Business Quarterly articles

Recent articles from Business Quarterly

Headstart. (product defects, technology acquisitions, Canadian software industry, CD-ROM technology and annual meetings)
June 22, 1997... Can a Product Defect Work for You? You have invested a lot in developing your brand in the minds of your consumers. But, because brand equity is founded in your customers' perceptions, you know how fragile this valuable asset is. Today's products are increasingly complex and must be produced...

Bargaining with technology.
June 22, 1997... Professors Blum and Teich provide a useful initial framework from which to examine the experiences of British Columbia's public service and public sectors. It also provides a tool for practitioners as they prepare for collective bargaining. As with other Canadian provincial jurisdictions, the...

Entrepreneurship: stoking an important engine of growth.
June 22, 1997... As an educator, my dilemma is that I have always believed that entrepreneurs cannot be created; they are born. I believed that this innate compulsion to start a business would manifest itself early in someone's life. One role of business schools was to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship in...

Smaller businesses need outside directors.
June 22, 1997... A few good friends and family members may not be enough to make the most effective board for smaller companies. Give serious thought to retaining (and paying) outside directors A few years ago, when discussing an assignment with a potential client, who was the sole owner and operator of a...

Eaton's and the vultures: a cautionary tale. (Eaton's of Canada Ltd.)
June 22, 1997... Eaton's made two terrible blunders. The first was to misjudge the changing retail environment. That led to insolvency. The second was to misjudge what might happen if they used insolvency to restructure the business on the backs of their suppliers and leaseholders. That led to the ending of an...