John Molson School of Business http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:21 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png John Molson School of Business http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/ John Molson School of Business at Concordia University has a long tradition as a successful Canadian Business school. AACSB Accredited. Bachelor of Commerce, MBA, MSc, PhD. Apply Today! Another Podium Finish for JMSB at 2012 Financial Open http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2279-another-podium-finish-for-jmsb-at-2012-financial-open http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2279-another-podium-finish-for-jmsb-at-2012-financial-open Another Podium Finish for JMSB at 2012 Financial Open
Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business participated in the 2012 Financial Open Case Competition, which was held at Concordia from February 3 to 5. JMSB has a history of success in this competition and this year’s delegation ensured that the trend continue as they placed second overall.

The final overall standings were:
  1. HEC Montréal
  2. John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
  3. Université Laval

Silver
Market Finance Kevin Chan, Mathieu Milliand and Haig Tachejian
Corporate Finance Samer Balaghi, Michel Berger and Samuel Nasso
Managerial Accounting Danièle Brissette-Lalonde, Julia D’Alesio-Worth and Ana Maria Movila


Bronze
Tax Ranjit Girn, Eric McDonald and Robert Leone
Professionalism Entire delegation


Also contributing to the overall silver finish were the teams in:
Financial Accounting Francis-Carl Belanger, Andree Robbins and Patrick Martin
Financial Quiz William Garnett, Alexander Robinson and Jonathan Dulude
Stock Simulation Dany Asad, Arthur Grabovsky, Yashu Joshi and Giacomo Maggiore

The John Molson Competition Committee would like to extend its thanks to the coaches who brought out the absolute best in their teams once again. The finance coaches were Reena Atanasiadis, Amr Ezzat and Thomas Horvath. The Accounting coaches were Gail Fayerman, Basel Arafe, Patrick Gagnon, Tara Ramsaran and Martina Petrova.

The John Molson Competition Committee would also like to extend a special thanks to Head Coach and Advisor to the Competition Program, Mark Haber, for his commitment and his contribution to the program.

The team would also like to express its deepest gratitude to exclusive sponsor Pfizer Canada for their support and encouragement of the case competition program.

For more information about the competition, please contact the John Molson Competition Committee at info@jmcconline.ca.

Find out more about the John Molson Competition Program...

Posted February 8, 2012

JMSB's Previous Financial Open Performance

Feb. 9, 2010: JMSB Wins Gold for the Second Year Running at the 2010 Financial Open.  Read more...

Feb. 9, 2009: JMSB Wins Gold at the 2009 Financial Open for the 2nd time over the past 3 years. Read more...

Feb. 11, 2008: Overall silver for JMSB at Omnium Financier 2008 ...

Jan. 28, 2007: JMSB undergraduate students win overall Gold at Omnium Financier...

]]> Anna Gunaratnam Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:47 +0000 CGA-Quebec Makes Major Gift to Create Research Centre in Accountancy http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2277-cga-quebec-makes-major-gift-to-create-research-centre-in-accountancy http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2277-cga-quebec-makes-major-gift-to-create-research-centre-in-accountancy Ordre des comptables généraux accrédités (CGA-Québec) has donated $250,000 to establish the CGA Research Centre at Concordia’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB). The centre is the first of its kind in Quebec and will be led by Department of Accountancy Associate Professor Emilio Boulianne who, along with an advisory board and scientific committee, will shape the think-tank’s strategic direction. JMSB was shortlisted against sister institutions province-wide before winning the competition.

The CGA Research Centre is earmarked to become a national reference point in research in accountancy and will focus on CGA competencies such as organizational effectiveness, ethics and trust, leadership, accounting policy, management accounting, environmental organization and information technologies. It will also produce educational materials, articles for scientific journals, and strengthen ties between JMSB and CGA-Québec.

Five-year mandate

For a five-year period, beginning in 2012, $50,000 will be available annually for research, student awards and conferences with keynote speakers in the field of accountancy. The CGA Research Centre will also benefit from visiting professors and accountancy professionals who will lead research projects and run courses. JMSB currently has seven professors who hold the Certified General Accountant designation.

