Amid the parade of iconic brands that adorn Beverly Hills is an unexpected piece of culinary culture from home. There, one block from Rodeo Drive, is a small establishment called St. Urbain Street Bagels that offers up Montreal’s famous foodstuff in a bakery full of historical posters of the city.
The sight of a distinctive Canadian [...]
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Protecting the bagel and other national treasures
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anti-guru: Management prof bites big
Posted in Business, Uncategorized on June 9, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Strategy gurus beware: management professor Henry Mintzberg is back with a new book that turns some favourite corporate conventions on their head. In Strategy Bites Back (Prentice Hall, 2005, 292 pages) Mintzberg serves up a lighthearted gallery of tidbits to debase and debunk anyone who proclaims to know the secrets of strategy.
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Being Boustan
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
It’s four o’clock on a grey early-winter afternoon, when Imad Smaidi arrives promptly. In a smart blue shirt and red-and-white tie, he looks restlessly at the crutch under his arm which has kept him from his usual post this past week. Instead, Smaidi’s son, an easy-going 16-year-old, is manning the counter at Boustan today.
Smaidi hobbles [...]
