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Tata Consultancy Services to grow AI and analytics capabilities in Montreal

Headquartered in Mumbai, the Tata Group is a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with operations in more than 100 countries. Their information technology services arm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its operations in Montreal. They’re investing in a state-of-the-art IT services delivery facility that will provide TCS customers with a range of technology solutions, including AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and advanced analytics.

Published: 22 Mar 2024

Dual Branding by National Brand Manufacturers: Drivers and Outcomes

Authors: Yu Ma, Kusum L. Ailawadi, Mercedes Martos-Partal and Óscar González-Benito

Published: 19 Mar 2024

Tip creep and tip-flation leading to a review of tipping culture in Canada

Tipping has gotten out of control in Canada. Not only are restaurants’ automated payment systems prompting patrons for tips of up to 30%, there are even some tip prompts at self-serve kiosks. More than half of Canadians say they’d prefer a no-tip, service-included model that ensures higher base wages for employees.

Published: 14 Dec 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.

Published: 30 Nov 2023

BCom alum’s paper on the financial literacy of immigrants an FCAC finalist

McGill Desautels graduate Avneet Bhabra (BCom’23)’s research paper “23% and Counting, but Not ‘One Size Fits All’: Helping Canada’s Immigrants Strengthen Their Financial Knowledge” has been published by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Canada.ca. Focusing on financial literacy amongst immigrants in Canada, the paper was selected as a finalist in the undergraduate category of the FCAC’s 2023 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge.

Published: 27 Nov 2023

Buyer–Supplier Relationship Dynamics in Buyers’ Bankruptcy Survival

Authors: Sudha Mani, Vivek Astvansh and Kersi D. Antia

Publication:  Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming, EXPRESS: First published online July 27, 2023

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Published: 23 Aug 2023

McGill Experts, including Desautels Professor, comment on WHO’s listing of aspartame sweetener as possible carcinogen

Yu Ma, Associate Professor at the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management, discusses the consumer implications of aspartame being listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), potentially increasing scrutiny and concerns about the safety of food additives.

Published: 25 Jul 2023

The Winner’s Curse in Dynamic Forecasting of Auction Data: Empirical Evidence from eBay

Authors: Ernan Haruvy, Meisam Hejazi Nia, Özalp Özer, and A. Serdar Şimşek

Publication: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management; Volume 25, Issue 3, May-June 2023, Pages 1155-1175

Published: 13 Jul 2023

Scientific Evidence Production and Specialty Drug Diffusion

Authors: Demetrios Vakratsas and Wei-Lin Wang

Publication: Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming, first published online as EXPRESS: May 9, 2023

Published: 14 Jun 2023

Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains

One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence—and the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.

Published: 20 Apr 2023

McGill-led MiXR platform will connect Canada’s food and beverage sector

Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient.

Published: 29 Mar 2023

Second language pedagogy project at UQO will draw on lessons from Ie-KnowledgeHub / Le projet de pédagogie des langues secondes à l'UQO s'inspirera du Ie-KnowledgeHub

Desautels Associate Professor of Marketing Hamid Etemad wants to make it easier for people to learn the concepts of digital transformation in their second language and is working with researchers from Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) on a $150,000 initiative that will develop bilingual digital teaching tools for university classrooms.

Published: 13 Oct 2022

Desautels’ event highlights innovative research and recognizes scholars

On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars. 

Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.

Published: 20 May 2022

Delve: Are Consumers Spoiled For Choice or Too Overwhelmed to Choose?

Today’s consumers demand and expect a wealth of choices in everything from sneakers to potato chips, but while large product lines provide abundance and variety, they don’t always result in sales—and can even take away from a company’s bottom line.

Published: 31 Mar 2022

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