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MIF Pitch Practice Round 2

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:08:11 +0000

Think you're ready to make a pitch to the MIF judges? Make sure you practice first! This session will offer MIF applicants an opportunity to practice their pitch in front of a live audience, with feedback provided.

MIF Pitch Review Round 1

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:15:24 +0000

MIF applicants who have practised their pitch once will get yet another chance to demonstrate their acquired skills. This final session will be optional.

Intellectual Property Strategy for Business

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:26:29 +0000

Maximizing the value of your company’s IP assets

MIF Pitch Review Round 2

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:16:38 +0000

MIF applicants who have practised their pitch once will get yet another chance to demonstrate their acquired skills. This final session will be optional.

MIF Pitch Training

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:00:23 +0000

This virtual session will offer basic guidance on preparing a business pitch, as well as some insights on what MIF judges will be looking for.

MIF Pitch Practice Round 1

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:05:51 +0000

ɬ�﷬-HEC Montréal EMBA Online Information Session: Friday, December 5, 2025

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:32:54 +0000

This ɬ�﷬-HEC Montréal EMBA information session will feature the Executive MBA’s:

Complicated crypto products recall derivatives at the centre of the global financial crisis

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:37:40 +0000

Cryptocurrencies are volatile, risky and lack transparency. For banks and investors alike, that’s risky. “Some like to think ‘this time it’s different’,” Prof Patrick Augustin told PaperJam.lu. But for Augustin, crypto today recalls Lehman Brothers, the financial services firm whose collapse set the global financial crisis in motion in 2008. The similarities are striking. Like today’s crypto markets, Lehman Brothers complicated investment products that many buyers and sellers didn’t fully understand.

Master's degree offering in Luxembourg brings ɬ�﷬ Desautels to Europe

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:12:06 +0000

ɬ�﷬ Desautels will offer its Master of Management in Finance program in Luxembourg. The version of the program delivered in Luxembourg will be the same as the one taught in Montreal. A strategic partnership between ɬ�﷬, Luxembourg’s Ministry of Finance, the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) and the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). Luxembourg is a major financial hub, and Dean Yolande Chan calls the program “a new chapter in our mission do develop impactful leaders in finance.”

Ambiversion can be a workplace superpower

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:18:57 +0000

Being an introvert or an extrovert isn’t an either-or proposition. People who fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum are called ambiverts, and ambiversion can be a beneficial trait in business leaders. Prof. Karl Moore estimates that about 20% of business leaders are true ambiverts. But ambiversion is a kind of superpower for a leader—it allows them to adapt with greater ease than people at either extreme of the spectrum.

Independent fashion designers likely to lose out in SSENSE bankruptcy

admin — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:07:09 +0000

In a bankruptcy filing in late August, the Montreal-based luxury retailer SSENSE cited a liquidity crisis brought on partly by the unpredictable tariff regime in the United States. At the time of the filing, some independent designers who work with the company said they were owed tens of thousands of dollars, but hadn’t been paid in months. But Vivek Astvansh wouldn’t recommend taking legal action.

When AI is used to set wages, it sets them higher than humans would

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:35:20 +0000

When AI sets wages, it pushes them higher, according to recent research by Maxime Cohen, a Professor of Retail and Operations Management at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. Cohen conducted a study that asked AI to recommend wages for 60,000 freelance profiles in a variety of industries. He found that AI sets wages higher than humans do.

Tariffs are hitting Quebec truck makers hard but a 'Buy Canadian’ push could help

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:49:33 +0000

On November 1, 2025, the United States implemented a 25% tariff on foreign imports of medium and heavy-duty trucks and truck parts—a move that poses significant challenges for Canadian manufacturers.

Canada’s truck building industry is smaller than the auto sector, but the tariffs will nevertheless have an effect on truck makers across the country.

ɬ�﷬ Desautels finance students expand horizons with small-cap fund

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:50:08 +0000

Thanks to a generous donation from Montreal finance leader J. Sebastian Van Berkom, students in the Honours in Investment Management (HIM) program at ɬ�﷬’s Desautels Faculty of Management will now manage a newly launched small-cap fund through Desautels Capital Management (DCM)—Canada’s first university-owned registered investment firm.

Lego has built next-level brand loyalty

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:21:50 +0000

When people an affinity for a brand, they can feel as though it’s their friend. And Lego has a powerful brand. For many, the mere mention of the Denmark-headquartered maker of plastic building bricks evokes memories of wholesome childhood play. And the warm and fuzzy feelings that a brand like Lego catalyzes can have real effects on how people interact with it.