Estimating Loss Given Default by Mixture Beta Distribution Model

Although beta distribution models are a well-known tool for evaluating the recovery risk of credit instruments, concerns are raised regarding tractability its analysis and simulation. The project attempts to address such concerns by incorporating a mixture beta distribution model. The project will compare the efficiency of the proposed model with the commonly used beta distribution […]

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Positionnement et intégration des médicaments biosimilaires dans le système de santé canadien

Le marché mondial des médicaments biosimilaires est en pleine expansion. Le développement des biosimilaires constitue un enjeu majeur à la fois d’un point de vue économique et d’un point de vue sanitaire. Dans le contexte d’une population vieillissante, d’une augmentation des maladies chroniques et d’un budget de plus en plus contraint, les biosimilaires pourraient permettre […]

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Shared Platforms: Creating Sustainable Social Enterprise

The shared platform model is emerging as an innovative organizational structure. The proposed research aims to gain a deeper understanding of shared platforms strengths, barriers to success, and their potential impact on the social enterprise sector in a rural area. The shared platform organizational model provides two distinctive features for both business supports and mentorship […]

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Élaboration d’une méthodologie d’identification du contenu à valeur ajoutée au sein d’une organisation dans un contexte de système de gestion de contenu d’entreprise.

Avec l’augmentation exponentielle de la quantité de contenu tels que les documents, les fichiers etc. qui est généré chaque année au sein des entreprises, celles-ci font faces à d’importants défis en matière de gestion de contenu. Une des questions importantes que les organisations se posent à cet effet concerne l’identification du contenu à valeur ajoutée. […]

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Révision du processus de prise de rendez-vous et de gestionde la cour des centres de distribution de Sobeys Québec

Sobeys Québec désire implanter un système automatisé de prise des rendez-vous (Dock scheduling) et de gestion de la cour (YMS). Le projet vise dans un premier temps à documenter le processus actuel afin de bien comprendre et de bien cerner les problématiques reliées à celui-ci. L’étape suivante visera à se concentrer à construire le nouveau […]

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Commercial Mortgage Backed Security Sensitivity Analysis

All credit portfolios, whether global, regional or commercial real estate face uncertainty in losses. In retrospective, it is evident that variation in credit quality is substantial and default risk can increase quickly and in correlation with the macro-environment. Even in the aggregate, loss variability cannot be completely eliminated by diversification. The challenge for every risk […]

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Employer Demand-Driven Training (EDDT) Programs for Youth Employment

The proposed research project will research and evaluate the impact of Employer Demand-Driven Training (EDDT) programs undertaken in 5 pilot sites in Ontario. As a strategy, ‘demand-driven’ means putting businesses at the centre of workforce training development and using their workforce needs and challenges as the starting point to design effective programs. In this way, […]

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Economic Analysis to Determine Gaps and Challenges Experienced by Women Owned Businesses in York Region and Simcoe County

This research will investigate needs that women entrepreneurs in York Region and Simcoe County have that, if addressed, could strengthen the success of these businesses, with a particular focus on smaller companies. We will examine cultural, industry, sociological and competency factors that influence the performance of women-owned businesses and self-employed women from an economic standpoint, […]

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Concevoir un modèle de services de remplacement des propriétaires agriculteurs

Le secteur agricole est considéré comme un secteur clé, pour l’économie tant régionale que nationale. Parmi les différents enjeux de ce secteur, l’enjeu de la relève agricole est souligné par tous. Dans ce contexte, trouver de la main-d’oeuvre représente un défi significatif. Parmi les stratégies possibles pour atténuer la difficulté de la main-d’oeuvre, le présent […]

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PlaceSpeak

The purpose of this project is to research and develop a business & technical model for a webbased geo-authenticated public consultation service. Combining methodologies from social media, e-commerce & community consultation, the project will analyze best practices in each area to determine the most appropriate model for a scalable platform for targeted community engagement. Qualitative […]

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Top Executive Emotions and Strategic Change Initiation in Philanthropic Organizations

This study investigates how strategic changes are initiated in organizations. Using longitudinal real-time qualitative research, it explores how top executives and other actors’ emotions and feelings are managed in order to achieve desirable outcomes of strategic change. The process of strategy initiation in two major Canadian philanthropic organizations is followed in detail, with the aim […]

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