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November 2008
Features
New structures for strategic growth
CMAs are taking on prominent strategic leadership roles in administering public accounting firms, adding corporate structures to established partnerships to create stronger businesses.
By Robert Colman
Rechecking the defences
Assessing financial risk at DND.
by Major M.C. Lionais, CMA
Emissions trading at work
The U.K.’s emissions trading scheme has been in operation for more than a year and a half now and has worked remarkably well. As Canada prepares its Kyoto treaty plans, it could learn from this model.
by Peter Ion
February 2004
Transfer pricing principles for intellectual property
It’s the most significant international tax issue today and, applied properly, can be very beneficial in the development of licensing businesses.
by Ted LeValliant
Automating the Balanced Scorecard
As a company grows, it needs a software package that fulfills its needs for charting scorecard measures. Make sure yours has what you need.
by Raef Lawson, William Stratton, and Toby Hatch
 
Columns
Human resources
Independent means. Take control of your organization’s internal knowledge and you’ll minimize your dependency on external expertise.
by Ajay Pangarkar and Teresa Kirkwood
Management trends
Route-to-market knowledge builders. How RONA is fine-tuning its financials with cutting edge tools.
by Robert Colman and Julie Demers
Business strategies
Small business to medium enterprise. Making the leap by addressing a few key challenges.
by Rob Eirich, CMA
Tax tips
Registration required? In the past two years, tax laws have changed to protect perceived losses by the CCRA. Make sure your business is properly represented in this new environment.
by Laurie Karasmanis, CMA
Information Technology
Guarding the Virtual Vault. Businesses in all sectors now recognize the value of information. Unfortunately, so do criminals. Data theft has become a multi-billion dollar problem that no company can afford to ignore.
by Jacob Stoller
Government issues
Tactical snapshots Government and industry combine to boost Canada’s security industry.
by John Cooper
Global view
Asian opportunity. Despite the opportunities for growth in the region, Canadians remain hesitant participants.
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Media bites
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New and noteworthy information you can use
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  • HR transforming to make a bottom line impact
  • High tech: Pen-based LifeBook light
  • New software