Business History
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From  NEW! ForewordFrom: Shifting the Balance |
The introduction of this text provides an overview of the content of the book. Topics include how data-driven decision making is disrupting a variety of industries and how business leaders and … | Mark Schrutt | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  ForewordFrom: Fight or Submit |
Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add | |
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From  Going MobileFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt details the creation and rollout of the Inter@ctive Pager 900. Examines the leadup to Research in Motion’s first smartphone. | Chuck Howitt | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Having a Direct Connection with CustomersFrom: 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. This chapter explores how data can be used to … | Mark Schrutt | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Informed, Enhanced, and Driven DataFrom: 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. Topics discussed in this chapter include the role of … | Mark Schrutt | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! IntroductionFrom: The Shopify Story |
MacDonald introduces Shopify Inc., describing the company’s expansion since its formation in 2006 and the role CEO Tobias Lütke and Shopify’s executive team played in the … | Larry MacDonald | 5 | 2024 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction |
This chapter outlines how the structures of capitalism and colonialism together shaped the emergence of Canada as a nation in the twentieth century. | Bryan D. Palmer | 35 | 2025 | $3.50 Add |
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From  NEW! King Car: The Automobile’s GoldenFrom: Car Nation Canada |
In this chapter, Anastakis describes how the automotive industry was key in defining post-1945 Canadian economic growth and prosperity. Union successes in wage negotiations built a well-paid work … | Dimitry Anastakis | 16 | 2026 | $1.60 Add |
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From Licence To Be RadicalFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Examines the process Mike Lazaridis went through while choosing which university he would attend. Explains the history of the University of Waterloo, its technological facilities at the time and … | Chuck Howitt | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Lift-Off!From: The Shopify Story |
This chapter discusses how Lütke and Lake sought to fill the gap in the e-commerce market by licensing their software, leading to the creation of the Shopify platform. | Larry MacDonald | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Listing on the Stock MarketFrom: The Shopify Story |
This chapter discusses Shopify’s success following the implementation of their retail operating system. | Larry MacDonald | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Looking Forward with DataFrom: 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. This chapter explores the predictive value of … | Mark Schrutt | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Machines, People, Places and a World TransformedFrom: Car Nation Canada |
In this introductory chapter, Anastakis offers an overview of the history of autos, auto manufaturing and car culture in Canada. | Dimitry Anastakis | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
 Merchant PrincesHalifax's First Family of Finance, Ships and Steel |
This book tells the story of an extraordinary family of merchants and entrepreneurs. It begins in 1810, when William Stairs opened a small general store on the Halifax waterfront. Over the next … | 376 | View | ||
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From Muzzling the MediaFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt explains RIM’s rocky relationship with the media. Howitt draws from his experience as a reporter at the Waterloo Region Record and from the anecdotes of fellow reporter Matt Walcoff. | Chuck Howitt | 36 | 2019 | $3.60 Add |
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From National Policy ToryFrom: Merchant Princes |
1848-1887 . Examines the life of John Fitzwilliam Stairs and his entry into politics as a Tory and how he was involved in the creation of national policy. Looks at sugar refining and steel making … | James D. Frost | 34 | 2003 | $3.40 Add |
