Canadian Business Review articles from March 1992

Canadian Business Review archives from March 1992

The Conference Board and the future of Canada. (The Conference Board of Canada) (A Statement)
March 22, 1992... The Conference Board of Canada believes strongly in the importance of preserving and improving Canadian unity. The Conference Board has a broad network which encompasses all the provinces as well as the federal government, and hundreds of...

Confidence remains low as interest rates drop. (Frank Talk on the Economy)
March 22, 1992... Canadian consumers are in a gloomy mood and our outlook doesn't offer much solace for the next three months. None of the recent news was good, especially the employment results, the decline in GDP, and the sharp drop in consumer confidence in...

Canada's role in an interdepedent world: an interview with Bernard Wood. (Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security) (Interview) (Cover Story)
March 22, 1992... Bernard Wood is the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security. He has held this position since 1989. Previously, Mr. Wood was the rounding director of the North-South Institute, which was...

Sound marketing strategies for a new Europe.
March 22, 1992... Harmonization of the single European market is causing many companies both within and outside of the EC to review their current positions. This article provides an overview of how EC market integration is expected to affect Canadian businesses...

Controlling inflation: an alternative view.
March 22, 1992... For the past several years, the single most important objective for Canada's economic policy makers has been clearly evident from the actions of the Bank of Canada and the inflation targets and forecasts from the Department of finance. For...

Will we experience a world capital shortage?
March 22, 1992... As we entered the 1990s, there were widespread fears that the world would experience capital shortage, or a "savings gap". This shortage, it was explained, would bring about high real interest rates. reduced investment and slower economic...

Canadian equity markets: taking advantage of change.
March 22, 1992... The emerging global economy is challenging many industries, and the securities business is no exception. In recent years, international equity trading has been encouraged by a number of factors, including the evolution of technology and the...

Business ethics ... an oxymoron? (Executive Forum)
March 22, 1992... It is all too easy--and very enticing--to buy the notion that there are definitive rights and wrongs when it comes to business ethics. All of us must make difficult decisions each day that demand ethical sensitivity, often without clear-cut...

Critical mass, competitiveness and the new economic order. (Executive Forum)
March 22, 1992... Canada's lengthy recession has masked the more fundamental challenge Canadian industry must deal with: the restructuring of our economy to compete in the new global economic order. Although many businesses have begun to struggle with the...