Desautels students create dashboard to track COVID-19 cases in Canada
McGill Desautels students Venkatesh Chandra and Ramy Hammam recently developed an analytics-based COVID-19 dashboard to monitor cases across Canada in an effort to combat the spread of panic and misinformation.聽
Professor Cohen wins early career award for operations management research
Maxime Cohen, Associate Professor of Retail Management and Operations Management at the Desautels Faculty of Management, has been awarded the Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Accomplishments Award. This award was given by the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
Delve: Converting Commuters into Carpoolers
Congestion pricing policies, carpool lanes, and new light rail train or subway infrastructure are all expensive, long-term ways for governments to battle traffic. A simpler solution, focused on human behaviour more than infrastructure, is convincing people to carpool.
Value of Audit for Supply Chains with Hidden Action and Information
Authors:聽Mohammad Nikoofal, Mehmet Gumus
Publication: European Journal of Operational Research, Forthcoming
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Queen鈥檚 and McGill partner up through the Conflict Analytics Lab
Two of Canada鈥檚 most storied universities have joined forces to apply cutting-edge technology to the legal profession.
The Queen鈥檚 University Faculty of Law and the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 have partnered to advance the work of the Conflict Analytics Lab, a research lab that will widen access to justice using technology.
Delve: Optimizing Oversight for Improved Project Delivery
Holding someone accountable is no simple undertaking. Oversight is a necessary part of doing business but it鈥檚 cumbersome, requires resources, and is riddled with paperwork.
Professor Saibal Ray publishes new book
In his new book Channel Strategies and Marketing Mix in a Connected World, Professor Saibal Ray puts the spotlight on how the digitalization of the retail channel affects consumers, products, and sustainability.
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Supply Competition under Quality Scores: Motivations, Information Sharing and Credibility
Authors:聽Hedayat Alibeiki, Mehmet Gumus
Publication: International Journal of Production Economics, Forthcoming
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Evaluation of the allocation performance in a fashion retail chain using data envelopment analysis
Authors: He Huang, Shanling Li & Yu Yu
Publication: The Journal of the Textile Institute, Vol. 110, Issue 6, Pages 901-910, 2019
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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.
Bensadoun School on the rising popularity of Black Friday sales
For many stores, Black Friday is now a week-long sale catering to the needs of both online and in-store shoppers. Professor Saibal Ray talks to Global News about the rising popularity of Black Friday sales and how the Bensadoun School of Retail Management is preparing the next generation of retailers to enhance the customer鈥檚 journey.
Community treatment order outcomes in Quebec 鈥� a unique jurisdiction
Authors: Daniel Frank, Fan E, Angelos Georghiou, and Vedat Verter
Publication: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Forthcoming
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Making legal work accessible with AI
Professor Maxime Cohen has partnered with Professor Samuel Dahan, Director of the Conflict Analytics Lab, to support the development of an AI-powered dispute resolution tool that will provide legal predictions and negotiation support for self-represented litigants.
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Professor Maxime Cohen鈥檚 work recognized at 2019 INFORMS conference
At the 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Professor Maxime Cohen, with co-authors Ruben Lobel and Georgia Perakis, was awarded the Best Operations Management Paper in Management Science Award within the past three years for their paper 鈥淭he Impact of Demand Uncertainty on Consumer Subsidies for Green Technology Adoption鈥�.
Delve: How to Keep Suppliers Honest鈥擨nstead of Allowing them Every Opportunity not to Be
New research from Prof Mehmet Gumus explores聽the challenges that companies face when monitoring product quality in distant factories, and how choosing the right contract structure can incentivize suppliers to deliver higher quality products.
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