Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History

by Joe Martin

Overview

Casebooks in business history are designed to instruct students in classrooms and boardrooms about the evolution of business management. The first casebook for the study of business history in a Canadian context, Joseph E. Martin's text will help students, both in the classroom and the boardroom, understand the Canadian economy and guide them in making sound decisions and contributing to a healthy, growing economy.

Thirteen original case studies from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries deal with different industry sectors as well as individual corporations and managers. Overviews provide context by examining major public policy decisions and key developments in the financial system that have affected business practices. Martin also presents eight original tables that trace the evolution of the 60 largest Canadian corporations between 1905 and 2005. Relentless Change is an invaluable resource for instructors and business students and clearly demonstrates how businesses are affected by the interaction of individual decisions, policy changes, and market trends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442697157
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	09/19/2009
Series:	Rotman-UTP Publishing
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	504
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Joseph E. Martin is the Director of the Canadian Business and Financial History Initiative at the Rotman School of Management as well as President Emeritus of Canada’s History Society.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part One: Laying the Foundations, 1850?1905 Case 1: Origins of Financial Stability in Canada: The Bank Act of 1871 ROBERT M. MACINTOSH Case 2: ‘Carpets, Lace & Champagne’: The Hudson’s Bay Company after the Deed of Surrender JOHN GEIGER, with guidance from JOE MARTIN Case 3: Canada’s First Great Manufacturing Enterprise: The Story of Massey-Harris JOHN TURLEY EWART and STEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTINPart Two: Wars, Depressions, and Dynamic Growth, 1905?55 Case 4: ‘Irrational Exuberance’: The Creation of the CNRJOE MARTINCase 5: The Role of Trade Policy in the Rise of the Canadian Automobile IndustrySTEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 6: Eaton’s: From the Great Depression to the Challenge from Simpsons-SearsRICHARD MATERN and JOE MARTINPart Three: The Buoyant Years, 1955?80Case 7: The ‘Coyne Affair’ at the Bank of CanadaKATHERINE MACKLEM, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 8: The End of Monopoly: A New World at IncoANNE METTE DE PLACE FILIPPINI and JOE MARTINCase 9: Canada’s Black Gold: From the Leduc Discovery to the National Energy ProgramSTEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTINPart Four: The Challenging Years, 1980?2005Case 10: The Free Trade Agreement and the Canadian Wine IndustryDAVID SMITH, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 11: The Collapse of Confederation LifeROD MCQUEEN, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 12: RBC Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowKATHERINE MACKLEM, with guidance from JOE MARTINCase 13: Canada: The Next Oil Superpower?STEWART MELANSON and JOE MARTINConclusion

General Bibliography

Index