Creating innovation capabilities for improving global health: Inventing technology for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil
Authors: Paola Perez-Aleman and Tommaso Ferretti
Publication: Journal of International Business Policy, Forthcoming Published Online First (Open Access) September 2022
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RBC faces Competition Bureau inquiry for greenwashing
RBC has positioned itself as a champion of clean economic growth 鈥� but has continued to finance fossil fuel industry, according to a complaint filed with Canada鈥檚 Competition Bureau. The Bureau has opened an inquiry into greenwashing at Canada鈥檚 largest bank, but that鈥檚 only the first step according to Dror Etzion, Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization at Desautels.
The best managers balance the science and the art of management
MBAs have their advocates 鈥� and their detractors. Over the years, the MBA has suffered from comparisons with professional degrees that have more defined outcomes, like medicine and law. But management is part art and part science, and an overemphasis on the science side is partly to blame for this perception. As evidence of this, MBA News cites the work of Desautels Prof.
Professor Kim awarded SSHRC Insight Grant
Congratulations to Anna Kim,聽Associate Professor in Strategy & Organization, and Sustainability, who was awarded a聽2022 SSHRC Insight Grant
鈥淩esilience and Impact of Social Enterprises鈥�
Delve: Lessons on Economic Growth from the Informal Economy, with Robert Nason
What does the word 鈥渆ntrepreneurship鈥� immediately bring to mind? Risk and reward, innovation and hard work, funding and financial growth, filling gaps in the market? In truth, that answer looks different around the world, in both formal and informal economies, depending on how the local, state, and national economies function and on how the culture views business ownership.
Delve: Striking a New Balance in Management and Society, with Henry Mintzberg and Saku Mantere
How has management thinking changed in the past 50 years and where might management be headed today? In his research and writing, Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Henry Mintzberg covers not only the past 50 years but looks toward the future of managing organizations, developing managers, and rebalancing society, from business to politics to higher education.
Paolo Leone and Profs Mantere and Faraj's paper is Best Article Finalist
Congratulations to聽Paolo V. Leone, Saku Mantere and Samer Faraj, whose paper聽鈥淥pen Theorizing in Management and Organization Studies鈥� has been named Best Article Finalist聽by the聽Academy of Management (AOM).
Prof. Faraj named CTO 2022 Distinguished Scholar
Congratulations to Samer Faraj,聽Professor in Strategy and Organization, who has been聽named CTO 2022 Distinguished Scholar by the Communication, Digital Technology and Organization - CTO聽(A Division of the Academy of Management - AOM).
The implications for research on carbon labels
Author:聽Dror Etzion
Publication:聽Nature Climate Change, Correspondence article, Published online 04 August, 2022
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Delve: Managing Ourselves Out of Climate Change
As heatwaves increase around the world and weather patterns become even more unpredictable, top researchers at McGill鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management are finding novel solutions to the climate crisis鈥攕olutions that link multiple industries, regulatory bodies, leaders, entrepreneurs, workers, and consumers. Because the only way forward is together.
Prof Anna Kim's paper wins 2022 鈥淩esponsible Research in Management鈥� Award
Congratulations to Anna Kim,聽Associate Professor in Strategy & Organization, whose paper聽"No time like the present: How a present time perspective can foster sustainable development鈥� is the winner of the聽2022 鈥淩esponsible Research in Management鈥� Award, sponsored by the Academy of Management (AOM) Fellows and co-sponsored by Responsible Research in Business and Management.聽
Prof Daphne Demetry鈥檚 paper wins 2022 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award
Congratulations to聽Daphne Demetry,聽Assistant Professor of Strategy & Organization, whose paper "The New Food Truck In Town: Geographic Communities and Authenticity-Based Entrepreneurship" won the聽2022 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award by the Industry Studies Association (ISA).
Desautels鈥� event highlights innovative research and recognizes scholars
On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars.聽
Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.
Poets&Quants recognizes Professor Robert Nason in 2022 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors list
The influential business school news site Poets&Quants has named Professor Robert Nason to its annual Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors list. The outlet annually recognizes professors under the age of 40 who are masters in the classroom, influence business and policy, are prolific researchers and have demonstrated meaningful impact on their fields.
The International Masters for Health Leadership students analyze health care systems for lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic demanded a rapid response from health care systems around the world. This revealed both strengths and weaknesses鈥揳nd now there is an opportunity to examine the experience for lessons about the future. The International Masters for Health Leadership is doing exactly that.
