Halifax et l'Inde

On risque d'en entendre parler pendant un bout.

New Brunswick Transportation Minister Denis Landry is one of several Atlantic politicians and business stakeholders looking at how the Atlantic region can capitalize on one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

Landry is overseas visiting India this week in an effort to promote Canada's Atlantic Gateway strategy for Indian shippers, business leaders, and key government representatives.

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Included among them are Wes Armour, president and CEO, Armour Transportation; John Murphy, vice-president of transportation, J.D. Irving Ltd; Ron Tepper, president and CEO of Consolidated FastFrate; and Doug Hayden-Luck, sales director, international intermodal, for CN Rail.

Andrew McAfee

The Impact of Information Technology (IT) on Businesses and their Leaders

Together we innovate

Article tiré du WSJ.

Most companies continue to assume that innovation comes from that individual genius, or, at best, small, sequestered teams that vanish from sight and then return with big ideas. But the truth is most innovations are created through networks—groups of people working in concert.

The misperception has never been more damaging, as companies pour more money into generating ideas and then end up frustrated as innovations simply don't develop. To lay the groundwork for innovation, organizations must make it easy for their employees to build networks—talk to their peers, share ideas and collaborate.

Knowledge Management

Article d'Ivey.

Online Knowledge

À 71 ans, un prof de physique du MIT devient une star du web.

Making an impact

Des gradués MBA qui désirent faire une différence :

Once they had acquired an MBA, the traditional route for students was to follow the well-trodden path into consultancy or investment banking. But times are changing and as sustainability and “green” issues attract a higher profile, more MBA graduates are looking for jobs that exhibit at least an element of corporate social responsiblity.

WSJ - New Era Dawns for Rail Building

Front page du WSJ.

For decades, railroads spent little on expansion, even tore up surplus track and shrank routes. But since 2000 they've spent $10 billion to expand tracks, build freight yards and buy locomotives, and they have $12 billion more in upgrades planned.

The buildout comes as the industry transitions away from its chief role in recent decades of hauling coal, timber and other raw materials in manufacturing regions. Now, increasingly, railroads are moving finished consumer goods, often made in Asia, from ports to major cities. Their new higher-volume routes, called corridors, often serve the South, where the rail system is less developed and the population is rising.

Et un commentaire intéressant :

Noticeably absent from the discussion are two of the largest surviving North American railways: CN and CP, each of whom own substantial networks south of the 49th parallel. That might just be because the article is focussed on US-based railways, or it might indicate another situation where Canadian business is failing to invest to keep up with their American competitors.

Fortune, 21 janvier 2008 - Innovation

Tiré de "Six Leaps of Innovation", l'organisation d'une campagne politique virale.

Paul has proved once again that a candidate who knows how to tap the collective power of the Web can pull in serious cash. How serious? More than $18 million in the fourth quarter alone, almost all of it raised online using Web 2.0 tools like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, You-Tube - you name it. Lam has even strapped a webcam to a baseball cap and broadcast live video of the candidate on Justin.tv.

Globalvia

Dans la même lignée que Macquarie, Glovalvia Instraestructuras qui se veut aussi un "partner for the infrastructure sector of the future". Cela inclue des terminaux portuaires, du transport ferroviaire métropolitain et des tramways.

Je reviens sur ma question : à quand le prochain grand développement ferroviaire ?

Fortune, 26 novembre 2007 - Web 2.0

Un article qui résume bien la facette économique du social networking.