Canadian Business Review articles from December 1990

Canadian Business Review archives from December 1990

Frank talk on the economy. (column)
December 22, 1990... FRANK TALK on the economy In the last issue of Frank Talk, I said we would be "perilously close" to recession in 1990. Well, we were, and now we're in one. The big question is how long and how deep it will be. I don't believe it will be...

Preparing for the challenges ahead. (former Northern Telecom Chmn Walter F. Light)(includes related biography) (interview)
December 22, 1990... Preparing for the Challenges Ahead Q. You stepped down as CEO of Northern Telecom in 1984 after holding that position since 1979. What prompted you to make that decision? A. There is a time, as a CEO, when you should get out of an...

Mexico's reforms: charting a course for the future. (includes related article on The Conference Board of Canada)
December 22, 1990... Mexico's Reforms: Charting a Course for the Future The globalization of the world economy and the emergence of economic blocs is shaping a new multipolar system. It is a development that neither Mexico nor Canada can ignore. This is why...

Canada-United States-Mexico: trade policy options.
December 22, 1990... Canada United States Mexico: Trade Policy Options On June 11, 1990, Mexican and U.S. Presidents Carlos Salinas de Gortari and George Bush committed their administrations to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement beginning in early 1991. On...

Corporate culture & Canada's international competitiveness. (includes related article on corporate culture factors)(part 2 of 2)
December 22, 1990... Corporate Culture & Canada's International Competitiveness For the past several years, Canada's most influential thinkers and decision makers have considered international competitiveness to be the single most important issue facing Canada....

The case for "clean and green" in the workplace. (environmental aspects)
December 22, 1990... The Case for "Clean and Green" in the Workplace It used to be sufficient for companies to be lean and mean--not anymore. Organizations are now under increasing pressure to prove that they are also environmentally clean and green. The...

Curing the U.S. trade deficit.
December 22, 1990... Curing the U.S. Trade Deficit Some economists have argued recently that the U.S. trade deficit can be cured without any exchange rate adjustments. They advocate co-ordinated fiscal actions as a prescription. The implication of this...

A Canadian challenge: providing opportunities for native business. (Canadian Council for Native Business)(includes related article)
December 22, 1990... A Canadian Challenge: Providing Opportunities for Native Business The headlines this past summer in every national and international publication told of my people's problems. The stand-off at Oka focused the world's attention on a small...

Seniors in the marketplace. (includes related article on National Advisory Council on Aging)
December 22, 1990... Seniors in the Marketplace * Today, some 3 million Canadians (11 per cent of the total population) are 65 years of age or older. * By the year 2000, people aged 50 years and older will represent approximately 30 per cent of the...