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Corporate social responsibility disclosures have benefits, but also come with costs

Published: 6 November 2024

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures can enhance a company’s public image and contribute to increased sales. However, these benefits may come at a cost. In a study analyzing CSR...

Companies launched at Â鶹AV enrich Quebec’s research ecosystem

Published: 6 November 2024

In 2023, Â鶹AV launched 28 research-based startup companies—all headquartered in Quebec. This is the highest number among universities in North America, according to AUTM, a Washington, DC-based...

Undergraduate alum named Deputy Chancellor of Â鶹AV

Published: 6 November 2024

Cynthia Price Verreault (BCom’82) has been appointed Â鶹AV’s first Deputy Chancellor. In this new role, she will support the Chancellor, President, and Board of Governors. Throughout her two-year...

For hedge funds, trade volumes have a substantial effect on investment returns

Published: 6 November 2024

The timing of stock trades can be as important as the choice of equities to buy or sell. When trading volume is low, large purchases can drive up a stock’s price, raising costs for the trader. A...

Employers judge job candidates – but it isn’t a one-way street

Published: 6 November 2024

Job seekers put their resumes out there to be judged by potential employers, but the evaluation goes both ways, says Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Â鶹AV Desautels....

Provost awards 28 Â鶹AV professors with distinguished awards

Published: 3 July 2024

Â鶹AV honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James Â鶹AV Professor, James Â鶹AV Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.

Retail Gen AI Hackathon is one part of ALDO Group’s artificial intelligence efforts

Published: 25 July 2024

Generative artificial intelligence promises to transform the way business is done, but in most industries, it’s still unclear exactly how it will be used. Footwear retailer ALDO is working with...

Two Â鶹AV Desautels graduates named to 2024 MBAs to Watch by Poets & Quants

Published: 3 September 2024

Poets & Quants has named its MBAs to Watch list for 2024, and two Desautels graduates have made the cut! The magazine and website asks business schools to nominate some of their top students...

Elliot Lifson granted lifetime membership to Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board (DIAAB)

Published: 16 October 2024

For nearly 20 years, Elliot Lifson, C.M., O.Q., has played an important role in uplifting the Â鶹AV Desautels community as a professor of practice and a member of both the Bensadoun School of...

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