Imaflex Inc. Announces Results for the Second Quarter of 2016
Imaflex announces the appointment of John Ripplinger as Vice President Corporate Affairs, effective September 6, 2016. âJohn is a highly qualified professional with extensive financial expertise and a track record of success working with industry-leading companies,â highlighted Mr.
A Knight is Reborn
Knight Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: GUD) ("Knight"), a leading Canadian specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that Samira Sakhia, former CFO of Paladin Labs Inc. ("Paladin"), will be joining the Knight team as President and member of the Board of Directors. In her new role, beginning on August 31, 2016, Samira will report to Jonathan Ross Goodman, CEO of Knight.
Is My GMAT Score Good Enough?
As a numerical score, the GMAT hints at offering a solid âpass-rateâ for potential students to work towards.
If only it were so simple.
Business schools everywhere tend to publish an average score, rather than a minimum score, erring on the side of caution. Their reasoning is that a lower GMAT score combined with a number of other attributes could still mean success come admissions time.
Diary: Lessons from Chilecon Valley
EIGHT flights, two developing countries, five cities, 25 meetings with 25 different companies in 10 different industries. If I told you that you could do this in less than 10 days, you would probably think I was crazy. And then I would tell you about the Hot Cities of the World Tour at the University of McGillâs Desautels Faculty of Management, which has followed such a hectic schedule for the past eight years.
Rising price of textbooks reaches a tipping point
Jochen Wirtz is pleased to describe himself as a best-selling writer. He has co-authored a textbook on services marketing that he not only uses as professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, but which has sold more than 700,000 copies.
MBA in Canada: Class of 2015 Employment Reports
If you take an MBA in Canada where might you end up working? A quick glance at the employment reports of the aforementioned business schools in Canada shows that, on the whole, the majority stay on in the North American nation on graduation even though class proportions of international students tend to be substantial.
MBA students win MIT Sloan Sports Analytics First Pitch Case Competition
Desautels MBA students Jorge Tatto, Deepti Kaul, and Christian Mathews-Gagne triumphed over 43 other teams from around the world to win 1st place at the 2016 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conferenceâs First Pitch Case Competition held on March 11 to 12. Taking second and third places were Cornell University and Old Dominion University, respectively.
Director of International Sales to Receive International Trade Award
Health Enterprises, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Brooke Fishback, director of international sales, will receive the National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE) â2016Â Advancing International Trade Awardâ for the State of Massachusetts at its upcoming annual conference.
5 Compelling Reasons You Should Eat More Insects (Especially Crickets)
The very thought of eating insects grosses people out. The image of a creepy, crawly, bug working its way down your windpipe doesnât exactly conjure up feelings of the contentment we feel with other foods.
Entomophagy: Can you swallow this food trend?
Would you rather miss a PB by a single second, or eat a grasshopper? Runners who are competitive enough would probably strongly consider the grasshopper in this moment⊠being grossed out is temporary, but pride is forever, right? Eating insects isnât new. Including bugs are a main food ingredient (the technical term is entomophagy) is however becoming more trendy.
Poxel Appoints Janice Bourque and Pierre Legault to its Board of Directors
POXEL SA (Euronext â POXEL - FR0012432516), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative drugs to treat type 2 diabetes, today announced the addition of Janice Bourque, Managing Director of Hercules Technology Growth Capital, and Pierre Legault, President and CEO of Nephrogenex Inc, to its Board of Directors. Both appointments were approved by Poxelâs shareholders at the Annual Shareholder Meeting held in Paris last Friday, January 29, 2016.
2016, l'annĂ©e oĂč l'entrepreneuriat social se diversifie
La société Aspire, fondée en 2012 par 5 diplÎmés de McGill, apparaßt au classement de Forbes. Aspire, qui a remporté le prestigieux prix Hult en entrepreneuriat social, se spécialise en agriculture et en alimentation.
Lire l'article complet: Les Affaires, Janvier 5, 2016
Top 10 student cities to pursue your MBA
Home to several of Canadaâs highest ranking institutions, including McGill University (currently ranked 24th in the world and 1st in Canada), Montreal has been dubbed Canadaâs cultural capital, and one of the worldâs most livable cities.
Read full article: Vancity Buzz, January 7, 2016
Bugs on the menu in Ghana as palm weevil protein hits the pan
Kyei Manu is one of four people farming palm weevil larvae in Donyina village under a scheme run by Aspire Food Group, which operates Ghanaâs first commercial insect farm. Aspire wants to bring insects from the culinary margins to the mainstream to address food shortages, as well as to boost peopleâs iron intake.
... Aspire was founded by students from McGill University in 2013, and launched the Ghana project last year.
Making the business case for climate change and the bottom line
As climate change and sustainability become higher priorities for companies across all sectors more chief financial officers have been given responsibility for how the issues impact the bottom line.
