Information Please

Authors

  • W. J. Steward Verge

Keywords:

Technology, Telecommunications, Competitiveness, Economic Growth, Employment, Collaboration, Alliances through technology

Abstract

The rapidly changing business environment due to economic and trade conditions as well as globalization calls for development and implementation of information technology infrastructure. This article argues for strategic alliances between municipal governments and Bell Canada. The article also presents several reasons for this alliance, the most major one being that Bell Canada is a superior telecommunications infrastructure that can enable economic development through its services. Telecommunication and other information-intensive industries have the potential to not only create employment but to also increase investment, competitiveness and productivity of businesses in Canada. This in turn fuels economic growth. This approach, to utilize the nations telecommunication infrastructure in economic development practices, has been undertaken by many other countries in the world. However, for this alliance to work effectively both Bell and the municipalities must assist and support each other.

Author Biography

W. J. Steward Verge

Stewart Verge joined Bell Canada in 1973 after graduating from Concordia University in Montreal with a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Verge also has a Master of Science in Management degree from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held various
line and staff positions in engineering, marketing, real estate, capital management and corporate  planning. On July 1, 1991, Mr. Verge was appointed to the position of Group Vice-President (Network  Services) in Bell Ontario. Mr. Verge is on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as a Member of the Board of the Canadian Children's Foundation and the Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario.

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Published

2021-01-25

How to Cite

Verge, W. J. S. (2021). Information Please. Economic Development Journal of Canada, 81–84. Retrieved from https://ecdev.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/182

Issue

Economic Development Journal of Canada, 1994

Section

Articles

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