November 2009

Retail Therapy: How Alberta stores best online rivals

Will stores that sell clothing, music and eyewear join video rental outlets and independent bookstores as casualties of online shopping? >

The Oilsands' Quiet Revival

50 Issues and Counting

Most Respected Corporations 2009

Executive Salary Survey

In our annual poll, Alberta’s HR managers reveal what companies are paying their key people >

Meanwhile, Back at the Office

Tight as a drum two years ago, Calgary’s office market is suddenly glutted with space, and for landlords it’s only going to get worse >

The Year the Penny Dropped

Underwater options, no bonuses, even salary cuts – the last 12 months have brought an about-face on executive compensation. Finally >

Beyond the Auto Mile

Action Plan, Part 9 of 10

Corporal Punishment

The Skinny on Executive Pay

Sometimes we get amazing content that, for lack of space, just doesn't make it into the print edition of Alberta Venture magazine. This is one of those cases. Here are Marzena Czarnecka's supplements to her story, The Year the Penny Dropped >

How Hard to Swallow?

No Flame-out

Tiny Questor Technology’s already profiting from a new system to burn waste gas. Imagine what it could do if drilling revived >

Lifestyle Essentials

The business person’s guide to life after five >

In the News

Golden Opportunity

Vital Statistics

In Case of Emergency

Action Plan Online, Part 9 of 10

Career, Interrupted

Will Build to Suit

Mired in a buyers’ market, Alberta’s residential developers are choosing to listen to customers rather than lose them. The decision is reshaping the industry >

Our Green Shoots

Memory Lanes

Smibs You Later

How Hard to Swallow?

QUESTION: Are poison pills, a.k.a. shareholder rights plans, really in the interests of all shareholders? >

50 Best Paid CEOs

Richard Bird Transcript

50 Best-Paid CEOs: Extra