Worldwide Casebook in Marketing Management comprises a large collection of case studies in marketing and business management. It covers a huge array of decision-making areas and many different industries ranging from computers, petrol retailing and electronic gaming to drinks, fashion, airlines and mobile communication...
New content: The old Newsstand product contained major papers from across Canada (G&M, National Post, Vancouver Sun, etc.) as well as many small-market papers from here in BC (Burnaby Now, Vancouver Courier, etc.) The newCanadian Newsstream product has all that, as well as dozens more small-market papers from throughout Canada (Airdrie City View to York Guardian) and transcripts from several major CBC and CTV news shows.
I just noticed an interesting new videocast in our Passport database: Opportunities for Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco in Legal Cannabis in the US (22 Aug 2016: 4 minutes). Sample: "Alcoholic drinks and tobacco are facing the ascent of the legal cannabis industry in the United States. Accounting for US$7 billion in 2015, and with half the states already having legalized use, the legal cannabis industry could also play the role of a huge disruptor. "
This reminded me that I once wrote a post on the economics of a legal marijuana industry...
I see that Statistics Canada has just released the results of a study on The Canada–US gap in women's labour market participation, 1997 to 2015. (Spoiler: The two countries had similar, and rising, rates until about 1976, then Canada's participation rate continued to climb while the US rate began to decline, to the extent that there is now 7-point gap between us on this measure.)
As is often the case, these numbers raise all sorts of questions...
A quick heads-up to all SFU researchers who deal with financial data from both companies and nations: did you know that you can boost your resume/CV and your LinkedIn profile with an official Bloomberg certification? The Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) course is available at no extra charge to all SFU students and faculty1.
BMC is an 8-hour, self-paced, e-learning course...
Wouldn't business life be easier if we didn't have to worry about future calamities? If we could just gather up the data on what's happened already and what's happening now, then create a perfect strategic plan for what we want to happen in the future...
In such an idyllic world, we'd need only to press the start button on our plan and let it run without a thought about the potential for a severe recession in the US, or a sudden tightening of credit in China, or yet another oil price shock...
If you're like me, you probably choose our Passport database as your go-to place for data and analysis on markets for fast-moving consumer goods... but you may have forgotten that Passportalso provides detailed economic and demographicdata for most countries.
