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Archives 2009 |
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October
Squeezeplay Panel
BNN, Oct. 28, 2009
Dean Paul Bates discusses the Canadian dollar, pensions, and the federal Liberals.
Two takes on MBA ROI
Financial Post, Oct. 27, 2009
DeGroote grad Nathan Notwell talks about his experiences in DeGroote's Co-op MBA program.
Turn on, tune in, log out
Queen's Journal, Oct. 27, 2009
Associate professor Nick Bontis talks about the repercussions of our generation’s digital environment and the constant need for connection.
Shoe maker wants to prove Africa can provide a competitive edge
Globe and Mail, Oct. 19, 2009
DeGroote grad Tal Dehtiar talks about his new premium footwear company, made with Liberian rubber and Ethiopian leather and manufactured in Africa.
Office bullying hurts us all
Hamilton Spectator, Oct. 10, 2009
Assistant professor of human resources Aaron Schat talks about aggression in the workplace.
Commercialization: The Importance Of Linkages
National Post, October 6, 2009
Benson Honig, the Teresa Cascioli Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership, discusses how networking can help emerging organizations commercialize their products.
September
Gender still plays a role in hiring
National Post, Sept. 30, 2009
Willi Wiesner, associate professor of human resources, and DeGroote PhD graduate Ed Ng discuss employment equity statements.
National Wellness Survey shows Canadian organizations investing in worksite wellness
Canada News Wire, Sept. 30, 2009
Catherine Connelly, associate professor of human resources, comments on the 2009 National Wellness Survey conducted by Buffett & Company Worksite Wellness Inc.
HHS's Martin takes control of Cambridge hospital
Hamilton Spectator, Sept. 23, 2009
Wayne Taylor, professor of health services management, comments on Hamilton Health Sciences president Murray Martin being named supervisor of Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Squeezeplay Panel
BNN, Sept. 23, 2009
Dean Paul Bates discusses interest rates, China, the G20 and executive compensation.
Creativity and problem solving in recessionary times
National Post, Sept. 23, 2009
A recession requires innovative leadership, goal setting and effective sharing of information says Min Basadur.
August
Tame meeting dominators
Globe and Mail, Aug. 31, 2009
Michael Goldman of DeGroote's new Master's Certificate in Facilitation says keeping dominators in check begins with your meeting design.
Construction kick-off celebrates McMaster's expansion into Burlington
Executive, July/August 2009
DeGroote's expansion to Burlington, Disney Institute executive education program, and benefactor Ron Joyce are profiled.
July
Ericsson joins Nortel wireless aution
Toronto Star, July 23, 2009
Marketing lecturer Steve Howse comments on RIM's bid for Nortel.
Mac students warned don't share info online
Hamilton Spectator, July 9, 2009
Milena Head, associate dean of McMaster's DeGroote School of Business, comments on fraudulent Facebook groups purporting to represent universities and colleges.
Products' film roles can help company stocks
Hamilton Spectator, July 8, 2009
When they're done right, product placements in movies can boost stock prices, says Anna Danielova, a finance professor at the DeGroote School of Business. But companies picking the wrong movie to flog their product take a risk.
Right to banked sick days a waning trend in Ontario
Toronto Star, July 5, 2009
Human resources professor Rick Hackett comments on the the right to cash banked sick days.
June
As we zoom past commercials, ads go to the movies
ASU News, June 25, 2009
New research by finance professor Anna Danielova shows that successful product placements in films actually give the featured companies a boost in stock prices.
Jobs to be found in algorithmic trading
Investment Executive, June 23, 2009
With computers “pulling the trigger” on trades, ample job opportunities exist for stock traders who can write the software, an expert on algorithmic trading told attendees at the DeGroote-IIROC luncheon lecture.
Burlington gets down to business
Hamilton Spectator, June 20, 2009
Until now, there has not been a single place in Burlington to get an MBA. Now, McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business is building a new satellite campus there to offer a master's of business administration, an advanced degree once seen as the domain of the elite, now regarded as a necessity for advancement in business.
DeGroote donates land, in dad’s name
Hamilton Spectator, June 17, 2009
Michael H. DeGroote is donating a valuable piece of Burlington property for a new satellite campus of the business school that is named after his philanthropic father, Michael G. DeGroote.
Launching a new career
Hamilton Spectator, June 10, 2009
An MBA and a commerce graduate talk about how they secured jobs in the financial sector.
Conflicts of interest
Globe and Mail, June 2, 2009
Dean Paul Bates discusses investment issues with Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail.
