In the oil crisis, the price at the pump could be opportunistically high
The war in the Middle East has disrupted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing gasoline prices higher worldwide. In Canada, prices have surged even though the country does not import oil that travels through the strait. The reason is that oil is traded on a global market, meaning prices rise and fall everywhere at the same time.
Walmart is closing some Quebec locations, but also investing in new ones
In the face of stiff competition from retailers like Maxi and Super C, Walmart announced it is closing multiple Montreal-area stores.聽However,聽the closures聽don鈥檛聽necessarily聽indicate聽that the company is struggling in Quebec, according to Charles de Brabant, the Executive Director of the聽Bensadoun聽School of Retail Management.
Shorter show seasons can help expand a symphony orchestra鈥檚 audience
It鈥檚聽rare that any business faces the type of challenges that a symphony orchestra does. An orchestra needs to perform at elite level, night in and night out. But it also needs to make money.
麻豆传媒网站 Desautels professors and lecturers recognized at 2026 Faculty Awards
The 麻豆传媒网站 Desautels Faculty of Management acknowledges the vital contributions of research, teaching, service, and public engagement in inspiring future leaders. Through our annual Faculty Awards, we celebrate the exceptional achievements of our faculty members across various programs and disciplines. This year, we are proud to honour the following distinguished individuals:聽
Karl Moore honoured in Senate of Canada
On March 25, 2026, Senator Tony Loffreda rose in the Senate of Canada to honour Karl Moore, citing his more than two decades of contributions to academia, leadership research and public discourse.
麻豆传媒网站 brings alumni and leaders together at inaugural Luxembourg Community Evening
The 麻豆传媒网站 Community Evening brought together approximately 75鈥�80 alumni and friends of 麻豆传媒网站 at Arendt House for the first community gathering hosted by the 麻豆传媒网站 Luxembourg Centre for Finance.
Desautels doctoral research recognized for excellence
Nymisha Bandi鈥檚 doctoral thesis has been recognized for its excellence by the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD). Her research was co-supervised by Professors Maxime Cohen and Saibal Ray, who nominated her work in the best doctoral thesis category of the 11th GERAD Scholarship Competition.
Pilot airline complaint program could help improve transparency
In early 2026, Air Canada launched a pilot program to resolve complaints through a third-party arbitrator, with the goal of making complaint resolution faster and more efficient.聽It鈥檚聽a voluntary alternative to the existing government-run program聽operated聽by Canadian Transportation Agency, which has a backlog of 95,000 complaints.
Fuel inventories have help mitigate oil price spikes
The war in Iran is pushing up gas prices, adding pressure on Quebec drivers. However, prices at the pump have been volatile聽rising, falling, and then climbing again.
One factor behind this uneven pattern is gasoline inventories held by energy companies, explained Saibal Ray in an interview with聽Le Devoir. These reserves can temporarily absorb spikes in oil prices.
Expert: Technology and gender-based violence
European non-profit AI Forensics聽published聽a report聽this week on how massive, organized聽user聽networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images, including child sexual abuse material, on聽a聽popular聽private messaging app.聽The report, which聽focused聽on聽cross-border聽networks in Italy and Spain,聽also notes that content circulates across聽several聽well-known聽platforms.聽
Integrated Management Student Fellowship helps students make real-world impact
Young people care about the world that they live in聽and students at Desautels聽don't聽just聽sit back when聽they're聽troubled by what they see, they聽want to take responsibility, Sabine Dhir told CBC Television News.聽The Integrated Management Student Fellowship (IMSF) progr
Data held by US-based tech giants could make Canadians vulnerable to US government overreach
Tech giants play an increasingly聽important role聽in the economy and in our everyday lives, but companies like Alphabet, Amazon and Apple are all based in the United States.聽In聽an age of heightened geopolitical tensions, some are calling for greater domestic control over the digital infrastructure聽we鈥檝e聽all come to rely on.
鈥淕ut feelings鈥� don鈥檛 lead to good hiring
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently聽advised business leaders to聽look beyond the resume of job seekers, and trust in their interaction with candidates. But trusting your gut聽isn鈥檛聽a good way聽to build the best team, according to Lisa Cohen, Associate Professor at 麻豆传媒网站 Desautels.
Air Canada CEO was nearing retirement, but language gaffe forced his hand
After two Air Canada pilots were killed in an accident at New York鈥檚 LaGuardia Airport, the company鈥檚 CEO Michael Rousseau put out condolence message,聽but the message was only in English.
The omission of French by the unilingual Rousseau touched off a firestorm, with thousands of complaints made to Canada鈥檚 Official Languages Commissioner.
From analytics to finance: a closer look at Desautels' master's programmes
Study International takes a closer look at the master's programs at 麻豆传媒网站's Desautels Faculty of Management, from the MBA and Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) to the Master of Management in Finance (MMF) and
