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Price tells a story about your product

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Rim Hariss talks price strategies. Supply and demand, manufacturing costs, and other operational factors are important determinants of a product’s price. But beyond that, retailers can manipulate prices to tell a story about their brand. Professor Hariss explains how different price strategies affect relationships with consumers, how price anchoring and skimming influences consumer behaviour, and the opportunities and risks of putting products on sale.

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Putting the ‘care’ back in healthcare

The last time you saw a doctor, did you feel cared for? Or did you feel depleted? Your answer is about more than customer service satisfaction. It can actually have important impacts on your health. This week, Dr. Anoop Kumar – an emergency physician and alumnus of the International Masters for Health Leadership at McGill University – tells us how to put the ‘care’ back in healthcare.

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Creating a green economy is not plug-and-play

To fully take advantage of sustainable technologies, many systems may have to change. And that’s not a bad thing. Green technologies open new possibilities for global production systems—and they could quickly make our current systems look outdated. This week on the McGill Delve podcast, Professors Michael Raynor (Ivey Business School) and Sanjith Gopalakrishnan (McGill University) make the case for disruptive innovation of production systems.

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Community organizations are an antidote to systemic racism

Alicia Boatswain-Kyte is a social worker and Assistant Professor of Social Work at McGill University. She has published several studies on Black people’s experiences with healthcare, youth services, the justice system, and more – and her findings challenge us to think differently about how to deliver public services. The secret, she explains, is to let go of racial capitalism.

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Theatre was the original thinking machine

What does Shakespeare’s Macbeth teach us about healing trauma? How is the murder of King Duncan connected to the manosphere? What does Macbeth’s story teach us about ambition, morality, and the pursuit of power? As the world navigates the impacts of AI, Professors Laurette Dubé and Paul Yachnin return us to the oldest thinking machine of all: the theatre.

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The truth about job hopping

Depending on whom you ask, job hopping is either the shortcut to maximising your career or the best way to sabotage it. But do employers punish applicants who switch jobs frequently? Professors Matissa Hollister (McGill University) and Xavier St-Denis (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) looked into it. Based on their recent study, here’s the evidence on whether or not you should job hop.

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Shopping with white guilt

In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, Professor Mookerjee shares findings from his latest study, “Reparative Consumption: The Role of Racial Identity and White Guilt in Consumer Preferences.” He walks us through how white guilt influences consumer choices – even more than other factors like political affiliation, gender, or race. He also discusses the value of consumerism as a reparative act for businesses that experienced discrimination, and how companies should navigate questions of race when engaging with consumers. Eric Dicaire, Delve’s managing editor, hosts this episode.

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The humanitarian side of ops management

Humanitarian logistics are like planning the Olympic Games, but you don’t know where or when it will happen, or how many people will be affected, says Professor Harwin de Vries of the Rotterdam School of Management. This poses a massive operations challenge. How do you create an effective humanitarian response in such unpredictable conditions? In this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, he explores this question and more. Anicet Fangwa, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization and an expert in humanitarian management, hosts this episode.

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The end of oil

Oil producers are the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world. Will they ever stop? On this episode of the McGill Delve podcast, two experts in management and climate change discuss the end of oil. Professor Ryan Kellogg, of the University of Chicago, thinks oil divestment could happen in the next 75 years. Professor Javad Nasiry, director of the Sustainable Growth Initiative at McGill University, asks him why.

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Is AI a public good?

With businesses everywhere looking to AI to enhance their work, it’s no surprise that the public sector is considering it, too. But is this a good idea? For Professor Renee Sieber, it’s complicated. AI has a lot of potential for public good. But she’s concerned that, if we’re not careful, we might lose humanity in our government services. This, and more, on the latest episode of the McGill Delve podcast.

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