Tip creep and tip-flation leading to a review of tipping culture in Canada
Tipping has gotten out of control in Canada. Not only are restaurants鈥� automated payment systems prompting patrons for tips of up to 30%, there are even some tip prompts at self-serve kiosks. More than half of Canadians say they鈥檇 prefer a no-tip, service-included model that ensures higher base wages for employees.
Bargain hunters beware: online deals can come with unanticipated conditions
Scouring for holiday gifts at bargain prices is a savvy way to cut costs, but the allure of Black Friday deals sometimes masks potential pitfalls. In an article for BNN Bloomberg, Associate Professor Vivek Astvansh emphasizes the need for caution among bargain hunters to ensure they're fully informed about any unforeseen conditions.
BCom alum鈥檚 paper on the financial literacy of immigrants an FCAC finalist
51吃瓜网Desautels graduate Avneet Bhabra (BCom鈥�23)鈥檚 research paper 鈥�23% and Counting, but Not 鈥極ne Size Fits All鈥�: Helping Canada鈥檚 Immigrants Strengthen Their Financial Knowledge鈥� has been published by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Canada.ca. Focusing on financial literacy amongst immigrants in Canada, the paper was selected as a finalist in the undergraduate category of the FCAC鈥檚 2023 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge.
Buyer鈥揝upplier Relationship Dynamics in Buyers鈥� Bankruptcy Survival
Authors: Sudha Mani, Vivek Astvansh and Kersi D. Antia
Publication:聽聽Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming, EXPRESS: First published online July 27, 2023
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The effects of regulatory investigation, supplier defect, and product age on stock investors鈥� reaction to an automobile recall
Authors:聽Vivek Astvansh and Kamran Eshghi
Publication: Journal of Business Research, Volume 167, November 2023, Article 114052
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51吃瓜网Experts, including Desautels Professor, comment on WHO鈥檚 listing of aspartame sweetener as possible carcinogen
Yu Ma, Associate Professor at the 51吃瓜网Desautels Faculty of Management, discusses the consumer implications of aspartame being listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), potentially increasing scrutiny and concerns about the safety of food additives.
The Winner鈥檚 Curse in Dynamic Forecasting of Auction Data: Empirical Evidence from eBay
Authors: Ernan Haruvy, Meisam Hejazi Nia, 脰zalp 脰zer, and A. Serdar 艦im艧ek
Publication:聽Manufacturing & Service Operations Management; Volume 25, Issue 3, May-June 2023, Pages 1155-1175
Scientific Evidence Production and Specialty Drug Diffusion
Authors:聽Demetrios Vakratsas and Wei-Lin Wang
Publication: Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming,聽first published online as EXPRESS: May 9, 2023
Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains
One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence鈥攁nd the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.
McGill-led MiXR platform will connect Canada鈥檚 food and beverage sector
Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient.
Second language pedagogy project at UQO will draw on lessons from Ie-KnowledgeHub / Le projet de p茅dagogie des langues secondes 脿 l'UQO s'inspirera du Ie-KnowledgeHub
Desautels Associate Professor of Marketing Hamid Etemad wants to make it easier for people to learn the concepts of digital transformation in their second language and is working with researchers from Universit茅 du Qu茅bec en Outaouais (UQO) on a $150,000 initiative that will develop bilingual digital teaching tools for university classrooms.
Desautels鈥� event highlights innovative research and recognizes scholars
On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars.聽
Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.
Delve: Are Consumers Spoiled For Choice or Too Overwhelmed to Choose?
Today鈥檚 consumers demand and expect a wealth of choices in everything from sneakers to potato chips, but while large product lines provide abundance and variety, they don鈥檛 always result in sales鈥攁nd can even take away from a company鈥檚 bottom line.
Is bigger better? How the scale effect influences green purchase intention: The case of washing machine
Authors: Chenxuan Hou and Emine Sarig枚ll眉
Publication: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Volume 65, March 2022, Article 102894
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The Impact of Advertising Creative Strategy on Advertising Elasticity
Authors: Filippo Dall'Olio and Demetrios Vakratsas
Publication: Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming, first published online as EXPRESS: January 7, 2022
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