Business Quarterly articles from March 1993

Business Quarterly archives from March 1993

Improving board effectiveness. (response to Donald Thain and David Leighton, Business Quarterly, Autumn 1992) (Dialogue ) (Cover Story)
March 22, 1993... Because it is absolutely critical to Canada's economic success, Business Quarterly over the past two years has published a series of articles on the corporate governance by Donald Thain and David Leighton. They are: * CAPITAL SPENDING: A...

Managing the strategic agenda: the CEO's job 1. (part 1) (Cover Story)
March 22, 1993... The most important attribute of a CEO is the ability to manage the strategic agenda successfully WHAT DISTINGUISHES THE best CEOs is superior ability to manage the company's strategic agenda. Conversely, the most obvious failure of most CEOs...

Restructuring the board.
March 22, 1993... Corporate governance is probably the most important but most neglected topic of management. Here is what the Bank of Montreal is doing about it CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IS hard to define -- the experts agree on that -- but it is something every...

Growing the business with intrapreneurs. (includes related articles)
March 22, 1993... Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. We know we need to grow our companies to survive, and yet the intricate infrastructures we build actually stifle growth. It does not have to be that way THE PYRAMID ORGANIZATIONS most large companies have...

Being sued can ruin a good party. (alcohol-related liability)
March 22, 1993... To avoid the rising tide of alcohol-related liability, corporations should minimize risk at all of the alcohol-related events they run, sponsor or host ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1990, a Bell Canada employee was convicted for killing two young...

The biggest auction in history? (privatization of state-owned enterprises in the former Czechoslovakia)
March 22, 1993... The privatization of state-owned companies in former Czechoslovakia opens enormous opportunities for Canadian businesses IMAGINE AN AUCTION at which eight million people show up to bid for about $13 billions of merchandise. This is one way to...

The government debt: don't yawn, do something. (Viewpoint) (Column)
March 22, 1993... Because the government debt is such a serious inhibitor to corporate success, managers should be more aggressive in letting their views be known JOHN KEYNES TOLD US IN THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST AND MONEY THAT THE WORLD IS...

Tough new marketing realities. (Marketing) (Column)
March 22, 1993... Companies are finding they have to become much more efficient to survive, meaning major changes in the jobs of marketers AS BACKGROUND FOR A POTENTIAL NEW MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, I WENT TO THE MARKETPLACE TO CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS WITH SENIOR...