Canadian Business Review articles from September 1992

Canadian Business Review archives from September 1992

Consumer spending to pick up for Christmas. (Canadian economy) (Frank Talk on the Economy)
September 22, 1992... Over the past few months, we've seen evidence that both consumer and business confidence levels have turned the corner. This, plus the impact of low interest rates, should foreshadow a general improvement in economic conditions toward the end...

Issues & insights: an interview with Sylvia Ostry. (recipient of the Conference Board of Canada's 1992 Honorary Associate Award) (Cover Story)
September 22, 1992... Q. At its annual meeting later this month, The Conference Board of Canada will present you with its Honorary Associate Award for 1992. What message will you convey in your address to the business and government leaders who will be there?...

Sylvia Ostry. (recipient of The Conference Board of Canada's 1992 Honorary Associate Award)
September 22, 1992... Dr. Ostry is Chairman of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto, Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, and Chairman of the National Council of the Canadian Institute for International Affairs. She is also Western...

Canada's population: changes and challenges. (Special Report: The Long-term View)
September 22, 1992... The Canadian business climate is changing. It is a commonplace that we live in a shrinking, interdependent world, with new challenges and opportunities. Among the most important of these challenges is our changing demographics--the changes in...

The future of Medicare. (Canada's health care system) (Special Report: The Long-term View)
September 22, 1992... Medicare has become part of the Canadian national identity. Canadians love their universal, publicly funded health care system and want to protect and preserve it. They are therefore concerned about any pressures on the system that might...

A long-term outlook for the Canadian economy. (includes related article) (Special Report: The Long-term View)
September 22, 1992... A long-term economic outlook is useful and important for a number of reasons. Various industries need a credible and consistent analysis of the underlying economic indicators of long-term potential growth. For instance, the oil and gas...

Long-term planning in the power sector. (includes related articles) (Special Report: The Long-term View)
September 22, 1992... NEWFOUNDLAND POWER USES FORECASTING AND PLANNING TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES OF GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Newfoundland Power and its predecessor companies have been delivering electricity to Newfoundland homes and...

The high cost of dropping out.
September 22, 1992... A recent television commercial shows a teenage boy scanning the help-wanted ads and phoning prospective employers. "I'm calling about the ad in the paper," he begins--and then goes on, resignedly, "Yeah, I understand. No, I don't have a high...

Partnerships in action: innovative partnerships increase the likelihood of students staying in school until graduation. (business-education partnerships)
September 22, 1992... Georgina Township in Ontario is the site of a dropout prevention program involving a partnership between Levi Strauss & Co. and the York Region Board of Education. The "Let's Graduate Georgina" partnership is a broad-based dropout prevention...

Quality improvement - from dreams to reality.
September 22, 1992... AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY REVEALS A GAP BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY IN CANADIAN COMPANIES' ASSESSMENT OF THEIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES By G-7 standards, Canada has one of the world's major economies; by United Nations standards, it...

Tools of the trade: competing in the global market.
September 22, 1992... CANADIAN COMPANIES, BY INVESTING ABROAD AND FORGING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES, ARE ACHIEVING EXPORT SUCCESS AROUND THE WORLD International markets are being dramatically reshaped by the forces of globalization: trade barriers are falling, and a...

The outsourcing solution.
September 22, 1992... Managing the modern business organization has become an incredibly complex task. A large part of this complexity stems from the numerous functional divisions most organizations feel compelled to maintain--there are departments for accounting,...

The fiscal fiasco. (excerpt from John Crispo's book 'Making Canada Work: Competing in the Global Economy')
September 22, 1992... Making Canada Work: Competing in the Global Economy examines the competitiveness challenge facing Canada and outlines prescriptions for the problems that beleaguer this country. In his foreword, author John Crispo explains that although his...

Labour peace and improved competitiveness. (Executive Forum)
September 22, 1992... Relations between labour and management are critical to the success of every industrialized society--they affect working conditions, the distribution of benefits, the productivity of individual organizations, and reach beyond the workplace to...

The way to prosperity. (increasing the competitiveness of Canadian firms in the international market) (Executive Forum)
September 22, 1992... As the Canadian economy struggles out of the longest recession in the post-Second World War era, our nation's competitiveness has emerged as a critical issue. One school of thought says we have lost our edge and it's downhill from now on. The...

Opening up the electric power industry. (Executive Forum)
September 22, 1992... The electric power industry has enjoyed a unique status in the minds and attitudes of many Canadians. In the first half of this century, Canadian entrepreneurs were world leaders in the development of electric utilities in Canada and...