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The College of Business and Economics is proud to announce that three of its faculty members have been granted SSHRC Insight Development Grants.

Congratulations to professors Kurt Annen (Department of Economics and Finance), Louise Grogan (Department of Economics and Finance) and Philippe Lassou (Department of Management), who have been collectively awarded with more than $148,000 to support their research projects.

The University of Guelph had a presence again this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, including College of Business and Economics (CBE) dean Julia Christensen Hughes.

Last year, dean Christensen Hughes attended the forum and took part in the Global 100 Executive Roundtable on sustainable capitalism. This year, she echoed a similar message for sustainable business education on the world stage, specifically on the use of corporate bonds and the transition to a green economic.

SSHRC supports postsecondary-based research, research training and knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities. This SSHRC Spotlight series features U of G researchers in the College of Business and Economics who have received SSHRC funding this year.

SSHRC supports postsecondary-based research, research training and knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities. This SSHRC Spotlight series features U of G researchers in the College of Business and Economics who have received SSHRC funding this year.

The University of Guelph’s College of Business and Economics set to launch the university’s first research centre focused solely on marketing analytics and consumer-driven “big data.”

Housed in the college’s Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, the newly launched Marketing Analytics Centre will act as a “think-tank” for industry and academics to collaborate on leading-edge consumer-based research.

University of Guelph business students from DECA U Guelph travelled to Toronto last weekend to join more than 1,300 student delegates from across Ontario for one of Canada’s largest undergraduate conferences.

The DECA U Ontario competition is their flagship event, with student delegates competing in over 17 academic case categories, including both individual and team cases.

Two teams of U of G business students travelled to Toronto over the weekend for the 14^th annual Human Resources Industry Conference, hosted by the Human Resources Student Association at the Ted Rogers School of Management.

The conference brings together distinguished industry leaders and students from across Canada’s top business schools. In addition to networking with industry and attending workshops, student delegates also compete in the conference’s Organizational Behaviour Case Competition (OBCC).

Third-year University of Guelph Management, Economics and Finance students had the chance to ring the opening bell at TSX, after winning the fourth annual Richardson GMP case competition.

The competition is part of the Strategy of Mergers and Acquisitions (ECON*3360) course at U of G and is sponsored by the Canadian wealth-management firm Richardson GMP.

U of G business students from the Guelph Student Investment Council (GSIC) attended Battle on Bay 2019 over the weekend, an undergraduate finance competition hosted by the Ryerson University Finance Society.

Attending the competition for the first time, University of Guelph’s GSIC students had an impressive showing that saw them place third overall, taking home a $1,000 prize.

The team consisted of: