McGill Desautels supports AMCIS 2023 and social impact research projects in Panama
AMCIS 2023, an AIS conference taking place from August 10 to 12 in Panama City and co-chaired by McGill Desautels’ IS Area Coordinator Professor Animesh Animesh, aims to highlight the impact of research projects in technology on local communities.
Delve: How Cities Can Make Ride-Hailing Services Environmentally Sustainable, with Animesh Animesh
What if using a ride-hailing app like Uber or Lyft could help decrease a city’s carbon emissions? Combined with public transit use and municipal policy changes, that’s beginning to happen. However, the bigger, less understood question is what motivates people to choose their cars over the bus, or Uber over walking to work.
Congratulations to Faculty Award recipients
The Desautels Faculty of Management congratulates the following individuals who are the latest to be granted a Faculty Award for the period of September 1, 2017-August 31, 2020. The Faculty Awards recognise demonstrated research achievement and encourage the pursuance of future academic endeavors.
Can Pharrell, Bono and other Davos regulars really change the world?
The Globe’s roundup of research from business schools. ... Social media efforts prove good for a firm’s bottom line
Desautels Researchers Win Best Paper at International Conference on Information Systems
Professors Alain Pinsonneault and Animesh Animesh, and PhD candidate Hyelim Oh, have won the best paper award at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) held in Milan, Italy from December 15 to 18, 2013.
Amazon Competes Against Canadian Supermarkets by Entering Grocery Business
Online retailer Amazon is taking on supermarkets by delivering food directly to Canadians’ doorsteps.
The retail giant, which built its business selling books and entertainment through the mail, launched its new grocery category Thursday, in what’s certain to be an intensifying battle between grocers.
Quebec Cracking Down on AirBnB
Professor Animesh Animesh talks to CTV Canada AM about Quebec government cracking down on AirBnB. Watch full interview (starts at 07:09:00): CTV Canada AM, May 28, 2013