Ce projet de recherche permet d’évaluer le rôle joué par les structures de gouvernance lorsqu’une entreprise émet de la dette sur des marchés financiers. Premièrement, les grandes entreprises utilisent les marchés financiers pour s’endetter : elles émettent des obligations. S’endetter sur ces marchés présente des particularités : l’entreprise dispose d’importantes quantités de fonds. Or, au […]

Canada is currently experiencing a cat overpopulation crisis, fed in large part by the uncontrolled breeding of domestic animals. While homeless and feral cats may add to the problem, much of the population explosion is being driven by unsterilized cats, whose owners have chosen to leave them intact. A single unaltered female cat and her […]

Les hôpitaux et autres établissements de la santé font faces à des problèmes de planification et d’ordonnancement du personnel. Les travaux recensés mettent davantage l’emphase sur la confection des horaires de travail des infirmières et auxiliaires que sur la création d’horaires des médecins. Plusieurs outils issus du domaine industriel ont été utilisés et adaptés au […]

This project will examine the strengths and weaknesses of electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) compared to paper billing. While EBPP is seen as efficient and rapid, there is an ongoing attachment to paper based billing by both customers and billers. Paper bills have a longer and higher communication impact especially with older demographics. As […]

The Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) framework provides a holistic approach to measurement and management of long-terms customer relations. The goal is to take into account all of the services and products customers need or might need across an organization and maximize long term benefits for both the firm and the customer. While simple in concept, […]

The purpose of this internship is to assess the commercial viability of PlaceSpeak, which is creating a new online e-commerce model, and creating a new service category. This will involve extensive research into current methodologies and best practices for eliciting and collecting public policy input from community residents, as well as current pricing models and […]

bc211 is a non-profit organization that seeks to change its business model in the face of decreasing availability of traditional funding sources and increasing demand for its services. The research project will identify and assess various alternatives in which dual objectives can be met. Using mixed methods approaches and financial planning tools, this project will […]

A frequent prescription for managers leading a company’s technology assets is that the firm’s business strategy should lead the firm’s technology strategy. However, many technology firms find themselves in the opposite position: having a technology that can alter their business strategy. In such a case, questions arise as to the appropriate business response. Resilience Inc. […]

Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) is the price of an insurance contract covering the bank’s losses in the event that one of its trading counterparties defaults. QuIC, the sponsor of the proposed research project has developed “on paper” a comprehensive model of counterparty default that is still easily calibrated to various market observables. A key aspect […]

The success of franchising relies on individual franchisees’ ability to evaluate and compare diverse franchise systems, prior to making an informed decision as to which franchise system to become a part of. Surprisingly, however, few forward-looking metrics exist for franchisees. I seek to fill this gap through my proposed Mitacs Accelerate internship project. My proposed […]

With the increased capabilities of technology, data plays an increasingly important role in decision-making (Mandinach & Gummer, 2013; McAfee & Brynjolfsson, 2012) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) now require employees to use data to inform practice (Earl & Seashore Louis, 2013; Lohr, 2012). Furthermore, harnessing big data and predictive analytics has transformed many industries, […]

Lately, predictive analytics as emerged as a vital area of study for both researchers and practitioners. This trend researches into large volumn of data for hidden patterns and relationships to gain data-driven insights and predict future outcomes. Predictive analytics can help the inside sales industry obtain optimum value from a large amount of data they […]