Economics

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Settlements of lawsuits, known and unknown

Settlements of lawsuits, known and unknown

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

Analyzes some murky NAFTA settlements to demonstrate why we should be wary of FIPA 8 $0.80 Add
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Settler–Migrant Relationships: A Brown Woman’s Journey

Settler–Migrant Relationships: A Brown Woman’s Journey

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

In this chapter, the author explores her personal identity as a racialized migrant woman in the context of academia’s structural racism. 13 $1.30 Add
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Shame and silence in health care

Shame and silence in health care

From: Bent out of Shape

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Share the Wealth!

Share the Wealth!

How we can tax Canada’s super-rich and create a better country for everyone

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, millions of Canadians suddenly found themselves out of work as businesses shuttered and the country went into lockdown. While many were struggling to … 208 View
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Sharing the Wealth

Sharing the Wealth

From: BlackBerry Town

Covers RIM and Jim Balsillie’s support of the University of Waterloo and the foundation and growth of Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). 16 $1.60 Add
Shift Change

Shift Change

Scenes from a Post-industrial Revolution

Hamilton’s industrial age is over. In the steel capital of Canada, there are no more skies lit red by foundries at sunset, no more traffic jams at shift change. Instead, an urban … 252 View
Shifting the Balance
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Shifting the Balance

How Top Organizations Beat the Competition by Combining Intuition with Data

Digital transformation expert Mark Schrutt reveals how the world’s top companies are using vast amounts of data to inform their decisions, disrupt industries, and get closer to their … 253 View
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Shifting Winds
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Shifting Winds

From: 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 shift to data driven … 11 $1.10 Add
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Shopify Gathers Speed
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Shopify Gathers Speed

From: The Shopify Story

This chapter follows the ways Shopify executives were constantly learning and developing in their roles over the years. 14 $1.40 Add
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Shopping Without Borders

Shopping Without Borders

From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

Chapter 4 delves into electronic commerce. Traditional taxation principles that were devised more than half a century ago were based on a physical world, with tangible goods, and defined places … 11 $1.10 Add
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Shrimp Farms or Shrimps Harm?

Shrimp Farms or Shrimps Harm?

From: Changing Tides

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Silicon Valley North

Silicon Valley North

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt examines the growth of Kitchener-Waterloo’s growing reputation as a tech leader from the perspective of several staff and executives of other tech companies in the area. 26 $2.60 Add
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Silver Lining

Silver Lining

From: BlackBerry Town

Howitt outlines the years following BlackBerry’s collapse, noting how many of the talented and educated tech workers BlackBerry was forced to lay off stayed in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall?

Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall?

From: The New Carbon Architecture

In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than … 11 $1.10 Add