Business Quarterly articles from June 22 1997

Business Quarterly archives from June 22 1997

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Keeping the engine humming. (corporate performance measures)
June 22, 1997... Information from traditional financial statements is no longer enough by which to monitor company performance. The balanced scorecard approach is fast gaining use among leading organizations Imagine the instrument panel on a car. While there is...

Living without borders.
June 22, 1997... Deregulation, technological advances and financial management innovations have caused a truly global market to form. But, we are just beginning to see the changes and opportunities We are moving toward a world in which capital knows no borders...

Leadership for extraordinary performance. (includes related article)
June 22, 1997... While most behaviors of the best leaders are universal, a study finds some significant exceptions across country and corporate cultures While success in the global marketplace depends on a managers ability to provide leadership, exceptional...

Promoting the professions.
June 22, 1997... Today's professional service require a strong marketing capability if they are to grow and prosper "Crimped by the recession and ever more competitive market conditions, professional service firms must increasingly look to carefully conceived...

Business is watching. (public sector financing in Canada)
June 22, 1997... Why business should keep the pressure on governments for financial reform Lately, CANADA'S public-sector finances have been improving. But while progress has been encouraging, it is far too early in the process to declare a firmly established...

Intellectual capital: the new wealth of organizations. (Thomas Stewart book)
June 22, 1997... "Everything solid melts into air," Karl Marx complained of early capitalism. Except for the fact that he was writing some 150 years ago, he might well have been describing today's information economy. In an age when money has morphed from a...