Investigating Current Business Issues
After browsing through an article featured on the Canada Business Network Blog, I was immediately taken back to a reading we completed as a class regarding Zappos, an online shoe shopping company, and how their excellent customer care has helped lead them to become a major player in the industry. The article, entitled “Turn customer […]
I received a fresh perspective after hearing a lecture about the need for companies to become more environmentally sustainable – not just to have strong public relations – but to improve the competitiveness of the company in its production techniques. While there was a time that companies put on a façade of being “green”, there […]
Canada is currently the largest oil supplier to the United States and has the third largest oil reserves in the world. A Deloitte partner from Toronto stated that oil sands represent the “economic engine for the country for the foreseeable future” while the Canadian Energy Research Institute estimates a $2.1 trillion benefit to Canada’s economy […]
After listening to a presentation by director Wade Larson about a developing company UrtheCast (pronounced “earthcast”), I became intrigued with the limitless possibilities of having a live high-definition, highly detailed images of world events available to anyone over the Internet. I believe Urthecast has positioned itself very well in the advertising business because they plan to […]
Nearly 20 years after a lawsuit was filed against Texaco for vast environmental damage and health issues caused by oil drilling in the Amazing Basin, their parent company Chevron is facing a resurgence of legal problems which aim to reciprocate the local Ecuadoreans. The latest news features an attempt by the plaintiffs to seize assets […]
United Staes President Barack Obama’s re-election puts him in one of the greatest economic turning points in American history. As the country faces a 13-figure federal budget deficit and an unclear energy future, the economic fate of the American Dream rests largely in the fiscal decisions of the Obama administration over the next 4 years. […]
I was intrigued to read Adrianne Erdman’s blog post and how her perspective about an Indian entrepreneur evolved to include ideas about social entrepreneurship. Before attending the Comm 101 class on social entrepreneurship, I would have thought that Mr. Muruganantham’s approach to business is a bit unusual and inefficient. However, I think it is important […]
The debate regarding the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project proposed by Calgary-based Canadian company Enbridge is soon to reach a critical breaking point. The pipeline would carry over half a million barrels of bitumen per day from northern Alberta to the B.C. coast, mainly for export to Asia where there is an enormous market demand. Benefits […]
According to Canadian Business magazine, Target won’t kill Canadian retail – it will save it. American retailer Target plans to open up 165 stores in Canada starting in March as part of a multi-billion-dollar strategy. Canadian shoppers are happy because they can now buy the fashionable yet inexpensive products locally rather than crossing the border. […]
As Richard Warnica explains in his article entitled, “Vancouver’s video-game industry is slowly disappearing,” British Columbia has become the unfortunate victim of a lack of economic competitiveness; this has led many businesses out of B.C. and on to a greener pasture. The Canadian video gaming industry, which, for many years, was based mainly in Vancouver, […]