Business Quarterly articles from January 1991

Business Quarterly archives from January 1991

The decline of ethics.
January 1, 1991... The Decline of Ethics Ethics and greed are difficult topics out of which to craft a coherent set of views. It is not that people are not interested; they are. They are also concerned. It is rather that, once you have run though the latest...

A Canada-Mexico-U.S. free trade agreement: let's go!
January 1, 1991... A Canada-Mexico-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Let's Go! When Canada signed a free trade agreement with the United States, it may inadvertently have established procedures and conditions that will make Mexico's negotiations easier. Mexico's...

A Canada-Mexico-U.S. free trade agreement: watch out!
January 1, 1991... A Canada-Mexico-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Watch Out! I have serious reservations about Canada's entering into trilateral negotiations with the U.S. and Mexico aimed at a North American free trade agreement. The Canada-U.S. free trade...

The environmental audit: who needs it?
January 1, 1991... The Environmental Audit: Who Needs It? Any environmentalist would hope that business would be held responsible for its effects on the environment. While this may have been an idealistic goal in years gone past, it is now becoming a harsh...

Implementing marketing strategy.
January 1, 1991... Implementing Marketing Strategy The more experience I gain, the more I see the importance of effective implementation. Among many marketers, there frequently is only modest interest in transforming strategies from bright concepts into...

Creating a winning proposal. (competitive bidding)
January 1, 1991... Creating a Winning Proposal More proposals are rejected than accepted. Invariably, price is blamed as the villain, but in fact, price is rarely the only consideration and, many times, not even the main one. How do you win in a...

How to train managers for going global.
January 1, 1991... How to Train Managers for Going Global Globalization has produced a new set of demands on corporate thinkers. As a concept, it is used widely and tends to be applied to many realities. It describes CNN being broadcast to a remote Caribbean...

Money we trust. (Bank of Canada, Canadian inflation)
January 1, 1991... Money We Trust The Bank of Canada is the federal institution that many Canadians most like to hate. Managers should take a longer term view. They should strongly support our central bank in the aggressive determination with which it is...

Power and the information systems department.
January 1, 1991... Power and the Information Systems Department Consider the following two points. First, information is power. While perhaps a cliche, this statement is also a widely accepted truism. Second, the IS department is the group responsible for...

Producing something from "nothings". (tax accounting of intangible assets)
January 1, 1991... Producing Something from "Nothings" Do you know that your business can actually make a payment for "nothings", and claim a tax deduction for it? In such instances, the "nothings" refer to certain intangible assets of a business such as...

So you want to build the next SABRE system? (sales and business reservations done electronically, American Airline's computerized reservation system)
January 1, 1991... So You Want to Build the Next SABRE System? American Airlines' SABRE reservations system is an archetype for strategic information systems. Since its introduction in 1962, SABRE has been described as many things. In the 1960s, it was touted...

Diamond in the rough. (business theory of Michael Porter, Canada's international competitiveness)
January 1, 1991... Diamond in the Rough Michael Porter's blockbuster book, The Competitive Advantage of Nations,[1] has been elegantly summarized by Donald Thain in the Summer 1990 issue of Business Quarterly.[2] Unfortunately, the length and complexity of...