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Opinion: Bringing car buyers into the driver’s seat

Retail

Buyer, beware! Automakers and car dealers appear to be showering us with free money these days. Their pitch: Buy a new set of wheels with

Opinion: 21 straight years of growth … and counting

Sports and Entertainment

“The sky is falling, the sky is …” This seems to be the cry of many observers of Ottawa’s tech scene, who think it’s the end

Opinion: Internet pioneer revisits movie rental business model

Sports and Entertainment

Rob Hall was into the Internet before there was one. In high school in the 1980s, he dabbled in web technology and was ready for

Opinion: Focusing on finding financial success in film from Ottawa

Ottawa

I recently interviewed screenwriter Sharon Buckingham, best known as the writer/producer and creative force behind Sticks & Stones, a CTV made-for-TV movie. It won both

Opinion: Engineering grads pair beauty and smarts

Retail

What can a pair of male University of Waterloo engineering grads possibly know about the rapidly growing market for beauty products, where 98 per cent

Opinion: Rekindling the relevance of strategic planning

Retail

Richard P. Rumelt, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters. Crown Business, 2011. I have been teaching MBA courses in business strategy, as

Opinion: Shareholder value theory and the NFL

Retail

Roger Martin, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL. Harvard Business Review Press, May 2011. Shareholder value theory has

Opinion: Jim Donnelly, signing off

Ottawa

It’s hard to know what to write when it’s your last kick at the can, but I’ll give it a try anyhow. For those of

Opinion: Why I don’t like Netflix – that much

Ottawa

So, I finally did it. After undergoing a couple months of hypnosis delivered via fancy, red-tinged advertisements dancing provocatively across the television screen, I signed

Opinion: Calypso’s wild and wet debut

Sports and Entertainment

I recently spoke with Sylvain Lauzon, vice-president at Calypso Waterpark and former employee of Rick Hunter’s rival firm ProSlide Technology Inc., which hopes to open