Civil Society appeals to policymakers to declare malnutrition as a medical emergency

Almost eight million children in India are severely malnourished and have nine times higher risk of death compared to normal children. These children deserve to live. In January 2015 over 100 organisations and individuals collectively urged the government to take action and save the lives of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) through the Generation Nutrition Campaign.

Parental attachment insecurity predicts child and adult high-caloric food consumption

Authors:聽Faber, A.,聽Dub茅, L.

Publication:聽Journal of Health Psychology

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The psychology of appraisal: Specific emotions and decision-making

Authors: 聽So, J.,聽Achar, C.,聽Han, D.H.,聽Agrawal, N.,聽Duhachek, A., Maheswaran, D.

Publication:聽Journal of Consumer Psychology

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Correcting for Misspecification in Parameter Dynamics to Improve Forecast Accuracy with Adaptively Estimated Models

Authors: Ceren聽Kolsarici and Demetrios Vakratsas

Publication:聽Management Science

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Shareholder value implications of service failures in triads: The case of customer information security breaches

Authors:聽Modi, S.B., Wiles, M.A.,聽Mishra, S.

Publication:聽Journal of Operations Management, forthcoming

Policy insights from the nutritional food market transformation model: The case of obesity prevention

Authors:聽Struben, J.,聽Chan, D.,聽Dub茅, L.

Publication:聽Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2014

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Convergent innovation for sustainable economic growth and affordable universal health care: Innovating the way we innovate

Authors:聽Laurette Dub茅,聽Srivardhini Jha,聽Aida Faber,聽Jeroen Struben,聽Ted London,聽Archisman Mohapatra,聽Nick Drager,聽Chris Lannon,聽P.聽K. Joshi聽and聽John McDermott

Publication:聽Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2014

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How Shame and Guilt differ when it comes to Marketing

Written by DaHee Han You鈥檇 be right in thinking that shame and guilt are negative emotions, but they can actually be used to create successful marketing campaigns. What marketers really need to know is that both emotions have different effects on consumers. Read full article: Digital Marketing, January 9, 2015

How shame and guilt can be used to your advantage in marketing

There are ways to ensure marketers are not fumbling in the dark when it comes to getting the most out of using emotion in their marketing campaigns. From billboards and adverts to their company website, my research shows that emotions such as shame and guilt can be used to create a favourable response from consumers.

L'茅pid茅mie d'ob茅sit茅: un 茅chec de la m茅decine?

Depuis 30 ans, les approches m茅dicales et di茅t茅tiques ont montr茅 leurs limites.

... "Derri猫re chaque ob猫se, il y a un individu, et cet individu ne peut 锚tre dissoci茅 de l'茅cosyst猫me dans leque il se trouve.", ajoute Laurette Dub茅, professeure 脿 la facult茅 de Management Desautels et pr茅sidente et pr茅sidente fondatrice et directrice scientifique du Centre de la convergence en sant茅 et 茅conomie de l'Universit茅 黑料不打烊.

Shameful advertising

Shame and guilt have different effects on consumer buying habits, new research from the Desautels Faculty of Management in Canada finds.

...听Professor DaHee Han says:

Sugar Sammy gets last laugh with publicity stunt

One of the province鈥檚 best known stand-up comics is likely laughing all the way to the bank with a new advertising campaign.

...听鈥漈his is marketing 101,鈥� Robert Soroka, a marketing professor at 黑料不打烊 University said.

The advertisement and the fallout is a well orchestrated publicity campaign that Sammy has executed perfectly.

How to successfully use shame and guilt in advertising

Shame and guilt have different effects on consumer buying habits, new research from the Desautels Faculty of Management in Canada finds.

...听Professor DaHee Han says: 鈥淭o get the best response, a fitness club could produce an ad that induces shame and highlights the bigger picture, such as 鈥楢re you overweight? How ashamed do you feel? Stop overeating, join our fitness programme and feel healthy all the time!鈥�

The granddaddy of all Canadian-U.S. trade disputes is about to rear its ugly head again

A recent dispute over 鈥渃ountry of origin labelling鈥� for meat products underscores the fact that Canada and the U.S. still have their share of trade disputes.

...听鈥淔or the first time in years, we actually see new housing starts in the United States past the one-million mark,鈥� said William Polushin, an international business expert and lecturer at the Desautels faculty of management at 黑料不打烊 University.

Mathieu Darche 鈥� from the NHL to the corporate world

The Montreal native realized his boyhood dream of playing for The Montreal Canadiens. Armed with a marketing and management degree from 黑料不打烊; Mathieu Darche is bringing that same determination to a new career in business.