Lorsqu’une entreprise investit de larges sommes d’argent dans une technologie, elle espère en tirer des bénéfices : diminution de ses coûts d’opérations, amélioration de la relation client, amélioration de la qualité des produits, etc. Ces faits sont mesurés à l’aide d’indicateurs de performance. Chaque entreprise est libre de choisir les indicateurs qu’elle souhaite suivre, mais […]

Upon completion of the project the interns work will allow the partner organization to better understand how inventory management is handled in small businesses. The project will also help understand what inventory levels should be for small businesses based on predictive analytics. With this knowledge the partner organization can better understand how it can help […]

Stelia Amérique du Nord (Stelia) est une entreprise du secteur aérospatial qui offre différents services, produits et composants de haute technologie aux grands donneurs d’ordres comme Airbus et Bombardier. Stelia opère deux importantes usines en Amérique du Nord et achète globalement environ 14.000 pièces et composants spécifiques et standards. L’objectif de ce projet est d’aider […]

In order to assist the successful implementation of the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan (ACLP), a study aimed at the viability of energy storage technology will be conducted. The ACLP has set forth plans to completely phase out coal power generation, and achieve 30 percent renewable power by 2030. This new, made in Alberta, energy plan […]

This research is based on the study of two cities, Montréal and Curitiba. This study will focus on the implication of these cities regarding sustainable development. The first part of the study will be a discussion about the factors that makes them sustainable. To conduct this study, there will be an analysis of the existing […]

Dans un but de développement économique et de revitalisation du centre-ville de Sherbrooke vient s’inscrire le projet du quartier de l’entrepreneur : Well inc. Un quartier dédié au développement entrepreneurial à Sherbrooke. Les enjeux principaux sont de fournir à la communauté et aux entrepreneurs des services, des ressources et des outils pour les soutenir dans […]

The research project I propose concerns the mobile application market in a developing country. In order to provide a complete analysis, I must define what makes Curitiba city favourable to a mobile application market and what people are seeking through mobile applications on the market. Furthermore, this project must reveal how the demand meets the […]

The proposed research will take a look at how Non-profit organizations can use storytelling to affect the outcome of their social media campaigns. The intern will be taking a look at narrative driven social content, which is social media content whether videos, audio, infographics, images, etc., that are created to tell a story and its […]

Stakeholders from all business sectors are increasingly looking to businesses to address pressing social and/or environmental issues. Co-operatives are facing the same challenges, and must also use non-financial indicators to demonstrate their co-operative difference. The purpose of this project is to develop a web-based searchable database of existing tools and frameworks to measure social and […]

Whether due to urbanization or climate changes, flood events have an impact on property value. Newly available geography data about flood risk zone have yet not been utilized to their full potential in Canada. This project aims to study the impact of the flood risk zone on the value of homes for Quebec City, and […]

This project will evaluate the Civic Accelerator program in Guelph and research key features of the program. The Civic Accelerator is an innovative approach to economic development, using public sector procurement and challenge competitions to support “civic tech” entrepreneurs, startups, students and companies. This project will support the on-going development of the Civic Accelerator program […]

The Canadian paint and coating industry had long established programs to collect residual paint from the household and recycle it into marketable products. By doing so, the industry protects the environment by recycling a significant amount of resources which used to end up in landfills as waste. However, such programs are currently costly for both […]