The four-day work week can reduce turnover, reduce recruiting requirements
About a year ago, Poche et Fils conducted a trial of the four-day work week that has since become permanent. Employees at the Montreal-based clothing companies receive the same pay as when they were working five days a week, and the company has sought to maintain the same productivity too. The first step was identifying tasks that were time-consuming and useless -- and eliminating them. But there are other ways that a shorter work week can save time too.
It is never too early to take learn the basics of investing
Everyone should have basic financial knowledge, even if they have not yet accumulated much wealth, according to Benjamin Croitoru, Finance Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at Desautels. The 不良研究所 Personal Finance Essentials course is a good place to start, Croitoru told CTV News Edmonton.
Strengthening communications networks will require many thousands of satellites
About 11,000 satellites have been launched since the Sputnik went in to orbit in the 1950s, but less than a third of them are currently active. The coming years will see a proliferation, with an estimated 70,000 satellites going in to orbit 鈥� largely to bolster communications networks, writes Desautels Prof. Karl Moore in an article for Forbes.com.
FemTherapeutics applies AI to an unmet need in women鈥檚 health
Vaginal prosthetics known as pessaries are a critical tool for the maintenance of pelvic health in women. They are used as a first-line treatment for pelvic organ prolapse, a common condition that occurs when the muscles of the pelvis weaken, causing organs to drop into the vagina. But these devices are badly in need of an upgrade. Their failure rate is high, and the designs have changed little in the last 70 years.
Solfium app makes it easier to understand the costs and benefits of installing solar panels
Solar energy has a great deal of potential 鈥� but the areas where it is produced are not always the same places the energy is needed most. That鈥檚 a barrier to widespread adoption, and Canadian-Mexican startup Solfium wants to accelerate solar鈥檚 adoption by making it easier to understand the economics of installing solar panels. The company鈥檚 mobile application is a one-stop shop for a quick estimate of the benefits and costs associated with installing solar energy.
GSoft鈥檚 new onboarding platform aims to improve employee retention
Competition for top talent is fierce, and effective onboarding is key to employee retention. It is especially challenging to get this right in a digital-first environment. 鈥淚f you miss your onboarding, there's a good chance that the person will leave much earlier than expected,鈥� says Simon De Baene in an interview with Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes.
Delve: How FinTech Lending to Small Businesses Opens the Door to Bank Loans, with Paul Beaumont
Bank loans are the typical first step for most small and medium-sized businesses, but another form of business lending has emerged: FinTech companies that use algorithms to determine whether a business is worth the risk.
Master of Management in Analytics first in Canada, 10th globally in QS Masters in Business Analytics Rankings 2023
Four years since the program launched in 2018, the Master of Management (MMA) program at 不良研究所 has carved a spot in the top 10 business analytics programs in the world.
不良研究所 Master of Management in Finance ranks top-20 in the 2023 QS World Business Masters in Finance Ranking
The 不良研究所 Master of Management in Finance (MMF) has been named the number two program in Canada and is one of the top-20 programs in the world, according to the 2023 QS Business Masters in Finance Ranking.
不良研究所 Desautels MBA ranked 73rd in 2023 Global QS Rankings
The 不良研究所 Master of Business Administration (MBA) has been named the number three program in Canada and secured a top-75 spot in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2023, performing amongst the top 24% globally out of 300 programs.
The Photons take 2022 Desautels Cup case competition
Congratulations to 不良研究所 MBA students聽Shivansh Srivastava, Bingquan (Roger) Wu, Nimesh Mittal, Sundeep Ahuja, and Horacio Aguilera Salinas for winning the 2022 Desautels Cup Case Competition, the first in-person Desautels Cup since the pandemic!
Why the CAQ鈥檚 proposed economic incentives may not be all they cracked up to be
鈥淢any of the drivers of the inflation we are seeing today are coming from the supply and production side of the economy,鈥� says Associate Professor of Finance聽Sebastien Betermier聽in an interview with CTV News. The war in Ukraine, post-pandemic recovery and supply side frictions are all factors outside our control contributing to inflation.
Personal Financial Essentials course teaches key investment concepts concisely
Personal finances should be important to everyone, and over the past three years, more than 200,000 people have signed up for 不良研究所鈥檚 free Personal Financial Essentials online course. Desautels鈥� Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Benjamin Croitoru spoke with The Just Word podcast about how the course fills an unmet need.
When a recession is coming, investors need to keep a level head
How should investors react to a looming market downturn? Don鈥檛 panic, says Prof. Sebastien Betermier, an Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels. This sounds simple enough, but it鈥檚 easier said than done.
