/desautels/taxonomy/term/3407/all en /desautels/article/bcom-program-supporting-desautels-master-business-administration-mba-program/homecoming-2023-alumni-return-campus-reconnect-and-reminisce <p>This October, we welcomed alumni from around the world back to campus to celebrate Homecoming 2023—and what a success it was!</p> <p>Homecoming is always a great time to reminisce, expand your network, and reengage with your alma mater and, it was great to see some familiar faces back in town! Between October 19 and 21, the campus truly came alive as McGill Desautels alumni and friends enjoyed a special celebration filled with stories, memories, and plenty of laughs.</p> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:42:28 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 481196 at /desautels /desautels/article/master-business-administration-mba-program-supporting-desautels/reuniting-person-homecoming-2022 <p>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 “in real life.”</p> <p>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! The campus truly came alive in a way it hasn’t in quite some time. The Desautels family of alumni and friends enjoyed a memorable celebration filled with stories, memories, and plenty of laughs with graduates who traveled from around the world.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:39:54 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 87889 at /desautels /desautels/article/supporting-desautels/fetherstonhaugh-family-foundation-recognizes-teaching-excellence-desautels <p>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.</p> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:24:08 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 87891 at /desautels /desautels/article/supporting-desautels/laidley-centre-business-ethics-will-help-foster-ethical-leaders-challenges-future <p>Elizabeth Holmes sold investors on a vision of a machine that could run hundreds of blood tests with a single drop of blood. It is a tantalizing dream that would have revolutionized health care, and Holmes’ company Theranos had a market capitalization of more than $10 billion, at its peak. But there was a problem with Holmes’ product - called the Edison Machine. It didn’t actually work.</p> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:06:52 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 87909 at /desautels /desautels/article/supporting-desautels/giving-time-desautels-students-classroom <p>Emerging markets have risen. Supply chains have gone global. And just about everything has gone digital. In recent decades, the way we do business has changed in profound ways, but even as it has rapidly evolved, the importance of knowledge and experience have remained paramount.</p> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:53:17 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 86908 at /desautels /desautels/article/supporting-desautels/desautels-alumnus-david-laidley-donates-5-million-create-new-centre-business-ethics <div> <div> <div> <div> <p>“We’ve all seen and read about situations where things go sideways because of ethical issues,” says David Laidley, BCom’67. “A company veers off the path a few small steps at a time, and then it gets further and further into the woods.”</p> <p>The Chairman Emeritus of Deloitte LLP retired back in 2007 after a successful 40-year career, but the topic of business ethics never left his mind. He currently sits on several boards, including EMCOR Group Inc. in the U.S. and Canadian Tire Real Estate Investment Trust.</p></div></div></div></div> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:29:45 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 87720 at /desautels /desautels/article/bcom-program-supporting-desautels/honouring-impact-and-legacy-devon-haye <p>Devon Haye (BCom’20) believed that a business can do much more than make money - it can be a powerful force for social good. He refined this vision during his studies for a Bachelor of Commerce at Desautels, and brought it with him during an internship in South Africa and a student exchange at the National University of Singapore. But his strong sense of social justice had its roots in two tiny First Nations communities.</p> Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:07:55 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 84359 at /desautels /desautels/article/desmarais-faculty-scholar-awards-reward-leading-finance-research <h3>Examining different facets of value creation in mutual funds</h3> <h5>Do mutual fund managers create value for investors and the economy, and are they skilled at choosing the right companies to invest in, or not?</h5> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:10:36 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 83119 at /desautels /desautels/article/mba-stories-supporting-desautels/scott-jones-leading-nova-steel-through-transformative-growth-and-supporting-mba-students-next <p>Success, rebuilding and transformation. That’s the story of Montreal-based Nova Steel, a diversified steel manufacturing company with 20 locations in Canada, Mexico, and the United States and $1 billion in annual sales, founded by entrepreneur Bryan Jones in 1979.</p> Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:18:15 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 81778 at /desautels /desautels/article/supporting-desautels/lewtas-office-experiential-teaching-and-learning-will-enhance-educational-opportunities-desautels <p>Management is both a science and an art. There is a lot that you can learn in a classroom, but there are certain things that you can only learn by doing.</p> <p>“<span class="pull-quote">Theory is important. Learning is important. But doing is also very important</span>,” says Dr. Liette Lapointe, an Associate Professor of Information Systems and the Vice-Dean of Programs at the Desautels Faculty of Management.</p> <p>“This generation of students craves that type of life experience, and the new Lewtas Experiential Learning Office will help us give it to them.”</p> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:39:06 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 81173 at /desautels /desautels/article/case-competition-professor-remembered <p>Professor Richard (Dono) George Donovan passed away suddenly on August 3, 2019, but his influence is still felt by countless colleagues, alumni and students, particularly those who participated in his Case Class.</p> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:41:02 +0000 Desautels Communications 81169 at /desautels /desautels/article/benny-cohen-raising-bar-real-world-learning-analytics-and-retail <p>When <b><a href="/desautels/benny-cohen">Benny Cohen</a>, </b>BCom’82, launched KPI Digital – formerly KPI (Knowledge Providers Inc.) – in 2001, he saw an opportunity to provide companies with precisely the kind of analytical information and insights they wanted but weren’t getting from big investments in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software systems.</p> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:49:06 +0000 Mcgill University Advancement 81174 at /desautels /desautels/article/bcom-program-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-mba-stories-supporting-desautels/samira-sakhia-taking-helm-knight-therapeutics-and-supporting-desautels-student-leadership <p><b><a href="/desautels/samira-sakhia">Samira Sakhia</a>, </b>BCom’90, DPA’94, MBA’01, entered the BCom program as a self-described “numbers person” and naturally gravitated towards earning a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation after graduation. “The finance calculations and economic courses came easily for me,” says Sakhia, who gained valuable early experience with Arthur Anderson auditing many different types of industries and companies.</p> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:38:33 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 81086 at /desautels /desautels/article/samer-saab-helping-desautels-mba-students-seize-opportunities <p>For Samer Saab, McGill provided more than an education. His studies in engineering and business were critical steps on his path to founding a successful company. Headquartered in Montreal, Explorance has built an experience management platform that provides feedback solutions to more than a thousand organizations globally, and it counts some of the world’s leading academic institutions among its clients.</p> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 16:25:03 +0000 �㽶��Ƶ Advancement 80846 at /desautels /desautels/article/dobson-cup-winner-transforming-air-travel-people-disabilities <p>Sometimes good ideas arise from a lousy event. When Sandra Gualtieri (BA ’12) flew back from a trip to San Diego, her wheelchair had been broken by the airline. “While everyone else gets to go home, I have to deal with this,” recalls Gualtieri, who has cerebral palsy and requires a wheelchair to get around. She’d endured 12 hours of flight, been awake for the better part of two days, and was utterly exhausted and disheartened.</p> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:48:42 +0000 Desautels Communications 80712 at /desautels