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-...

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!

"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-...

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-...

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.

"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...

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-...

“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...

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 with research and comment by Prof. David Zweig of @utsc.utoronto.ca / Rotman www.shrm.org/executive-ne...

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

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 - @poetsandquants.bsky.social covers the launch of our One-Year MBA and Master of Management programs poetsandquants.com/2025/07/08/r...

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 - @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. 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...

#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. Read more: bit.ly/4l8z0LI

How Close Is Commercial Quantum Computing? “Simply by experimenting with quantum, companies are generating or deriving quantum-inspired algorithms that can be run in their classical hardware" Prof. Francesco Bova sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-...

Looking for consulting services? Four new principals have been appointed at the Rotman School's Impact Consulting Group, which provides innovative and high-quality tailored solutions for clients both large and small in a wide range of sectors. Read more about the new team here. ow.ly/KIVZ50W53YJ

Some professors are also diving into AI’s potential. Joshua Gans and his colleague Kevin Bryan, have created an AI teaching assistant that can answer student queries. Prof. Gans said the student reaction has been “phenomenal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Congratulations to Professor Maja Djikic! Her book, The Possible Self A Leader's Guide to Personal Development, was a Gold Winner in the psychology category in the 2025 IBPA Book Awards announced earlier this month. ow.ly/JOWh50W07Oy

Looking to negotiate? In this episode of The Short Answer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, professor of organizational behaviour and human resource management @rotmanschool.bsky.social offers three pieces of advice for improving your chances of success. Find more tips at uoft.me/bAI.

Rotman Professor Kristen Duke is an award winning teacher and researcher in behavioural economics. Today she was recognized as one of the Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors for 2025 by Poets&Quants. Congratulations! www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

To implement AI successfully, Prof. Walid Hejazi says corporate leaders must determine how AI fits into their overall strategy, clearly communicate expectations around AI to employees and provide proper training. via The Globe & Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Welcome to our two newest executives-in-residence, Ismat Duckson Aziz and Richard Davis. We look forward to their engagement with and support of our students. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...

Sanchaita Kohli, MBA' 25, has been named as one of the "Best & Brightest" MBAs for 2025 by @poetsandquants.bsky.social Congratulations! Read more about her contributions to Rotman. ow.ly/2JHe50VPltj

After being named #UofT's 17th president on March 26, Melanie Woodin met with students, staff, faculty and senior leaders across U of T’s three campuses during a whirlwind two-day tour. 💙 uoft.me/btg

New from @theglobeandmail.com. Prof. Dimitry Anastakis of @uoftartsci.bsky.social / Rotman writes on how Mr. Trump is killing America’s technological and economic future.

If AI doesn't kill your company, it will make it stronger, study shows. Summary of talk by @kmcelheran.bsky.social of @utsc.bsky.social / Rotman at @ecb.europa.eu from @reuters.com cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/artific...

Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres

Policy reforms that can make Canada more productive, more global, and less reliant on the U.S., is the best protection for our sovereignty and our prosperity, wrote Prof. Walid Hejazi for The Toronto Star www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

All Day TA created by Rotman Profs. @joshgans.bsky.social & @afinetheorem.bsky.social is one example of AI’s expanding role in education. Read more in this article from @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/daa0...

Congratulations to Prof. @sarahkaplan.bsky.social who was selected to join The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program. During her residency, Prof. Kaplan will work on her forthcoming book, Products for the People, to be published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. ow.ly/nIQe50VikpR

Dear Donald: A history lesson on why American carmakers came to Canada The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Dimitry Anastakis:

Dear Donald: A history lesson on why American carmakers came to Canada - Prof. Dimitry Anastakis of Rotman / @uoftartsci.bsky.social writes for @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

“If Canadians all started buying Crown Royal instead of bourbon, that, in my mind, feels like a bigger deal than changing your investment portfolio," Prof. Ing-Haw Cheng tells @ianbickis.bsky.social @cdnpress.bsky.social toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/w...

Tariffs & the auto industry: “The Big Three are going to be decimated,” @robgillezeau.bsky.social tells @wdet.bsky.social “This feels like a perfectly designed policy by the president to do as much harm to Ontario, and to Michigan, as one could imagine.” wdet.org/2025/03/04/t...

"if tariffs go through and this uncertainty continues, cars are going to be much more expensive. We’re going to have fewer choices on cars," says Prof. Dimitry Anastakis of Rotman / @uoftartsci.bsky.social via @globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1102940...