A Multi-Case Study to Advancing Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Performance Management Strategies

The role of accountants, especially in today’s fast changing data-driven world, is continually evolving. Responding to the technological advancements as well as to the increasing amounts and complexity of data available, accountants need to develop skills that go beyond their traditional training. Businesses and their accounting departments need to be able to not only collect […]

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A Dynamic Predictive Lead Scoring System for Inside Sales

Lead scoring is essential for lead management. The result of lead scoring is a list consists of leads with scores assigned indicating how likely each lead can be converted into the next stage of sales process. The Lamb or Spam and the Rule-Based are the two lead scoring methods that have been discussed in the […]

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Profil économique de l’agriculture urbaine commerciale au Québec

L’agriculture urbaine commerciale est un domaine en plein effervescence, mais l’impact de celle-ci demeure encore aujourd’hui peu documenté. L’agriculture urbaine commerciale se définie par la production, la distribution et/ou la transformation alimentaire et/ou horticole en milieu urbain par des entreprises privées ou d’économie sociale, des organismes ou des individus. Le Laboratoire sur l’agriculture urbaine (AU/LAB), […]

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Do existing lending products of credit unions meet the financing needs of co-operatives – The case of Libro Credit Union and Ontario’s Co-operative Sector

Credit unions and co-operatives share a common identity and foundational values as organizations that meet the economic, social, and cultural needs of their member-owners. A perennial concern for the credit union and co-operative sectors has been the need to identify opportunities for collaboration to advance the prominence of member-owned models. This research surveys and interviews […]

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Determining the value of community based police teams

In an era where the costs of policing are constantly under scrutiny, the time has come for policing organizations to re-evaluate the services they provide. To do this, these organizations need to answer questions relating to the value these services create in the communities they serve and change the focus of the conversation from “what […]

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Understanding the Rise of the Asian Multinational Corporations: Organizational Competence and Innovativeness in Business Culture

Asian multinational corporations (MNCs) have been a primary driver of the world region’s economic rise. Their emergence brings fresh air and new challenges to the global economic order. Key to their success is a distinct form of business culture and organizational strategy, which the existing scholarship has yet to address. This project aims to develop […]

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First Nations Philanthropy Engagement Research Project

Post-secondary education, if community-led and projects-based, has the potential to transform education, food and housing policy, as well as build capacity locally in Brokenhead First Nation compared to two First Nations lacking road access. This partnership will explore optimal solutions to resolve development challenges through applied participatory research, community engagement, community development and the establishment […]

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Indigenous and Northern Centre for Innovation

The goal of this project is to support Indigenous economic development corporations in the establishment of technology-focused companies designed to introduce, test and market new and emerging technologies of potential application for Indigenous communities. At present, northern, remote and Indigenous communities are being left behind in the technological revolution. Companies do not reach out to […]

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Development of Strategy and Implementation Plan to Introduce AI based RainGrid’s Disruptive Digital Stormwater Smartgrid Technology in North American Markets in an era of Global Climate Change

The goal of this project is to develop a detailed strategic analysis and market/finance/commercialization strategy identifying gaps/barriers, opportunities/resources and benefits of developing the Ai/IoT digital “Stormwater Smartgrid” technology and its concomitant implementation business model for North American market. This research project in collaboration with McMaster University will help RainGrid to facilitate the commercialization of the […]

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Liability-driven investment strategy and portfolio immunization: a dynamicalapproach.

Since the recent financial meltdown and because of the current economic instability, many fund managers tend to shift their total-return-oriented investment approach toward a liability-driven investment (‘LOI’) strategy. The main objective of such a strategy is to find investment portfolios that will match or outperform a liability stream (pensions, insurance claims, etc.). In a previous […]

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EMR Clinical Decision-Making Application for Hamilton Health Sciences ChronicPain Centres

The proposed internship will provide an opportunity to observe and evaluate the implementation process of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) application. It is an opportunity for an eHealth student to evaluate from many different viewpoints: programming and software development in response to requests for clinical and academic deliverables; training and introduction process for business support […]

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Impact de la réalité augmentée sur l’expérience de consommation et les intentions d’achat de produits industriels

L’objet de cette recherche est de mieux comprendre l’utilité des expériences virtuelles, ici la réalité augmentée et la visualisation 3D, dans le cadre de la promotion de produits industriels personnalisables. En effet, l’utilisation de ces outils par les entreprises offrent de nombreux avantages, y compris dans le cadre de la personnalisation de masse, tendance essentielle […]

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