Two-In-One: Why Would Oracle Bet on a Co-CEO Structure?
On September 18, Larry Ellison, co-founder of the database software company Oracle, announced he was stepping aside as chief executive….
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Buy High and Sell Low: An Upside-Down World
There is an old joke about an economist strolling down the street with his companion. They come upon a $20…
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The Beginning of East-Asian Entrepreneurship and IPO’s
The largest ever initial public offering (IPO) did not come from the Harvard dropout working in California, nor the Stanford…
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The King Wants to Buy Some Coffee
Is the Timmies in Redpath Café a sign of what is to come for the future of Canada’s staple coffee…
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Microsoft’s Future: Up in the Clouds
Twice a day for forty days, Goliath, the champion of the Philistines, sought out contenders from the Israelite army to…
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Defending the One Percent, Really? Really.
Wealth inequality stirs the emotions and excites controversy like few other social issues of our time. The statistics are jarring…
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McGill Learns from its Students
There is no doubt that a typical university experience is, regrettably, a one way street. Although we may like to…
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The World in 2050
About 2,500 years ago, Greek philosopher Heraclitus warned against any attempts at forecasting the future, proclaiming, “nothing endures but change”….
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Monetary Policy: The Era of the Dove
Janet Yellen, the first acknowledged “dove” in monetary policy, was confirmed as the next chair of the Federal Reserve in…
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Bubble 2.0?
Young, articulate, computer science majors from Silicon Valley have once again captured the imagination of countless aspiring entrepreneurs. Their companies…
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