“We are grateful to CGA-Québec for this gift and are proud to serve as international thought-leaders in this area of applied research,” says Marie Claire Morin, Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Relations. “Accountancy students in Quebec and beyond Canada’s borders are the immediate beneficiaries of this tremendous initiative whose scope reflects Concordia’s global vision to deliver exceptional education to promising scholars.”

“Concordia is enriched by the creation of the CGA Research Centre,” says JMSB Interim Dean Alan Hochstein. “This timely initiative recognizes our Faculty and its leaders who are in lock-step with business professionals to develop, produce and deliver outstanding research that advances our students and society.”

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Posted February 2, 2012.
]]> Anna Gunaratnam Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:28:42 +0000 JMSB Sends Two Teams to Rotman’s MBA CSR Case Competition http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2276-jmsb-sends-two-teams-to-rotmans-mba-csr-case-competition http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2276-jmsb-sends-two-teams-to-rotmans-mba-csr-case-competition JMSB Sends Two Teams to Rotman’s MBA CSR Case Competition
The weekend of January 28 was a busy one for eight Concordia MBA students, as they represented the John Molson School of Business (JMSB) at the 2011-2012 CSR Case Competition at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Team aVANT-garde, composed of Vikas Upreti, Amita Dixit, Nikki Tsoflikis and Tara Walker made the final round of the competition, finishing fourth overall among fourteen entrants from across Canada. The Green Team, with Adam Osseyrane, Antoine Rezko, Isabelle Gendron and Jason Lau, was edged out in the first round by the eventual second place finishers.

Adam Blanchard, John Molson MBA alumnus and co-coach of aVANT-garde, was impressed by how quickly both teams gelled leading up to the event. Both teams managed to prepared extensively despite the fact that the event was held a few weeks earlier than usual this year. Team members were often found by their peers in various locations of the MB Building discussing cases at all hours of the day.

Teams were sent their case a week ahead of the competition and had access to outside research in framing their recommended action plan. The case involved Clorox not reaching their centennial goals to date. These goals included financial growth and a stronger focus on CSR.

Congratulations to the other three finalist teams:
  1. Schulich School of Business, York University
  2. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
  3. Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University
The MBA Society would like to thank lead coaches (and JMSB MBA alumni) Adam Blanchard and Marc Le Guen (aVANT-garde) and Ivonne Medina and Shawna Rose (Green Team) for the mentoring of their teams and their dedication to the program.

Special thanks to head coach Tim Field for his guidance and to Miriam Roland, whose generous establishment of the Miriam Roland Fellowship in Business Ethics makes participation in such events possible.

Thank you also to Matthew Fishman (MBA Society VP Case Competitions) for his efforts in supporting the organization and logistics of JMSB’s participation in this competition.

Posted February 2, 2012.
]]> Anna Gunaratnam Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:05:30 +0000 JMSB Hosts 2012 Financial Open from February 3 to 5 http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2273-jmsb-hosts-2012-financial-open-from-february-3-to-5 http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2273-jmsb-hosts-2012-financial-open-from-february-3-to-5 Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business will host the 6th edition of the competition from February 3 to 5, 2012
After a one-year hiatus, the Financial Open (Omnium Financier) is coming back with a bang. Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business will host the 6th edition of the competition from February 3 to 5, at the new state-of-the-art Molson Building. This finance and accounting case competition will bring together the best and brightest from 10 universities across Eastern Canada, pitting them against one another with bragging rights and a gold medal on the line.

Students' business sense and presentation skills will be tested in seven finance and accounting disciplines in cases created specifically for this event by companies in the industry. This year’s theme, "Seize the Moment," focuses on  responsible operations, social responsibility and innovation.

The Financial Open also provides participants with the opportunity to network with top executives from over 20 companies that will be in attendance, as well as with colleagues from other Canadian universities.

For more information please visit the event's website at of2012.ca.


Posted January 26, 2012

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JMSB's Previous Financial Open Performance

Feb. 9, 2010: JMSB Wins Gold for the Second Year Running at the 2010 Financial Open.  Read more...

Feb. 9, 2009: JMSB Wins Gold at the 2009 Financial Open for the 2nd time over the past 3 years. Read more...

Feb. 11, 2008: Overall silver for JMSB at Omnium Financier 2008 ...

Jan. 28, 2007: JMSB undergraduate students win overall Gold at Omnium Financier...

