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Employees tend to own workplace successes, but blame external factors for failures

Published: 27 March 2025

Nearly two-thirds of employees feel they’ve been ‘thrown under the bus’ by their colleagues—but an even higher number say they’ve never engaged in blame-shifting themselves. “The axe forgets, but...

Confused by the pace of economic change? Mathematical models are too

Published: 11 April 2025

In times of great economic uncertainty, even institutional traders can be at a loss for how to manage a portfolio. At large pension funds, portfolio managers use data-driven models to assess risk...

ĢƵ to award honorary degree to Don Lewtas for contributions to global finance & student learning

Published: 7 May 2025

ĢƵ will award an honorary degree to Donald William Lewtas (BCom’75), a ĢƵ alumnus, at the ĢƵ Desautels Faculty of Management convocation this spring....

ĢƵ Desautels offices earn new sustainable workplace ratings

Published: 5 June 2025

This winter, three of the ten ĢƵ offices awarded new Sustainability Workplace Certifications for their sustainable practices were from the Desautels Faculty of Management. Notably, a...

Money lessons from Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens still ring true today

Published: 7 July 2025

Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens is a riches to rags story. Its wealthy title character squanders his money on opportunistic ‘friends’ and grows jaded with the world.

How U.S.-Canada tariffs could hit New York’s economy

Published: 21 March 2025

As U.S.-Canada tariff disputes escalate, New York’s economy faces serious risks, with over $42 billion in trade at stake. ĢƵ professors Preetika Joshi and Vivek Astvansh warn that...

SUSANhub is a vast growing resource for collaboration in sustainability research

Published: 1 April 2025

Universities are typically organized into silos – engineering, business, medicine – but sustainability requires collaboration across these fields. “For example, solar energy involves policy,...

Global public relations firm delivers ĢƵ course content to staff in 12-week boot camp

Published: 2 July 2025

Being happy doesn’t just make life more enjoyable, it can help you get things done. In 2024, ĢƵ Desautels Adjunct Lecturer Anita Nowak co-designed a course on the power of positive psychology...

Overuse of credit cards could be contributing to rise in bankruptcies in Quebec

Published: 30 July 2025

More than 34,000 Quebec households filed for insolvency between June 2024 and May 2025. That’s an increase of almost 5% over the previous year. For Benjamin Croituru, that’s cause for concern. ...

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