/channels/taxonomy/term/6024/all en /channels/channels/news/new-bursaries-support-bcom-undergraduates-332238 <p>Inspired by the academic talent he sees in his students, Professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/gregory-vit"><strong>Gregory Vit</strong></a> is committed to eliminating any financial barriers that might stand in the way of pursuing a <strong>Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)</strong> degree. With the support of generous alumni and friends of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, he has launched two endowed funds dedicated to BCom students: The Professor Gregory Vit Entrance and In-Course Bursaries.</p> Wed, 04 Aug 2021 16:05:00 +0000 webfull 172050 at /channels /channels/channels/news/john-dobson-foundation-donates-2-million-support-entrepreneurship-mcgill-268977 <p>Montreal, Quebec, July 18, 2017 - The John Dobson Foundation has announced a donation of $2 million – its largest gift to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ yet – to fund the <strong>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ X-1 Accelerator</strong> program run by the <strong>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship</strong>. The gift will support the X-1 program, now in its third year, as it grows to support and promote entrepreneurship across ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.</p> Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:33:09 +0000 webfull 129284 at /channels /channels/news/professor-gregory-vit-wins-2013-mus-professor-year-award-226642 <p>The Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) has awarded the 2013 Professor of the Year Award to Professor <strong>Gregory Vit</strong>. This annual award recognizes a professor's meaningful involvement with the student body, eagerness to have an impact on students lives outside the classroom, and great insight on theoretical and academic matters. It is the highest honour given by the undergraduate student body at the Desautels Faculty of Management.</p> Fri, 03 May 2013 19:23:27 +0000 webfull 96547 at /channels /channels/news/when-clever-people-do-silly-things-money-232897 <p>Many years in investment banking taught ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University Professor <strong>Gregory Vit</strong> that risky decisions ‘happened’ far more frequently than they were thoughtfully ‘made’.</p> <p>We asked Professor Vit about this and his new book 'The Risk in Risk Management' in which he addresses risk management in financial organizations.</p> Tue, 11 Feb 2014 20:24:38 +0000 webfull 101102 at /channels /channels/news/professor-gregory-vit-risk-risk-management-financial-organizations-and-problem-conformity-book-relea-243510 <p>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Desautels Professor<strong> Gregory Vit</strong>'s book: <i>The Risk in Risk Management: Financial Organizations and the Problem of Conformity </i>was reviewed in the March 2015 Issue of Organization Studies. The reviewer, Professor Iain Munro, concluded: "…this book deserves to be widely read and I have no doubt that its scrupulous lessons will better equip us and our students to avoid such financial misadventures in the future."</p> Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:28:05 +0000 webfull 108797 at /channels /channels/news/les-fintech-en-effervescence-260179 <p>Alors que c’est la semaine du Money 2020 en Europe, la plus grande conférence européenne sur les FinTech, penchons-nous sur ce groupe de compagnies qui veut réinventer une des industries les plus haïes d’Amérique du Nord, selon leDailyFinance. </p> Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:32:37 +0000 webfull 117943 at /channels /channels/news/andrea-courey-talks-about-granola-entrepreneurship-and-compassion-268172 <p><strong>Andrea Courey</strong> (BCom’82) was newly divorced, with three kids to feed and no money in the bank when she started Grandma Emily’s Granola. She credits her BCom education with giving her the tools she needed to get through the early days of her business, but notes that real-world experience is a very different thing than classroom knowledge.</p> Wed, 17 May 2017 16:53:08 +0000 webfull 128286 at /channels