]]> Anna Gunaratnam Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:05:23 +0000 JMSB Wins Gold at Ryerson OBCC for the Third Year in a Row http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2272-jmsb-wins-gold-at-ryerson-obcc-for-the-third-year-in-a-row http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2272-jmsb-wins-gold-at-ryerson-obcc-for-the-third-year-in-a-row JMSB Wins Gold at OBCC for the Third Year in a RowAlana Des Coeurs, Isabella Matteo, and Catherine Richard represented Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB) at Ryerson University’s 7th annual Organizational Behaviour Case Competition (OBCC).

Having won the competition the two previous years, the team faced their challenge head on, delivering a stellar performance and winning gold. The competition had two phases. In the first phase, participants had two hours to read a case and twenty minutes to present their solution. The three teams selected for the final round had 15 minutes to adjust their recommendations before presenting to a panel of eight judges who are professionals in the Human Resources industry.

Congratulations to the JMSB team for their incredible work!

Final results:
  1. Concordia University (John Molson School of Business)
  2. University of Guelph
  3. McMaster University

Thanks to lead coach, Aaron Dresner for accompanying the team and for guiding them to their brilliant performance. Thanks to assistant coach, Savvas Pilarinos for his help.
Thanks also to alumni Scott Fisher, Allyson Ifergan  and Jessica Kuan for their insightful tips.

A special thanks to head coach, Mark Haber for his support and dedication to the case competition program.

The team would also like to express its deepest gratitude to exclusive sponsor Pfizer Canada for their support and encouragement of the case competition program.

For more information about the competition, please contact the John Molson Competition Committee at info@jmcconline.ca.

For more information about the John Molson Competition Program please click here.

Posted January 25, 2012

Previous Ryerson OBC Performance

Jan. 18, 2011: 1st place at the 6th Annual Ryerson Organizational Behaviour Case Competition (OBC). Read more...

Feb. 01, 2010: JMSB Wins First Place at Ryerson’s 5th annual Organizational Behaviour Case Competition. Read more...

Previous Human Resource Competition Performance

Nov. 25, 2011: JMSB wins second place at HR symposium case competition. Read more...

Nov. 21, 2010: JMSB takes fourth place in Human Resources Symposium. Read more...

Mar. 22, 2010: JMSB Wins Gold at Excalibur. Read more... Watch the video...

]]> Anna Gunaratnam Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:56:27 +0000 JMSB Places Third at Ryerson’s 2012 Battle on Bay Street http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2270-jmsb-places-third-at-ryersons-2012-battle-on-bay-street http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2270-jmsb-places-third-at-ryersons-2012-battle-on-bay-street JMSB Places Third at Ryerson’s 2012 Battle on Bay Street
Students Samer Balaghi, Michel Berger, Adam Forlini and Samuel Nasso represented Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB) at the 2012 Battle on Bay Street, Ryerson University's Financial Management Case Competition. The JMSB team made its mark on the competition with an impressive third-place place finish.

“The Ryerson case was about Sustainametrics, a tech start-up developing a Smartphone app to help companies implement their sustainability strategy among their employees,” said Berger. “Our job was to value the start-up and determine the best way to finance its growth - it had a projected shortfall in the next year if it did not receive a cash injection. The professor who wrote the case told us we had the most accurate valuation.”

The final rankings were:
  1. University of Waterloo (team 1)
  2. University of Waterloo (team 2)
  3. Concordia University (John Molson School of Business)

Congratulations to the Concordia team for their comprehensive analysis and presentation of recommendations at the competition.

The competition committee would like to extend its thanks to Reena Atanasiadis, Amr Ezzat, Arthur Grabovsky and Thomas Horvath for their coaching.

Special thanks to Head Coach and Advisor to the Undergraduate Competition Program, Mark Haber for his dedication and support.
The team would also like to express its deepest gratitude to exclusive sponsor Pfizer Canada for their support and encouragement of the case competition program.

For more information about the competition, please contact the John Molson Competition Committee at info@jmcconline.ca.

For more information about the John Molson Competition Program please click here.

