Ottawa Business Journal

Opinion: Jim Treliving and the art of the deal

Ottawa

Jim Treliving was just a young lad, growing up beneath the big sky of the Canadian Prairies, when he got his first lesson in business.

Opinion: The Indians are coming … wait, they’re already here

Ottawa

You’ve probably been hearing a lot lately about the Indian firm Tata, that country’s largest multinational company and mega-brand. No doubt some of you first

Opinion: I love it when a plan comes together

Techopia

John Mullins and Randy Komisar, Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through To a Better Business Model, Harvard Business Press, 2009. It’s an old military adage

Opinion: Israel: ‘We are the startup nation’

Canada & World

My first foray into the world of Israeli ingenuity came, oddly enough, not on the sunny shores of the Mediterranean but in the cool breezes

Opinion: Credit freeze or media frenzy?

Canada & World

It went little-reported in the wider media when released a few weeks back, but a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers contained some rather intriguing insights. The

Opinion: Battle of the greedy TV companies?

Techopia

If Canada’s television giants have their way, many viewers will probably pay even more than they do now to watch their favourite TV shows. The

Opinion: ‘Connected Car’ super cool, but is it safe?

Techopia

There’s something innately exciting about a car that can flick on the furnace before you get home, don’t you think? Imagine it. You’re on your

Opinion: A question of urban vs. suburban

Residential

The City of Ottawa’s policy on densifying the national capital region is working, at least if price differentials are any indication of success: a new

Opinion: An expensive delay?

Retail

A new public garage should ease a parking shortage around the Rideau Centre in time for the Christmas shopping season, but the builders may face

Opinion: Hammering out a ‘free trait’ agreement

Ottawa

When noted former Harvard University lecturer and psychology expert Brian Little gave the keynote at a big human resources event last week, he likely couldn’t