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PhD Spotlight – Caroline Chamberland-Rowe
Caroline Chamberland-Rowe started a PhD in management in 2016 after earning an MSc in Health Systems at the Telfer School of Management. She first joined Telfer after completing her...
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Managing talent in emerging markets: The value of intercultural competencies
Emerging markets such as in Asia and South America continue to attract Canadian businesses and investment. A new study led by A.J. Corner from the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of...
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When Trusting Your Family Hurts Your Family Business - Harvard Business Review article by Peter Jaskiewicz, M. G. Carney, and C. Hansen
Read Peter Jaskiewicz's article on the Harvard Business Review
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A PhD Student’s Search for Balance in Healthcare Resources
Telfer PhD candidate, Peyman Varshoei, started his doctoral journey in 2017 when he moved from Iran to Ottawa. Since then, he has started on his three-chaptered thesis for his PhD in Management...
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Context defines project performance in Africa
Like many other continents, Africa has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic recovery will be a challenge. Even before COVID-19, project failure rate was high in...
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New digital platform to strengthen connectivity of supply chains, foster innovation and increase security and economic resilience
Researchers from the University of Ottawa and McGill University have partnered with Canada’s leading food and beverage manufacturing associations and industry partner Bivizio to develop a...
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Divesting for a greener world: How a social movement is redefining profit to bring change
When addressing human suffering, social injustices or environmental damage, many activist groups have criticized how we understand the idea of profit. They have traditionally “reframed” profit...
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Fostering space entrepreneurship through strong alliances
Both newcomers and longstanding satellite and aerospace companies are now in the space race. But a timely new study on the space industry led by Wadid Lamine, Associate Professor at the Telfer...
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Cultivating sustainable cities and communities by tackling climate change
Climate change is threatening our survival. According to NASA’s Vital Signs of the Planet, carbon dioxide is at its highest level in 650,000 years. Global temperatures are increasing, with...
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Overcoming interview anxiety begins with preparation and with challenging your fears to create a positive and honest impression
Telfer alumni Kim Ades (MBA 1993) and Nichole Grenier (BCom 1990) discuss how job candidates can overcome this type of anxiety and instead use genuine, powerful strategies to create a positive...
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PhD Spotlight – Hong Qiu
Hong Qiu joined the Telfer PhD in Management program in 2016. She completed her master’s in public administration at Dalhousie University in 2007 and then worked as an analyst for the federal...
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New Inclusive Entrepreneurship Education and Training Research to Address Bias
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequalities have never been clearer. While gender disparities have evolved since the initial lockdowns, when schools...
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Entrepreneurial career patterns and how they affect individual behaviours and circumstances
Entrepreneurs know that start-up failure rates are high: according to Statistics Canada, “20% of start-ups fail in their first year and around 60% will go bust within their first three years”....
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Using Digital Technology for Positive Behaviour Change
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad More than a year into the pandemic, we still find it hard to remember to stay two metres apart and wear masks in public. Changing behaviours isn’t easy, and...
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Honesty is the Best Policy: Easing Job Interview Anxiety
During a job interview, candidates try to present themselves in the best light possible. Some seek to make a positive impression by emphasizing their credentials. However, others may exaggerate...
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Enhancing Mental Capital and Wellbeing at Work
The workplace as we know it is bound to evolve following the pandemic and the advent of work from home. As organizational stress has numerous and growing factors (i.e. augmented hours of work, lack of
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PhD Spotlight — Alexander Chung
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad Alexander Chung joined the PhD in Management program at Telfer in 2016, after receiving a master’s in systems science from uOttawa. He is working with Drs....
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Open access: Removing the barriers to information sharing
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad Never was information sharing so relevant as at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In early 2020, before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic,...
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Pregnancy Loss: Workplaces Must Recognize Its Physical and Emotional Toll
Organizations and governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the need for policies that support employees who have experienced pregnancy loss.
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Leading Yourself and Your Teams Through Uncertainty
The last 15 months have been turbulent to say the least. We have gone through many changes in the way we live, work and relate. Whether we’ve liked it or not, we’ve had to call on and build up...
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