Posted January 23, 2012
]]> Anna Gunaratnam Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:52:20 +0000 JMSB Takes Home Second Place at the Jeux du Commerce 2012 http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2268-jmsb-takes-home-second-place-at-the-jeux-du-commerce-2012 http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2268-jmsb-takes-home-second-place-at-the-jeux-du-commerce-2012 JMSB Takes Home Second Place at the Jeux du Commerce 2012
Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB) took home second place at the Commerce Games (Jeux du Commerce), held this year at Université Laval in Québec City from January 5 to 8, 2012. Over 1,000 students from eastern Canadian universities participated in this competition, making it the biggest commerce competition in eastern Canada. The weekend-long competition put the participants’ skills to the test in a variety of categories which included academics, debate, stock simulation, sports and social. The JMSB teams’ strong performances and team spirit earned the delegation the runner-up spot behind the winners from Ottawa University’s Telfer School of Management and ahead of third-place Université Laval.

Congratulations to the entire delegation, all of whom contributed to the overall second place finish. Below is a list of participants and their results:

Final Overall Results:

  1. Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
  2. John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
  3. Université Laval

Gold
International Business Danièle Brissette-Lalonde, Mark Donohue and William Garnett
Coaches: Jason Nelson and Kevin Gardner-Gregory
Social Justine Bussiere, Benjamin Dumas-Boisvert, Andrew Lorant and Kristyna Spooner


Silver
Finance Samer Balaghi, Michel Berger and Samuel Nasso
Coaches: Reena Atanasiadis, Amr Ezzat and Thomas Horvath
Entrepreneurship Erik Choquette, Shireen Salehi and Stefan Vatchkov
Coaches: Peter Vogopoulos, Claudio Forlini, Stephani Ciotti and Phil D’Angelo
Soccer Alessandro Pedicelli, Amanda Curzi, Anna Chmielowski, Fabio Macera, Julien Saleh, Katerina Fragos, Kyle Prillo-Guaiani, Leander Kotsopoulos and Paul-Michael De Petrillo
Coach: Jonathan Caputo
Dodgeball Alex Darvill, Justin Cassir, Krista Sawers, Leia Pengelley, Robert Beauregard, Ryan Amsden, Ryan Ruffner, Steven Rassi and Victoria Fowler
Coach: Maxime St-Laurent


Bronze
Human Resources Alana Des Coeurs, Maxime Defoy and Catherine Richard
Coaches: Aaron Dresner and Savvas Pilarinos
Tax Ranjit Girn, Lucie Keuyalian and Eric McDonald
Coaches: Tara Ramsaran, Basel Arafe, Martina Petrova and June Svetlovsky


Congratulations to all other competitors who helped JMSB reach their second place overall standing.
Marketing
 Michael Bellows, Gabrielle Dionne-Boivin and Joelle Gourdji
Coaches: Peter Dedicik, J.S. Belanger and Kyle Britton
Accounting Veronica Perez, Mariann Rossi and Tarun Suri
Coaches: Gail Fayerman, Patrick Gagnon, Audrey Landry and June Svetlovsky
Supply Chain Operations Management Julien-Pierre Bolduc, Zuzanna Chudzinski and Ana-Maria Movila
Coaches: Mahesh Sharma, Caster Parham and Kalil Diaz
Management Information Systems Alexandre Tomovic, Yi (Peter) Zhang  and  Cristina-Mirela Busoi
Coaches: Ian Selvarajah and Hadi Azar
Strategy Haby Diallo, Alexander Robinson and Anna Vinitskaia
Coaches: Jessica Andrews and Christian Bonneau
Stock Simulation Dany Asad, Arthur Grabovsky, Yashu Joshi and Giacomo Maggiore
Debate Valérie Lemaire, Scott Carr, Adam Castonguay & Danny Shakibaian
Coach: Chris Daigle
Tchoukball Terrence Dobson, Simon Chamberland, Alvy Mizele,  Matthew Arsenault, Zak Lupu, Francois Letendre-Joachim, Jenna Yee, Beatrice Ip Yam and Frédérique Dufort-Plante
Coach: Amine Ouadahi


Special thanks to:
Coordinator Stephanie Laurin
Advisors Nick Henderson and Marianna Luciano
Ambassadors Gabrielle Faraggi (JMCC President), Anthony D'Urbano, Gabriel da Silva, Julie Chamberland, Michael Lombardi and Michal Karwowski
Volunteers Ariane Beaulieu Sirois,  Xavier Freedman,  Miyoko Fulleringer and Kristen-Chantelle Woo


The John Molson Competition Committee would also like to extend a special thanks to Head Coach and Advisor to the Competition Program, Mark Haber, for his commitment and his contribution to the program.

