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After reading Christina Kwan’s blog post regarding Sustainability and watching the video that comes with it, I realized that the idea of sustainability is heavily reliant on the economic theory that people have unlimited wants in a world with limited resources. As a member of the Richmond Green Ambassador team, I am no stranger to the topic of […]

  In response to Ryan Ho’s blog, I found it very interesting that there are analysts who support this argument. Before reading this post, I could not imagine myself entering a product into market without having tested the waters. But come to think about it, there many companies who have succeeded in putting out a product […]

  It is clear that what Jeff said on Thursday afternoon was reflective of today’s population. Students of Sauder in this decade have been raised up by their parents and by society into believing that in order to be an acceptable member of society, one must do do noble deeds. Now, when we combine the desire […]

Do consumers make choices based on how environmental a company is? This seems to be a question that is always under debate.  On one hand, there are companies such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company that have heavily invested in sustainable companies. While on the other hand, there are companies such as Fiji Water who disregard the […]

  The presidential election has officially concluded after the too-tight-to-call voting in Florida. The democrat’s win can be attributed to several factors with the analysis of big data being the most interesting. The interesting aspect of this election is that although both parties utilized heavy IT artillery, the republican race was solely reliant on their use of big […]

We all have our reasons to be at Sauder. Some are here to be an accountant, some are here to be a stock broker but we can’t deny a majority of us, aspire to be an entrepreneur.With the speeches by Eric Carlson and Amielle Lake, I got to thinking about various ways to be a […]

As of October 5th, two of Greece’s largest bank firms, National Bank of Greece (NBG) and Eurobank (EFG) have announced their decision to merge with one another. This comes amass the unsettled crisis that have been occurring within Greece. This move is used as a common strategy for firms facing financial problems. In this case, both banks […]

Recent news speculate that Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE.TO) are in the final stages of coming to terms with Montreal based media giant Astral Media Inc. for a reported $3.38 billion acquisition. The main deciding factor for Bell’s decision was their perception of Time Value of Money. With Astral’s net income nearing the $200 million mark […]

Recent news regarding E. coli traces found in Canada’s largest beef producer, XL Foods have been heightened after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency stated in a press release that the Albertan based meat packaging company did not properly follow certain safety procedures. This article brings up a very serious topic that is business ethics. As […]

The American car manufacturer General Motors plan to open four new I.T. centers around the world, in the hopes of cutting costs as well as bringing new innovation to the market. By doing so, GM plans to shift their IT services to a more in-house strategy by hiring up to 10,000 new employees within the […]