Corporations
Showing 1–16 of 31 results
| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlackBerry TownHow high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo |
The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — … | Chuck Howitt | 264 | 2019 | View |
 Organizing the 1%How Corporate Power Works |
Canada is ruled by an organized minority of the 1%, a class of corporate owners, managers and bankers who amass wealth by controlling the large corporations at the core of the economy. But … | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 184 | 2018 | View |
|
From  ForewordFrom: Big Business and Hitler |
Revisionist historian Jaques R. Pauwels defines business and big business as it relates to his analysis of big business and Hitler. He gives a brief overview of the history of capitalism and the … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
|
From What on Earth is Corporate Power?From: Organizing the 1% |
Corporations and Capitalism | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
|
From Who Wants To Be Connected All the Time?From: BlackBerry Town |
Chuck Howitt details the early days of Mike Lazaridis’s career, including his time at the University of Waterloo and his budding relationship with Professor Mohamed Elmasry. | Chuck Howitt | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
|
From From the Fur Trade to Big OilFrom: Organizing the 1% |
The Making of Corporate Power | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 33 | 2018 | $3.30 Add |
|
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 |
|
From Controlling the CorporationFrom: Organizing the 1% |
The Operational Power of Management | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
|
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 |
|
From Controlling the Capitalist EconomyFrom: Organizing the 1% |
Strategic Power and Capital Allocation | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
|
From Going MobileFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt details the creation and rollout of the [email protected] Pager 900. Examines the leadup to Research in Motion’s first smartphone. | Chuck Howitt | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
|
From  Enclosures of Public Spaces and InfrastructureFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
The city is one of the most fiercely contested arenas for market enclosures. Public squares, parks, walkways, sports arenas and the very face and identity of a city are being taken over by a cozy … | David Bollier | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
|
From Riding the RocketFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt details Research in Motion’s rise to prominence and what that meant for Canadian business, particularly in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. | Chuck Howitt | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
|
From BoomtownFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt describes Research in Motion’s continued success, specifically from the point of view of several of the company’s key employees. | Chuck Howitt | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
|
From Enclosures of Knowledge and CultureFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Copyright and trademark law — with help from new types of “technological locks” that encrypt DVDs and ebooks — are privatizing more and more of our shared culture so that … | David Bollier | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
|
From When Ideas Become Common SenseFrom: Organizing the 1% |
The Corporate Reach Into Culture and Politics | J.P. Sapinski; William K. Carroll | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