The Committee would also like to thank its exclusive sponsor Pfizer Canada for their support of the competition program.

For more information about the Jeux de Commerce Competition, please contact the John Molson Competition Committee at info@jmcconline.ca. For more information about the John Molson Competition Program please click here.

Previous JDC performance

Jan 11, 2011: Golden Weekend for JMSB: Delegation Brings Home JDC Title. Read more...

Jan 18, 2010: JMSB Wins Third Place at the 2010 Jeux de Commerce. Read more...

Jan 2-5, 2009: JMSB wins 7 podiums at Jeux du Commerce 2009. Read more...

Jan 9, 2008: JMSB undergraduate students achieve seven podiums at Jeux du Commerce. Read more...

Jan 8, 2007: JMSB undergraduate students win overall Gold at Jeux du Commerce. Read more...

Jan 6-9, 2006: BComm students win gold medals in Accounting, Strategy and International Business at Jeux de Commerce. Read more...

Jan 7-10, 2005: JMSB wins overall silver at 2005 Commerce Games. Read more...
]]> Anna Gunaratnam Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:53:06 +0000 JMSB at the 2012 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2267-jmsb-at-the-2012-inter-collegiate-business-competition http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2267-jmsb-at-the-2012-inter-collegiate-business-competition JMSB at the 2012 Inter-Collegiate Business CompetitionIn late November 2011, Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB) qualified for the final round of the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC), held at Queen’s University’s Queen’s School of Business. JMSB teams qualified in six competition categories: five business disciplines and the category for debate. This in itself was an incredible accomplishment and represent JMSB’s best qualification round results ever. 

The JMSB delegation managed to parlay its six entries into four podium finishes - the most of any university at the competition.

Congratulations to all the ICBC competitors and coaches for their outstanding work and commitment!

Below is a list of competitors and their results:

Silver
Debate Alison Revine and Gregory Synanidis
Coaches: Chris Daigle and Kirsten Law


Bronze
Business Policy Kevin Chan, Meaghen Foley and Juliya Regy
Coaches: Jessica Andrews and Christian Bonneau
Management Information Systems
 Christopher Carpini and Northrup Sprung-Much
Coaches: Ian Selvarajah and Hadi Azar
Human Resources Isabella Matteo and Robin Sancton
Coaches: Aaron Dresner and Savvas Pilarinos
Chairperson Award Awarded to the delegation exhibiting the most spirit during the final weekend.


Congratulations to the Ethics and Finance teams for qualifying for the final round.
Ethics Mathieu Milliand and Fia Stobbe
Coaches: Rosalind Knitter and Tima Petrushka
Finance Adam Forlini and Haig Tachejian
Coaches: Reena Atanasiadis, Khaled Souffani, Amr Ezzat and Thomas Horvath


Thanks to Jonathan Mailhot, an ICBC alumnus who showed his support for the JMSB teams all weekend.

The teams that did not qualify worked hard to produce excellent papers. ICBC is a competition where only the top six of as many as 30 teams qualify in each category of the final round. Thanks to the marketing team of Kirsten Law and Alison Revine, along with their coaches Peter Elenakis and J.S. Belanger. And to the Accounting team of Gregory Synanidis and Phoebe Li, with their coaches Gail Fayerman, Basel Arafe and Patrick Gagnon.

The John Molson Competition Committee would also like to extend a special thanks to Head Coach and Advisor to the Competition Program, Mark Haber, for his commitment and his contribution to the program.

The Committee would also like to thank its exclusive sponsor Pfizer Canada for their support of the competition program.


For more information about the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition, please contact the John Molson Competition Committee at info@jmcconline.ca. For more information about the John Molson Competition Program please click here.

Posted Tuesday January 17, 2012

Previous ICBC Performance

Jan. 12, 2011: JMSB’s Golden Weekend Continues with Four Podiums at ICBC. Read more...

