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The 2014 Southern Ontario Behavioral Decision Research (SOBDR) Conference, supported jointly by the Departments of Marketing and Consumer Studies, Economics an Finance, and the Center for Business and Social Entrepreneurship was a great success. More than 100 students and scholars from across southern Ontario came together for the 10th annual conference to hear from leading researchers in the areas of consumer behavior, economics, and psychology. The day-long event featured two keynotes- Dr. J. Keith Murnighan from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Dr.

Approximately 30 MBA students recently completed their program with help from one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies - PepsiCo. Working in seven teams of four over the span of five days, students used everything they learned during their program to respond to a mandate presented by the company. The reward for the best recommendations? An all-expenses-paid trip to Dallas, Texas for an NFL game in the PepsiCo box.

The opening of Parksville, B.C. restaurant Smoke and Water has people talking about the future of tipping in Canadian restaurants. The soon-to-be eatery has opted to increase the prices of its menu items by 18 per cent in order pay its staff a living wage.

PhD candidate Diana Alessandrini is getting ready for the next step in her academic career. Currently completing her PhD in Economics, she has already accepted a tenure-track position at Auburn University in Alabama where she will continue her research on the effects business cycles have on people’s decisions regarding education and the labour market.

Name: Diana Alessandrini
Hometown: Cesena, Italy
Program: PhD in Economics

The University of Guelph and the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management are preparing to welcome approximately 60 international delegates to the eighth Tourism Education Futures Initiative Conference (TEFI8) from June 4 to 7. This year’s theme, “Transformational Learning: Activism, empowerment and political agency in tourism education” is in keeping with TEFI’s mission to push boundaries, think creatively and inform and support tourism educators and students to transform the world for the better.

Rising pork prices and shrinking packages of bacon might be leaving a lot of Canadians achin' for bacon. In this article and video report from CBC, Professor and Associate Dean Sylvain Charlebois comments on the unique demand for the meat.

Professor Kris Inwood’s paper, “Trade Policy and Industrial Development: Iron and Steel in a Small Open Economy, 1870-1913” has been awarded the Harry Johnson Prize by the Canadian Journal of Economics. The prize recognizes the author or authors of the article judged to be the best published in the Journal during the preceding calendar year.

One of the University of Guelph’s founding presidents will return to campus on May 27 to receive the Lincoln Alexander Outstanding Leader Award.

Staff at the City of Guelph is proposing enhanced enforcement and education in place of formal licensing to address problems in high-density rental areas, such as those around the University of Guelph. In this article from the Guelph Mercury Professor Jane Londerville voices her support of the recommendation.

For Chelsea Galoni, business is in her blood. Coming from a long line of business owners, it makes sense that she would pursue her commerce degree, but her plans after graduation don’t include following in her family’s footsteps and starting her own business. Instead she’s pursuing her PhD at Northwestern University straight from undergraduate studies.

Name: Chelsea Galoni
Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario
Major: Marketing Management
Year: 4th