Ottawa Business Journal

Opinion: Hubris born of success: Why Nortel should read this book

Techopia

Jim Collins, How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In. HarperCollins, 2009. The senior executive team of Nortel Networks Corp. were reportedly

Island paradise?

Real Estate

Do you have upwards of half a million dollars to spend on a grand old home? Are you looking for a bargain? Then you may

Opinion: Analyzing your chance of success

Techopia

Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris, Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning. Harvard Business School Press, 2007. Edward Demmings is reputed to

Opinion: ‘Stop thinking like bureaucrats and start thinking like insurgents’

Techopia

Hayagreeva Rao, Market Rebels: How Activists Make Or Break Radical Innovations. Princeton University Press, 2008. On the front cover of this book, former Intel Corp.

Passing on Public Works

Ottawa

For months, MPs have heard a message repeated by representatives from a variety of sectors: the hassles that come along with selling to Public Works

Opinion: Why Scotiabank Place is in Kanata

Sports and Entertainment

I can’t speak to the issue of what we should do with Lansdowne Park or whether a snow dump in Kanata should be the home

Opinion: Slow sales? Here’s a solution

Ottawa

I recently managed to scoop up one of those Nintendo Wii gaming systems to give as a Christmas present, and to be perfectly honest I’m

Opinion: Hypocrisy goes mobile

Techopia

I caught one of those funky Koodo Mobile television commercials the other day. You know the ones. They feature that mustachioed guy in his fluorescent

Opinion: A pitched battle for Zarlink

Techopia

These are hand-wringing days for members of Zarlink Semiconductor’s board – indeed, probably for anyone with a financial stake in the $200-million-plus Mitel spinoff company.