Business History
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From  NEW! Cleaning houseFrom: Inside SNC-Lavalin |
In this chapter, Stevenson traces Robert Card’s 2012 restructuring of SNC-Lavalin following a wave of bribery scandals, from a Montreal hospital bribe to a World Bank dispute over … | Larry Stevenson | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
 Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890A New History for the Twenty-First Century |
Colonialism and Capitalism: A New History of Canada offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history … | Bryan D. Palmer | 450 | 2024 | View |
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From Companies and Competition: Selkirk, the Saulteaux, and the Re-establishment of Monopoly in the 1820sFrom: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter discusses the flourishing of the Hudson Bay Company as it triumphed over its competition and discusses westward expansion, the Selkirk settlement and the Saulteaux. | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From  ConclusionFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt concludes his analysis of the Kitchener-Waterloo tech sector and how, despite its collapse, Research in Motion led the way to continued success. | Chuck Howitt | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Data’s Move to the FrontFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. This chapter discusses the emergence of technologies … | Mark Schrutt | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! DisneylandFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Three of "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on the session on financial insitituions and bankers. He explains how the panelists … | Robert Ashe | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From  DénouementFrom: Merchant Princes |
Traces the last years of the family companies to the eventual sale in 1973 after Arthur Stair’s death with no one ready to take over the family businesses | James D. Frost | 24 | 2003 | $2.40 Add |
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From Down to Business in the “New” CanadaFrom: Merchant Princes |
1867-1906. Examines how the family adapted to the new canada after confederation. The ropemaking business, the final days of wood, wind and sail, their shipping agency busines, looks at the union … | James D. Frost | 36 | 2003 | $3.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the MilleniumFrom: Car Nation Canada |
In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of Canada’s auto industry from early 1970s to 2000. He covers the history of key manufacturing firms, including incoming Japanese and … | Dimitry Anastakis | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
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From Engineers for HireFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Discusses the early staff additions at Research in Motion, most notably the addition of Jim Balsillie. Reviews the development of RIM during the late 1980s and early 1990s. | Chuck Howitt | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From EpilogueFrom: Merchant Princes |
Gives a brief look at what happened to the family firms after the sale | James D. Frost | 8 | 2003 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! EpilogueFrom: The Shopify Story |
This chapter summarizes the major players, events, and decisions that led to Shopify’s growth and success. Authors notes are also included. | Larry MacDonald | 53 | 2024 | $5.30 Add |
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From NEW! Exploding the Data UniverseFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. Case studies in this chapter include businesses like … | Mark Schrutt | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
 Fight or SubmitStanding Tall in Two Worlds |
In the opening to his memoir, Grand Chief Ron Derrickson says his “story is not a litany of complaints but a list of battles” that he has fought. And he promises he will not be overly … | Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 285 | 2020 | View |
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From NEW! Finding Balance Between Data and IntuitionFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 3 of this text explore how data-driven organizations share core values and how businesses can build connections with their data. | Mark Schrutt | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Forces at WorkFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 2 of this text explore what it takes to be a data-driven organization that relies on facts and doesn’t make decisions based on instinct. Topics covered in this chapter … | Mark Schrutt | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
