Business Quarterly articles from June 1991

Business Quarterly archives from June 1991

Business and Canadian unity. (Insight)
June 22, 1991... An issue that is or ought to be of deep concern to all Canadians is the future of the country itself. It is not a question of whether we have a Conservative government in Ottawa, a Liberal government in Quebec or an NDP government at Queen's...

When Canada becomes a distribution point. (global manufacturing and marketing)(making marketing work)
June 22, 1991... The trend toward global manufacturing and marketing, by definition, tends to disconnect production and marketing in local (national) markets. There is value in direct linkages between production and marketing activities, especially in the...

Managing for global market leadership.
June 22, 1991... An Apollo 8 astronaut once remarked that what struck him most about looking at earth from outer space was the fact that he could not see any national borders. That is how many corporates leaders look at the world today. They see a global market...

How to profit from the demographic trends.
June 22, 1991... Although the full impact of Canada's rapidly-changing demographic trends will not be felt immediately, over the next decade Canada's businesses will experience considerable challenges in deciding what to produce, how to market their products...

Diffusion of an information technology innovation. (You and the Computer)
June 22, 1991... "Salesforce productivity is a hot item, very much in vogue with life insurers and drug companies that sell products and services through hundreds of reps in the field. Companies see automation as a tool to increase productivity, improve market...

William Lyon Mackenzie King: Canada's first management consultant?
June 22, 1991... Peter Drucker quite rightly describes the discovery of management as a post World War II phenomenon. But clearly there has been an interest in management at least since the 1880s when F.W. Taylor, an American engineer, created the scientific...

Yes, managers, there is still a business cycle. (Viewpoint)
June 22, 1991... The expansion that resoundingly ended in the second quarter of 1990 was one of the longest and strongest in our history: 30 quarters and over 25% real growth. For many younger managers, this is their first experience with decision making in a...

Tapping Japan's financial markets. (includes related article)
June 22, 1991... Fifteen years ago, Prime Minister Trudeau stressed the need for Canadians to develop a "third option" to existing economic dependence on the United States and Europe. This option would entail much greater interaction with the countries of the...

Developing manufacturable new products.
June 22, 1991... "If I ever go mad, I shall have the ghost of the opening of the railway walking before me, or rather standing in front of me, holding out its hand, and when it steps forward, a little swarm of devils in the shape of leaky pickle tanks, uncut...

Sustainable development: where to from here? (View from the Top)
June 22, 1991... Our comfort level with the need for sustainable development has by now risen to the point where we should be shifting our focus to the question of how to extend our consciousness to others. Among the wealthier nations of the world at least, we...

The taxation of forgiveness. (debt forgiveness)(Tax and Business)
June 22, 1991... A business that gets into financial difficulties has a number of options, short of going bankrupt. First, it can "lean on its suppliers" as long as the suppliers are neither tax collectors nor employees. Second, the business can sometimes...

Managing organizational stress.
June 22, 1991... That stress pervades modern organizations is hardly disputed. We see it in a number of dysfunctional behaviors, ranging from absenteeism to frequent visits to medical personnel to suicide. The overall cost to the North American economy is in...

Some personal thoughts on management.
June 22, 1991... After managing several enterprises over my professional career, I have formed some views on management that I believe executives should think about to ensure strong growth in their companies and satisfactory returns. There are six views that I...

Doing business in India.
June 22, 1991... India wants to do more business with the rest of the world, but on her terms - terms that lead many Canadian managers to says "thanks a lot but no thanks." Although there are profits to be made from selling to India or participating in a joint...