike, you do a lot of research on boards, how can boards help with innovation?</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/management/transcript-need-innovative-ideas-then-tap-into-your-board-members-expertise/article21355056/" target="_blank">The Globe and Mail,</a> October 28, 2014</p> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:27:28 +0000 webfull 106247 at /channels /channels/news/spotlight-dr-jaswant-guzder-and-dr-jens-pruessner-241586 <p><span>In this edition of Spotlight, we would like to congratulate Dr. Jaswant Guzder and Dr. Jens Pruessner for their promotion to the rank of Full Professor.</span></p> Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:56:52 +0000 webfull 108015 at /channels /channels/news/talking-management-tips-ensure-you-hire-givers-not-takers-238746 <p><span>This is </span><strong>Karl Moore</strong><span> of the Desautels Faculty of Management at �㽶��Ƶ, talking management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to [management professor] Adam Grant from the Wharton School [at the University of Pennsylvania].</span></p> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:40:52 +0000 webfull 105118 at /channels /channels/news/boom-and-bust-feds-rental-society-239608 <p><span>Article By <strong>Reuven Brenner </strong></span><br /><br /><span>Now, as during World War II and up to 1951, the US Federal Reserve practiced what is now called quantitative easing (QE). Then, as now, nominal interest rates were low and the real ones negative: The Fed’s policy did not so much induce investments as it allowed the government to accumulate debts, and prevent default. </span></p> <p><span>... Reuven Brenner<b> </b>holds the Repap Chair at �㽶��Ƶ’s Desautels Faculty of Management. The article draws on his Force of Finance (2002). </span></p> Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:54:05 +0000 webfull 105986 at /channels /channels/news/cbcs-hubert-lacroix-relationships-and-his-vision-public-broadcaster-240184 <p>Hubert Lacroix, president and CEO of Canadian Broadcasting Corp. was interviewed by <strong>Karl Moore</strong>, associate professor at �㽶��Ƶ’s Desautels faculty of management before the allegations about CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi surfaced; the subject was not addressed.</p> <p>... Below is an edited excerpt of their conversation. For the full interview, tune into CJAD 800 AM, on Friday at 7 p.m. or Sunday at 8 p.m.</p> <p><strong>Karl Moore</strong>: Hubert, what is the vision of the CBC today? Is it different than 10 years ago, let’s say?</p> Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:26:47 +0000 webfull 106605 at /channels