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RSS FeedHow COVID-19 News Consumption Impacts Work Engagement
News consumption has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic as people try to make sense of the evolving situation. However, there is evidence that consuming a significant amount of negative news can provoke anxiety and negatively affect our mental health. How does this affect workers’ ability to be engaged at work during the pandemic? Schulich […]
Posted onHow Political Connections and Government Crackdowns Affect Banking in China
How do political connections influence firms’ credit benefits, especially when the central government is cracking down on corruption? A research team led by Schulich Professor Justin Tan attempted to address this question by investigating bank loan contracts in China. The research paper, titled “Non-Market Strategies and Credit Benefits: Unpacking Heterogeneous Political Connections in Response to Government […]
Posted onUnited Nations Report Links Climate Change and Real Estate Values
Climate risks are becoming a fundamental and critical structural factor that investors need to consider in building resilient real estate portfolios, but there is a lack of information and understanding about how these complex risks could affect property values in coming years, a new report from the UN, Schulich School of Business and Henley Business […]
Posted on#REALTALK Founder Appointed as New Schulich Entrepreneur in Residence
Schulich Instructor Cherry Rose Tan was recently appointed as the new Entrepreneur in Residence with Schulich’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She will now be expanding her role at Schulich by providing guidance to students and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators through the Schulich Startups Advisory Program. “I look forward to supporting and championing our Schulich […]
Posted onNew Study Explains How Time Influences Consumer Behaviour
Time is a key structural component of our lives and of the universe. It is therefore no surprise that consumers and marketers alike engage with the multiple orientations of time – the past, the present, and the future – in their daily consumption choices and marketplace activities. A study recently published in the Journal of […]
Posted onSchulich Professor Wins Best Book Award
Schulich Accounting Professor, Gregory D. Saxton, was recently awarded the 2021 Public and Nonprofit Division’s Best Book Award. His book, The Quest for Attention: Nonprofit Advocacy in a Social Media Age, co-authored with Chao Guo from the University of Pennsylvania, seeks to reveal the mechanisms and ramifications of a new model for nonprofit advocacy in […]
Posted onResearch Identifies How to Craft Public Health Advertising during a Crisis
A study recently published in the Journal of Advertising shows that context harm crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic require not only bespoke advertising efforts for various communities and societies, but also an evolving, multistage approach not recognized in prior advertising literature on health messaging. The research, based on consumer-focused advertising drawing implications for public […]
Posted onSchulich Instructor, Stuart Browne Lands $3.1 Million Investment
Stuart Browne (MBA ’09), Co-Founder and CFO of ChargerQuest, recently raised $3.1M in financing to launch the expansion of its comprehensive public electric vehicle (EV) charging station network. ChargerQuest owns and operates Canada’s most innovative smart electric vehicle charging stations. Despite the pandemic, the company successfully completed its pilot phase in 2020 and plans to […]
Posted onThe Curious Economics of Luxury Fashion Subject of New Book
Why does one handbag sell for five times the price of another that looks and feels pretty much the same? And how does a luxury label justify a runway show costing millions of dollars, when most of the outfits paraded will never appear for sale? Schulich Marketing Professor Emeritus and author Don Thompson delves into […]
Posted onResearch indicates Concentration in Stock Market Stifling Economic Growth
New research published in the Journal of Financial Economics finds that concentrated stock markets dominated by a small number of powerful firms are associated with less efficient capital allocation. The concentration also results in sluggish initial public offerings (IPOs), less innovation activity (as measured by patents), and slower economic growth overall. The study utilized three […]
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