Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History
© 2009
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
- Imprint: Rotman-UTP Publishing
- World Rights
- Page Count: 504 pages
- Dimensions: 6.0in x 1.0in x 9.0in
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Author Information
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 MARTIN
Part Two: Wars, Depressions, and Dynamic Growth, 1905-55
- Case 4: ‘Irrational Exuberance’: The Creation of the CNR
- JOE MARTIN
- Case 5: The Role of Trade Policy in the Rise of the Canadian Automobile Industry
- STEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTIN
- Case 6: Eaton’s: From the Great Depression to the Challenge from Simpsons-Sears
- RICHARD MATERN and JOE MARTIN
Part Three: The Buoyant Years, 1955-80
- Case 7: The ‘Coyne Affair’ at the Bank of Canada
- KATHERINE MACKLEM, with guidance from JOE MARTIN
- Case 8: The End of Monopoly: A New World at Inco
- ANNE METTE DE PLACE FILIPPINI and JOE MARTIN
- Case 9: Canada’s Black Gold: From the Leduc Discovery to the National Energy Program
- STEWART MELANSON, with guidance from JOE MARTIN
Part Four: The Challenging Years, 1980-2005
- Case 10: The Free Trade Agreement and the Canadian Wine Industry
- DAVID SMITH, with guidance from JOE MARTIN
- Case 11: The Collapse of Confederation Life
- ROD MCQUEEN, with guidance from JOE MARTIN
- Case 12: RBC Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- KATHERINE MACKLEM, with guidance from JOE MARTIN
- Case 13: Canada: The Next Oil Superpower?
- STEWART MELANSON and JOE MARTIN
General Bibliography
Index
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Subjects and Courses
