Rotman School of Management

Fraud in venture capital-backed startups is rising. Founder-friendly contracts and cap table complexity strongly predict fraud. The venture capital market does not discipline fraudulent founders ex post, from Alexander Dyck, Freda Fang, Camille Hebert, and Ting Xu www.nber.org/papers/w34868

Professor John C. Hull died on January 31, 2026. He was an internationally recognized authority on derivatives and risk management. He will be very fondly remembered and sadly missed. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

Creativity killers: Busting the myths that stop great ideas before they start Your next great idea might be just around the corner...if you don't stifle it first. The latest episode of the Executive Summary podcast breaks down the fastest way to kill a creative idea.

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Stop waiting for your creative lightbulb moment — great ideas don't work that way! On the Rotman Executive Summary podcast, Prof. George Newman busts the biggest myths about where great new ideas come from. Listen now on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!

Algoma Steel layoffs: A wake-up call for Canada’s industrial future Algoma Steel’s layoffs are painful, but they are also predictable. If we want to protect Canadian workers and communities, we need to stop reacting and start building resilience.

"When tariffs hit, companies like Algoma Steel have few alternatives. This is not a new problem; it is a structural weakness we have failed to address despite repeated warnings," writes Prof. Walid Hejazi in an article for The Toronto Star. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Acclaimed for both his teaching and research, Rotman Professor Alexandre Corhay has been named of @poetsandquants.bsky.social For Undergrads best undergraduate business professors of 2025. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

L-R: Mei Zhen, Rhonda McEwen, Susan Christoffersen and Denise Belsham

20 #UofT community members named among Canada's 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN 🍁 uoft.me/c19

Why does chasing happiness make us unhappy? 🤔 In this Short Answer, #UofT's Sam Maglio, Marketing and Psychology professor @utsc.utoronto.ca & @rotmanschool.bsky.social tells us about the “happiness paradox” & ways we can appreciate the moment instead.

Congratulations to Professor Richard Powers, who is the 2025 winner of the Peter Dey Governance Achievement Award from the Governance Professionals of Canada. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

Black text box on the left: Congratulations to Dean Susan Christoffersen, as well as some of our alumni who are among the winners of the WXN 2025 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards - Rotman - Here's where it changes. Photo on the right of Dean Christoffersen

Dean Susan Christoffersen is one of the winners of the 2025 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, presented by WXN, along with other Rotman graduates www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

New column by @lauradoering.bsky.social and András Tilcsik explaining their research published in Organizational Science.

Challenges Facing Business School Leaders—and What’s Next The rise of AI, fragmented geopolitics and a risk of divergence fuel heightened uncertainty, our panelists say.

"We need to double down on some of the human skills. The things that make us human are what’s going to differentiate us," Dean Susan Christoffersen tells a Dean's Panel for @bloomberg.com on challenges facing business school Deans and what's next. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Text - Congratulations to Prof. Dimitry Anastakis. He won the Waugh Family Foundation Book Prize in Canadian Business History for his book Dream Car. Graphic of Dream Car cover. Photo of Prof. Anastakis.

Congratulations to Prof. Dimitry Anastakis who is the inaugural winner of the Waugh Family Foundation Book Prize in Canadian Business History for his book "Dream Car." www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-... @artsci.utoronto.ca @uoftpress.bsky.social

Congratulations to @dilipsoman.bsky.social and the BI-Org partnership who is a Finalist for an Impact Award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

Congratulations to @joshgans.bsky.social who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

What’s better than a $100 million job offer? The AI talent war reveals lessons for hanging on to your top performers.

“Nobody wants to fool around with a second-rate team.”
Prof. Ajay Agrawal discusses $100 million job offers from AI companies w/ Lila MacLellan of @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2025/08/29/a...

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Personalized pricing can hurt companies' profits, according to a new @rotmanschool.bsky.social study #UofT 📊 uoft.me/bMy

Congratulations to Mahtab Soin, one of @poetsandquants.bsky.social Best and Brightest Executive MBAs for 2025! Read more about Mahtab and his story. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

Four Rotman professors were recently honoured with the the King Charles III Coronation Medal for their contributions to Canadian society. Congratulations to Ajay Agrawal, Nouman Ashraf, Sandford Borins, and Walid Hejazi. ow.ly/Y6wY50WzIgx

Almost Done? That’s When Boring Tasks Are Most Unbearable. Research by Prof. Clair Tsai and colleagues from The Society for Personality and Social Psychology spsp.org/news/charact...

4 Steps to Combat Knowledge Theft in Your Workplace Prevent knowledge theft by leading with integrity. Discover key strategies to foster a culture of trust and recognition at work.

4 Steps to Combat Knowledge Theft in Your Workplace with research and comment by Prof. David Zweig of @utsc.utoronto.ca / Rotman
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Finally, Canada is taking action on trade reliance with the U.S.: Will it be enough? Canada must diversify its trade relationships and reduce its economic dependence on the U.S. This doesn’t mean abandoning our largest trading partner, but it does mean expanding where we sell

Canada must diversify its trade relationships and reduce its economic dependence on the U.S. and address our productivity issues. Prof. Walid Hejazi writes for
@torontostar-rss.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Modeling computers and AI as cognitive tools provides a lens to interpret evidence on inequality, workflows, and teams, from Ajay K. Agrawal, @joshgans.bsky.social, and Avi Goldfarb https://www.nber.org/papers/w34034

Toronto Rotman Launches One-Year MBA and Master of Management Degree Programs The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management is launching two new programs: a Master of Management (MMgt) and a One-Year MBA.  “The Master of Management program is designed to provide stude...

Rotman Launches One-Year MBA and Master of Management Degree Programs via ClearAdmit www.clearadmit.com/2025/07/toro...

The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind. Working paper with @joshgans.bsky.social and Ajay Agrawal. A bicycle amplifies human locomotion. Computers & AI amplify human intelligence. We model cognitive tools, showing when they affect productivity, inequality, & teams. www.nber.org/papers/w34034

Rotman Enters Acceleration Race With Two New One-Year Business Degrees With a new one-year MBA & Master of Management, Rotman joins a growing number of North American schools to offer accelerated degrees.

Rotman Enters Acceleration Race With Two New One-Year Business Degrees - @poetsandquants.bsky.social covers the launch of our One-Year MBA and Master of Management programs poetsandquants.com/2025/07/08/r...

How knowledge theft is quietly disrupting workplaces According to researchers, 91 per cent of the participants said they’d either experienced knowledge theft, seen it happen or they did it themselves

It’s the gut punch that comes in a meeting when your idea is echoed by someone else and suddenly applauded, as if you never spoke at all. Research by Prof. David Zweig via
@theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...

AI Can Strengthen Canada's Economy — If We Let It - Canadian Chamber of Commerce Avi Goldfarb joins host Marwa Abdou to explain why Canada’s early leadership in research hasn’t led to widespread adoption.

AI Can Strengthen Canada’s Economy — If We Let It - @avigoldfarb.bsky.social joined the Canada’s Economy, Explained podcast from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce chamber.ca/ai-can-stren...

Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. Thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that The ratings gap has financial consequences and non-white workers were found to earn 91 cents for every dollar their white counterparts made for the same work

Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. A thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that says an article from The Globe & Mail on research by @decelles.bsky.social and colleagues in @nature.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...

Richter Heintz

#UofTGrad25 and Dean’s List Scholar Richter Heintz reflects on being a two-time Ironman participant and president of the University of Toronto Sports and Business Association.

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