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Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA CASE STUDY / OBAMA & HEALTH CARE Dean and RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Life [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA STRATEGY While the underperformance of various businesses over the past few years has been the result of severe changes in demand, it is also the result [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA MARKETING Daniel F. Muzyka is dean and RBC Financial Group professor of entrepreneurship at Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. There has been much [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA THE STRATEGISTS If you've taken a family road trip this summer, you may have heard that constant question that pops up from the back seat: 'Are [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA THE STRATEGISTS Given the current economic environment, it shouldn't come as a surprise that there is a new-found focus on opportunity these days. People are taking [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA THE STRATEGISTS As social, educational and environmental agencies and other not-for-profits struggle with reduced funding, it's a good time to take on questions about the business [...]

THE STRATEGISTS Canada, a nation given to fanciful flights from reality The past several months have been an interesting time to observe perceptions and opinions about the nature of the [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA EMPLOYMENT Recession can be a gift horse for recruiters, graduates It's no secret that university graduates are having a harder time finding jobs in the current [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA AND LAWRENCE A. WEISS THE STRATEGISTS Finding balance in our lives and our budgets Our current economic situation is not simply the result of a financial-instrument-induced [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA While dealing with a computer virus recently, I reflected on the cornucopia of news announcing various 'security breaches' and disruptions due to system failures - often [...]

Byline: Daniel F. Muzyka Well, we really are having a wild ride down the economic slope - and it isn't over. The gloomy headlines and reality have clearly impacted not [...]

Byline: DANIEL MUZYKA AND LAWRENCE WEISS On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me - from Up on the Roof We need [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA The past months have been a veritable roller coaster for the financial markets and, on an accelerating basis, the 'real' economy. We hear daily reports of [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA AND LAWRENCE A. WEISS Canada, despite its comparatively more conservative approach to finance, is clearly not immune to the problems of the global financial and real [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA With national and provincial elections unfolding over the coming months, it's time to ask our aspiring leaders some tough questions about innovation and competitiveness in this [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA AND LAWRENCE A. WEISS Summer holidays provide the opportunity to ponder life-changing events, maybe even the pursuit of graduate management education - perhaps an MBA. We [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA There has been much discussion of late about what Canadian business needs to do to remain competitive. We are, as a nation and an economy, becoming [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA We are less than a week removed from Canada Day celebrations and the feel-good national dialogue that went along with them. But already, the issue of [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA Last month, I was in China shortly after that country's devastating earthquake, and witnessed the aftermath of this tragedy. The actions and communications of the Chinese [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA We are witnessing a strange paradox today: We overconsume food to our detriment in the developed world while many barely have food to sustain themselves in [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA AND DARCY E. REZAC One dark night in 1972, the cockpit crew of Eastern Airlines flight 401, on approach to Miami International Airport, noticed an undercarriage [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA With real estate in the news, there are more questions heard regarding the role real estate should have in the corporate portfolio and what executives need [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA AND DARCY REZAC We wrote some months ago in this column ('Community Connections,' The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2007) that to be successful in the [...]

Byline: DANIEL MUZYKA AND LAWRENCE WEISS The economic situation is becoming more turbulent and the storm cloud of recession looks increasingly threatening. For managers, particularly of small and medium-sized businesses, [...]

Byline: DANIEL MUZYKA It's the last shopping day before Christmas, a frantic time of crowded shops, last-minute decisions for shoppers, and plenty of opportunities for retailers. Research tells us just [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA is dean of the Sauder School of Business at UBC where he is the RBC Financial Group professor of entrepreneurship. He is also a past chair [...]

Byline: DANIEL MUZYKA and LAWRENCE WEISS One of the holy tenets of competitive economics is the continuous push for increased efficiency. However, we question whether some companies, in the pursuit [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA and GLEN DONALDSON; Daniel F. Muzyka is dean of the Sauder School of Business at UBC where he is the RBC Financial Group professor of entrepreneurship [...]

Byline: DANIEL F. MUZYKA I was in the office of an executive - call him Jim - when a very distraught member of his team came in and demanded to [...]

Witnessing companies grow fast is like watching a rocket blast off: some make it, some blow up on launch and others make it part of the way before someone announces [...]