Business Quarterly articles from June 1995

Business Quarterly archives from June 1995

Pas de deux: the intricate relationship between business and the arts.(Dialogue)
June 22, 1995... Comments and criticism by JEAN-CLAUDE DELORME Chairman, Board of Trustees National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ANTHONY R. GRAHAM Chairman, The Shaw Festival Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario WILMA WOOD Director Vancouver Museum GINETTE LAURIN...

Thinking differently. (innovativeness in business)
June 22, 1995... COMPANIES THAT TAKE A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THEIR INDUSTRIES BREAK OUT OF THE BOUNDARIES OF EXISTING COMPETITION AND AMAZE THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH INNOVATION If a company's goal is industry leadership, then restructuring and reengineering are...

Becoming as good as you can be: an interview with Frank Hennessey, President and CEO of Emco Limited.(Interview)
June 22, 1995... Frank Hennessey, president and CEO of Emco Ltd., was placed at the helm in 1990 by Masco Corporation, a large U.S. conglomerate and significant shareholder. In this interview, Mr. Hennessey describes what he found when he arrived at Emco and how...

Poison pills: how toxic are they? (anti-takeover measures)
June 22, 1995... The debate on shareholder rights plans rages on, but now there is evidence that shareholders are neutral toward them - at least in the short term When a company adopts a shareholder rights plan - a poison pill - the only certainty is that the...

Manufacturing strategies under NAFTA. (North American Free Trade Agreement)(includes related articles)
June 22, 1995... CANADIAN, MEXICAN AND U.S. FIRMS ARE REDEFINING THEIR MANUFACTURING STRATEGIES NOW THAT NAFTA IS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED Mexican manufacturers, realizing that their low labor cost advantage is likely to disappear, are taking steps to improve their...

Taking the initiative. (Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies)(includes related article)(Global Business)
June 22, 1995... Canadian subsidiaries of foreign parents need to become more entrepreneurial to remain viable members of their corporate families FOR MOST CANADIAN SUBSIDIARIES THE PAST 10 YEARS HAVE BEEN A PERIOD OF UNREMITTING CHANGE AS THEIR PARENT...

Changing the role of directors: proceed with caution.(Viewpoint)
June 22, 1995... Many people are calling for changes in corporate boards. But they should heed the physicians' first law: Do no harm CORPORATE DIRECTORS MUST LONG FOR THE DAYS WHEN THEY TOILED IN THE RELATIVE PRIVACY, OBSCURITY AND SERENITY OF THE BOARDROOM....