May
I quit, with style
Globe and Mail, May 23, 2009
Nick Bontis, professor of knowledge management, gives tips on how to write a smart resignation letter.
Balsillie takes on NHL
Bloomberg, May 18, 2009
A victory in Jim Balsillie’s third attempt to land an NHL franchise would inject as much as $200 million a year into the Hamilton economy, according to Marvin Ryder, a professor of marketing at DeGroote.
Pepperdine's entrepreneur program will focus on creativity
Los Angeles Times, May 18, 2009
The first course in Pepperdine's revamped entrepreneurship program will use the Simplex system, an applied creativity process designed by corporate consultant Min Basadur, who is also a management professor at McMaster University.
Job success
Globe and Mail, May 11, 2009
DeGroote graduates Christina Wood and Lauren Scully and director of DeGroote's Centre for Business Career Development Jennifer McCleary discuss the job market for graduating students.
Critics question WHO's credibility as pandemic fears fade
Canwest News Service, May 8, 2009
Terry Flynn, a professor at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business who advised the town of Walkerton during the E. Coli outbreak of 2000, discusses WHO's response to H1N1 flu outbreak.
H1N1 outbreak
CTV Newsnet, May 1, 2009
Flynn gives his take on criticisms that the WHO acted too slowly
April
'Stupid' computers might ignore your resume
Hamilton Spectator, April 13, 2009
Assistant professor Catherine Connelly gives tips for making your resume scannable by technology.
Make it warm and sociable and it will sell
National Post, April 7, 2009
Research by Milena Head on how users reacted emotinally to Web sites.
March
There are still jobs
Hamilton Spectator, March 28, 2009
Jennifer McCleary, director at DeGroote's Centre for Business Career Development, comments on the job prospects for graduating students.
Cap in hand
Hamilton Spectator, March 28, 2009
McMaster University business professor Marvin Ryder says it's not unusual for graduates to take some time to find work in their field, often up to one year.
Recession has a sweet side
Hamilton Spectator, March 27, 2009
McMaster University business professor Marvin Ryder comments on why the sweet treat industry is proving recession-resistant.
Getting their hands dirty
Globe and Mail, March 19, 2009
Co-op student Shivalika Handa and Jennifer McCleary, director of the Centre for Business Career Services, talk about DeGroote's Co-op MBA program.
The new networking
Globe and Mail, March 19, 2009
Associate professor Nick Bontis talks about a new course at DeGroote on leveraging Web 2.0 tools for business development.
Hundreds of Stelco workers fall short of pensions
Hamilton Spectator, March 12, 2009
Finance professor Sherman Cheung comments on the possibility that U.S. Steel will bridge employees who fall just short of their retirement dates so that they can begin collecting their pensions.
Survivor guilt:Those left behind also pay a price
Hamilton Spectator, March 10, 2009
"After a round of layoffs, there is a tendency to feel relief if you still have your job, and that relief is coupled with guilt for feeling the relief," said Aaron Schat, assistant professor of human resources at the DeGroote School of Business.
Survivor’s syndrome hits employees hard
mentronews.ca, March 4, 2009
Human resources professor Aaron Schat talks about the guilt or anxiety employees who survive a round of layoffs may feel.
February
Campus commerce: Investment clubs gain ground
Globe and Mail, Feb. 27, 2009
Even as financial markets collapse and the economy struggles through a severe recession, something remarkable is happening at universities across Canada: Investment clubs are thriving.
When numbers lose their meaning
Hamilton Spectator, Feb. 27, 2009
Associate professor Nick Bontis helps to explain just how to make sense of the mind-boggling financial numbers hitting us from all sides.
Schools have failed on the financial literacy front
Globe and Mail, Feb. 23, 2009
Dean Paul Bates, who also serves as chair of the Investor Education Fund, offers a few concepts central to good money management that are the foundation of financial prosperity.
Obama visits Ottawa
CTV Newsnet, Feb. 19, 2009
Associate professor Nick Bontis discusses Barack Obama's meeting with Stephen Harper.
City hall has bad meeting manners
Hamilton Spectator, Feb. 9, 2009
Associate professor Nick Bontis and Centre for Business Career Development director Jennifer McCleary discuss BlackBerry etiquette.
Creating a knowledge economy
CTV Newsnet, Feb. 6, 2009
Associate professor Nick Bontis talks abou unemployment rates and the transition in Ontario from a manufacturing to a knowledge economy.
Profs get top marks from 3M Teaching awards
Hamilton Spectator, Feb 6, 2009
DeGroote professor Nick Bontis has been named to a national fellowship considered the "Nobel Prize" for excellence in teaching.
