Canadian Business Review articles from June 1996

Canadian Business Review archives from June 1996

Current account surplus supports low interest rates. (Canadian economy)(Frank Talk on the Economy)
June 22, 1996... As we reach the mid-point of 1996, it's time to start looking ahead to next year. Business planners should expect better results than this year as overall real growth rate increases to about 2.6 per cent from 1.7 per cent in 1996. Even consumers,...

A winning formula. (interview with Newbridge Networks Chmn. and CEO Terence H. Matthews)(includes profile of Terence Matthews)(Cover Story)
June 22, 1996... An interview with Terence (Terry) H. Matthews Chairman of the Board & CEO Newbridge Networks Corporation Interviewed by Jean Pascal Souque and Jacek Warda Q Your company, Newbridge Networks Corporation, is a highly successful world leader in...

Outsourcing as a strategic tool.
June 22, 1996... Increasingly, corporations are focusing on the strategic reasons for outsourcing Since the 1920s and 1930s, the model that has shaped our thinking about organizations has been that of a large, integrated structure that looks to own, manage and...

Private-public partnerships: the Toronto Hospital experience.
June 22, 1996... "Good business deals have become better business deals" In the fall of 1993, The Toronto Hospital (TTH) embarked on an ambitious program of establishing relationships with a number of private sector organizations with a view to reducing the...

Outsourcing: some HR issues.
June 22, 1996... Understand the human resource dynamics in outsourcing relationships Manpower has been in the business of "outsourcing" for nearly 50 years. Today, we define our core competency as human resource solutions. We provide and manage well-trained,...

Communicating in the Information Age.
June 22, 1996... Is technology hampering our ability to communicate? Innovations in technology now allow us to communicate more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Yet despite the variety and ease of communication facilitated by the technological...

Integrated risk management.
June 22, 1996... Leading corporations are developing strategies to anticipate and manage business risks In an increasingly complex and turbulent operating environment, leading Canadian organizations are employing integrated risk management to improve strategic...

Technology and customer satisfaction: myths and facts.
June 22, 1996... Technology alone does not guarantee success The global marketplace. The information highway. The on-line, paperless society. We live in a technological age where "keeping up" is virtually impossible. Nevertheless, if you want to be taken...

A season of labour discontent. (labor relations in Canada)(Opinion)
June 22, 1996... Without positive union involvement, most workplace change initiatives are doomed to failure Notwithstanding a decade of relative labour peace in Canada, a period when work stoppages have fallen to unprecedented levels, Canada still has the...

Employment: youth's rite of passage.
June 22, 1996... In recent months, the subject of youth unemployment has moved onto the public policy agenda of this country. Here at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), it has been an issue of concern for some time. The shorthand description of the...

No one can have it all. (realistic role models for young people)(Executive Forum)
June 22, 1996... "If I had known what it would be like to have it all I might have settled for less" - Lily Tomlin When I began my career more than two decades ago, I often found myself overstepping the bounds or in the middle of controversy. During my first...

Malaysia Vision 2020: the building of a nation. (includes related article on failed joint venture between Polaris Inflatable Boats Canada Ltd. and MARA Shipyard and Engineering Terengganu)(Global Focus)
June 22, 1996... The International Programs Group at The Conference Board of Canada held the third meeting of the Asia Pacific Business Research Council's emerging market series in Toronto in March. The Council provides timely information on global economic and...