2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grants

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McGill Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala

McGill University hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. McGill Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below. #Bravo2024

Retail Analytics in the New Normal: The Influence of Artificial Intelligence and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Authors: Y. Adulyasak, M. C. Cohen, W. Khern-Am-Nuai and M. Krause

Publication: IEEE Engineering Management Review, Forthcoming Articles in Advance — published online: December 1, 2023

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Maxime Cohen and Saibal Ray named Top Retail Experts for 2024

Two faculty members of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) have been named to Rethink Retail’s Top Retail Experts (TRE) list for 2024, one of the most prestigious global accolades in the Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry.

Nymisha Bandi named Runner-Up in the 2023 POMS CBOM Junior Scholar Paper Competition for "Incentivizing Healthy Food Choices Using Add-on Bundling: A Field Experiment”

Authors: Nymisha Bandi, Maxime C. Cohen and Saibal Ray

Managing Channel Profits with Positive Demand Externalities

Authors: Long Gao, Dawei Jian, Mehmet Gumus and Barry Mishra

Publication: Management Science, Forthcoming 2024.

Inventory Control and Learning for One-Warehouse Multistore system with Censored Demand

Authors: Recep Yusuf Bekci, Mehmet Gumus and Sentao Miao.

Publication: Operations Research, Forthcoming. Article in advance, published online: August 2, 2023.

Bargain hunters beware: online deals can come with unanticipated conditions

Scouring for holiday gifts at bargain prices is a savvy way to cut costs, but the allure of Black Friday deals sometimes masks potential pitfalls. In an article for BNN Bloomberg, Associate Professor Vivek Astvansh emphasizes the need for caution among bargain hunters to ensure they're fully informed about any unforeseen conditions.

Holiday grocery price freeze includes more products this year, but long-term affordability solutions needed

This year, Canada’s large grocery chains are freezing the price for a greater variety of items than usual before the holidays. While 10-15% more products are included in the freeze this year, the true test of affordability will come later. “How high will grocery prices be when the price freeze ends?” asks Professor Saibal Ray in an interview with CBC Radio’s As It Happens.

Canada's big grocery chains face pressure to cut prices as food costs rise

Food prices rose by 5.8 per cent in September, prompting the federal government to ask Canada’s five largest grocery chains to provide a plan for how they will stabilize prices, with staple products a likely focus. “High transportation costs, inventory issues and other pressures driving up costs are subsiding,” says Professor Saibal Ray, who specializes in Operations Management.

Desautels-developed AI app is helping monkeys avoid injury in Costa Rica

When endangered howler monkey populations cross Costa Rica’s roads, they are vulnerable to injury from electrical wires and passing cars. Associate Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, partnering with Reserva Conchal, is using artificial intelligence to help prevent these injuries from occurring.

Artificial intelligence is helping Costa Rica NGOs preserve biodiversity

During a sabbatical year, Prof. Juan Camilo Serpa visited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Costa Rica, and found that while they were doing a lot of great work to help animals, they had little access to advanced technologies like data analytics and artificial intelligence.

McGill University expands its business analytics degree with online delivery

McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management is launching an online version of its top-ranked Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program.

McGill Desautels Costa Rica study trip applies data analytics to sustainability projects

McGill students are working with Costa Rican non-governmental organizations to safeguard howler monkeys from road hazards. Through their research, they’ve created a "Mono-SOS" website for accident reporting in partnership with a local NGO, SalveMonos.

BSRM and MMA launch Data Sphere Lab

The Bensadoun School of Retail Management, in collaboration with the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) at McGill Desautels Faculty of Management, is pleased to announce the launch of the Data Sphere Lab.