January
Innovations in education
Canadian Healthcare Manager, January/February
The DeGroote Health Services Management MBA program and an alliance with the Canadian Council of Health Service Executives are cited as being on the forefront of innovation in healthcare education.
Mac students not afraid to play stock market
Hamilton Spectator, Jan 31, 2009
There has perhaps been no more fascinating time in history to be a student of the stock market. And a group of McMaster business students are putting some money behind their learning.
Coming clean helped Maple Leaf
Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 30, 2009
The success of Maple Leaf's rebound from the worst tainted-food scandal in Canadian history is captured in a study released yesterday by Terry Flynn, a McMaster University business professor.
Crisis Management
CBC Radio Metro Morning, Jan. 29, 2009
Guest host Matt Galloway spoke with Terence Flynn. He is director of communications management at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University.
Burlington gets it done
Hamilton Spectator, Jan 26, 2009
The development of a new McMaster University campus is a great deal for the city of Burlington.
Mac is Burlington's ticket to growth
Hamilton Spectator, Jan 23, 2009
We witnessed our own President Obama "Yes, we can!" moment recently, when Halton regional council provided McMaster University with $5 million. With Burlington's commitment to provide $5 million in hand, McMaster now has the $10 million it needs to put down roots in Burlington.
Halton approves McMaster expansion
Exchange Morning Post, Canada - Jan 23, 2009
Halton Regional Council has endorsed McMaster's plan to expand to the region, approving a $5 million investment in the Burlington campus project
Halton gives McMaster the green light
Burlington Post, Jan. 23, 2009
The region of Halton will give $5 million over the next decade to McMaster, the same amount the City of Burlington will give, to help the university build its $28-million DeGroote Centre for Advanced Management on South Service Road in Burlington.
Mac campus in Burlington a go for this year
Hamilton Spectator, Jan 22, 2009
McMaster University expects to start building a satellite campus of its business school this year, now that Burlington and Halton have each committed $5 million to the project.
Commerce applications up at DeGroote
Toronto Star, Jan. 20, 2009
The DeGroote School of Business has seen applications to commerce rise by 7 per cent, even as Ontario teens appear to be turning away from business studies.
Business as usual ... has no one learned?
Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 16, 2008
In an interview before her keynote address to the McMaster World Congress Sherron Watkins, the one-time corporate star who helped trigger Enron's spectacular collapse, said it's depressing to look over a business world that seems to have learned nothing.
Nortel CEO called on to fall on his sword
Toronto Star, Jan. 16, 2009
Lecturer Steve Howse comments on the fall of Nortel.
Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins on economic crime
CTV Canada AM, Jan. 15, 2009
An Enron whistleblower discusses her decision to stand up against white-collar crime and fraud in the work place, and her participation in the McMaster World Congress on Economic Crime Prevention.
Think tank looks at white collar crime
Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 15, 2009
The effort to understand economic crimes, and find solutions, occupied academics and police who spoke yesterday at the opening of the McMaster World Congress, organized by the DeGroote School of Business.
Clean up securities regulation in Canada says OSC chair
National Post, Jan. 14, 2009
Securities regulation in Canada is fragmented, and it's time to unify it under a single national securities regulator said Ontario Securities Commission chair David Wilson at the World Congress on Economic Crime Prevention Conference held by McMaster University in Hamilton.
Another chapter in the Nortel saga
CTV National News, Jan. 14, 2009
Lecturer Steve Howse says Nortel's day is done.
Note: This segment begins at 4:11 in the broadcast.
Cleaning up economic crime
Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 14, 2009
One used to carry around a hockey bag full of cash, looking for someone willing to help "launder" dirty money. The other was a corporate star who couldn't live with what she saw as scandalous accounting. Both are the star attractions of this year's McMaster World Congress.
Regulators need to treat economic crime more seriously, says Wilson
Investment Executive, Jan. 14, 2009
Canadian securities regulators need to improve on investigation and prosecution of improper activities to better tackle economic crime, David Wilson, chairman of the Ontario Securities Commission, told the 2009 McMaster University World Congress.
Buffett's sister spreads a little sunshine on McMaster
Globe and Mail, Jan. 3, 2009
Doris Buffett, sister to billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is helping business students at Hamilton's McMaster University become philanthropists, by providing $10,000 to fund a course called Strategic Philanthropy and Leadership. Matching funding has come from AIC mutual fund founder Michael Lee-Chin and his partners Jeff Wheeler and Robert Levis. The purpose of the course is to give away $20,000.
Media contacts
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Communications Officer, External Relations
DeGroote School of Business, Room 116G
McMaster University 1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M4
rosentl@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27436