Jan. 13, 2010: JMSB Returns from the 2010 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition With Two Podiums. Read more...

Jan 7-9, 2009: JMSB wins 3 podiums at the 31st edition of ICBC. Read more...

Jan 14, 2007: JMSB undergraduate students win four medals at the 2007 Inter-Collegiate Business Competition. Read more...

Jan 13-15 , 2005 - A Gold in Business Policy at Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC). Read more...

]]> Anna Gunaratnam Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:12:16 +0000 JMSB team edged out in the semi-finals http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2266-jmsb-team-edged-out-in-the-semi-finals http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2266-jmsb-team-edged-out-in-the-semi-finals Université Laval won first place at the 2012 John Molson MBA International Case Competition (MBA-ICC)

The Christmas break provided little opportunity to rest for the student organizers of the John Molson School of Business (JMSB) signature annual event.

The 31st annual John Molson MBA International Case Competition was held from January 3 to 8 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel. It is the oldest and largest competition of its kind in the world.

The Concordia Cup, awarded to the competition winners, was presented to the delegation from Université Laval at a closing banquet on January 10 along with a cheque for $10,000. The University of Otago from New Zealand finished second, while the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business rounded out the top three.

This year’s competition had 36 participating teams, representing schools from 11 different countries. The JMSB team — Pierre Carpentier, Robert Fiori, Rabia Khan, Bryan McCrory and Damian Wolff — made it to the semi-finals, finishing in the top nine.

“I could not be prouder of my team's performance,” said coach Tim Field. “Over the week, Rabia struggled with a bad cold and Pierre had the stomach flu and had not eaten for three days. This did not show in their performance once. They remained focused, professional and provided stronger and stronger presentations as the week progressed. It was a real pleasure for me to work with such an intelligent, motivated and dynamic group. They represent the best of JMSB's potential graduates and will undoubtedly have successful business careers.”

For Khan the competiton was “by far, the best experience in the MBA program. The  competition not only helped me learn to analyze a business problem in a structured fashion under a time constraint but also, and more importantly, allowed me to form lifelong friendships with my teammates, our coach and past JMSB teams who came to lend us their support. The competition also provided a venue to meet students from international programs, which is quite an opportunity!”

The most anticipated moment of the competition came when organizers announced the identity of the company that would be presenting the “live case,” which is when members of senior management of a major firm arrive to communicate a business problem to the teams. This year, the surprise company was Montreal-based IT firm, CGI Group. Teams had three hours to prepare their recommendations.

In an interview on CTV Montreal’s News at Noon, Concordia alumnus and Senior Vice-President, Global Communications and Investor Relations at CGI, Lorne Gorber, explained that the company is looking for opportunities for growth and that “the bright young minds at the case competition could bring some of these opportunites forward.”

He also explained that the event offered firms a great opportunity to recruit top talent. “MBA students bring certain strategic element to businesses like CGI who use technology to solve business problems.” Gorber added that often “these ideas can turn into tangible and strategic business opportunities.”

Posted Tuesday, January 17, 2012
]]> Anna Gunaratnam Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:11:19 +0000 Annual Toy Drive Success, Over 1000 Toys Collected for Montreal Children’s Hospital http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2258-annual-toy-drive-success http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/component/content/article/96-jmsb-news/2258-annual-toy-drive-success Annual Toy Drive Success, Over 1000 Toys Collected for Montreal Children’s Hospital
The 4th Annual JMSB Toy Drive in support of the Montreal Children’s Hospital was another resounding success thanks to the overwhelming kindness and generosity of the Concordia community. This year’s goal of 600 toys was surpassed by a significant margin with donors contributing to a grand total of over 1,000 toys!

Eva Ferrara and her colleagues on the Toy Drive Committee, Jay Mazzamauro, Ramona Senecal and Donna Craven, thank everyone who participated in this year’s collection, in particular the “wonderful elves from Distribution Services who delivered the toys to the Montreal Children’s Hospital.”

The Committee is extremely grateful to Denawares Corporation, who provided toys at below cost price and to The Mad Science Group Corporation, who donated over 130 toys, worth over $1,350.

The Toy Drive Committee extends its best wishes to entire Concordia community for holiday season.

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