YORKbiotech and Schulich School of Business launch 2010 sanofi pasteur Healthcare and Biotechnology Venture Challenge

Are you an innovator with a product or service relevant to the health-care industry? Are you having difficulty commercializing? Are you looking for professional help from world-class MBA students? Does competing for more than $10,000 in prize money and a chance to present your innovation to a panel of industry experts sound appealing? We have your […]

Professor Edward Waitzer says corporate ‘democracy’ is politicizing corporate structures

Corporate and securities regulation appears to be moving rapidly towards a more shareholder (rather than director) centric governance model, wrote Edward Waitzer, Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corprorate Governance in York’s Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University, in a column about changes in securities rules in the National […]

Audio: Professor Alan Middleton says humor, buzz and new format keys to Old Spice guy's marketing success

Alan Middleton, professor of marketing in the Schulich School of Business, spoke to Toronto's 680 News about the success of Old Spice's youtube video campaign to rebrand their image using commercial spots featuring actor and former NFL player Isaiah Mustafa. You can listen to the spot on 680News.com (click the play button below Mustafa's photo): […]

Schulich researchers raise important questions about hedge fund regulations

Companies that borrow money from hedge funds often see a sharp rise in bets against their shares before the loans or loan amendments are announced, new research from a Schulich professor shows, suggesting that fund managers or others privy to these deals may be illegally trading ahead of the announcements, reported The Wall Street Journal […]

Report recommends how best to regulate corporate social reporting

York University’s Jay & Barbara Hennick Centre for Business & Law and Jantzi-Sustainalytics have submitted recommendations to the provincial minister of finance on how the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) can begin to improve corporations’ disclosure of their social practices. The report was released at a press conference on Tuesday morning. It is available to the public on […]

Centre for Refugee Studies and Plan Canada identify barriers to development in Southern Sudan

York University researchers have issued a report with recommendations for improving technical and vocational training in Southern Sudan, based on in-depth interviews with Sudanese from different walks of life. The report, published jointly by Plan International Canada (Plan Canada) and York’s Centre for Refugee Studies, identifies barriers to such training, believed to be crucial for […]

York Circle expands its intellectual research offerings for curious minds through public lectures

At 77 years of age, Elizabeth Pitt is heading back to school and she couldn't be happier. A grandmother of a York University fine arts student, Pitt is a member of the York Circle, a legacy initiative of York University’s 50th anniversary. The York Circle is an ongoing program that offers curious people like Pitt […]

York remembers Professor Gordon Shaw, founding business school faculty member

Gordon Shaw, professor emeritus of operations management & information systems and one of 16 founding faculty members of what is now the Schulich School of Business at York University, died peacefully at Toronto East General Hospital on May 7 at age 83. The only son of Emma and Kenneth Shaw of Walkerville, Ont., Gordon Charlton Shaw (left) was […]

Audio: York instructor Theodore Tolias speaks to Radio Canada about Greece's economic crisis

Theodore Tolias, economics instructor at York's Schulich School of Business, discussed the financial crisis in Greece, on Radio Canada International’s “The Link” May 5. The interview appears in Part 2 of the program at the 2:00 mark and runs until the 12:00 mark. Posted by Lia Novario, research events coordinator.

Buying a house? York prof's research says real returns aren't significant over long haul

Cynthia Holmes, adjunct professor of real property in the Schulich School of Business, spoke to The Globe & Mail April 26 about her research on how housing and property market values change over the very long term. They go up with inflation, but don't provide significant real returns: She points to exceptions – for example, […]