History of specific companies / corporate history

CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer is the first book to document the complete history of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo), a popular 8-bit PC series from the 1980s that competed against the era's biggest names, including the Apple II, IBM PC, and Commodore 64.

2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award - Winner2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award - NominatedThe story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women's workplace rights.

2015 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award - Winner2016 Heritage Toronto Book Award - NominatedThe story of the Bell Canada union drive and the phone operator strike that brought sweeping reform to women's workplace rights.

A comprehensive history of roads and road-building in Ontario.

A comprehensive history of roads and road-building in Ontario.

Redpath, today a household name for sugar in Canada, has its roots in the story of an enterprising Scots immigrant, initially a stone mason and later a building contractor during the boom days of Montreal's growth from a small provincial centre to a major North American city.

Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines.

Begun as a social experiment in 1937, Air Canada has evolved into one of the world's greatest airlines.

A charming tale of history, creativity, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening.

A charming tale of history, creativity, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening.

An in-depth history of how finance remade everyday life in Thatchers Britain.

During the second half of the 19th century, a new global market for wheat came to the fore.

LEGO is one of the world's best-loved and most familiar brands, adored by generations of children.

On 26 May, 2010 Apple Inc.

From one man s Hackney market stall to a company serving fifty million customers in thirteen countries every week, this is the extraordinary story of one of Britain s most remarkable companies.

boo hoo is a gripping, insider's account of the rise and fall of this most controversial of internet startups - a global, online retailer of sports and designer clothes.

In the 1970s the state-owned National Bus Company operated services across England and Wales, and one of the largest of its thirty-six constituent bus companies was the huge Crosville Motor Services.

The McKindless bus company started off as a small operation of a few buses, a lorry and two coaches in 1987, and traded under the name of Chartered Coaches.

Wallace Arnold was founded in 1912 and was named after its founders Wallace Cunningham and Arnold Crowe.

The years from 1969 to 1975 were a time of great change for buses in England and Wales as operations were consolidated and rationalised under the publicly owned National Bus Company.

There's a pervasive sense of betrayal in areas scarred by mine, mill and factory closures.

Thomas Urban untersucht den Zwangsarbeitereinsatz bei Thyssen erstmals in großer Breite - von den Hüttenwerken und einer Zeche im rheinischen Ruhrgebiet bis zu zwei Werften in Norddeutschland.

Since its humble beginnings at Seattle's Pike Place Market in 1971, Starbucks has grown to become an industry leader and household name.

Uber is one of the most innovative companies of our time.

"e;Skip's account of the founding of JanSport wreaks of honesty, humor, and enough anecdotes to stir a memory in almost anyone who has spent time outside.

2025 NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite in Nonfiction Book Cover Design2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medalist in Finance, Investment, and EconomicsIn 1986, the SEC and the U.

Every successful business leader, knowledgeable professional, and student knows something about the most influential leaders in business through history and today.

Every successful and well rounded business professional and student knows their business history.

This is the story of the slow evolution of Goldman Sachsaddressing why and how the firm changed from an ethical standard to a legal one as it grew to be a leading global corporation.

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology, which merges the Internet with interactive telecommunications, represents the here and now for today's packet-switched networks.

High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is a collection of two mobile telephony protocols, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA).

While 3G has been an outstanding success, the ever-growing demand for higher data rates and higher quality mobile communication services continues to fuel conflict between the rapidly growing number of users and limited bandwidth resources.

Modern error control coding methods based on turbo coding have essentially solved the problem of reliable data communications over noisy channels.

The rapid growth in mobile communications has led to an increasing demand for wideband high data rate communications services.

_______________'Through original interviews, a smart use of source material, and a wonderfully easy-going style, Blumenthal gives a full portrait of Jobs .

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The Target Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the big box store to become the retail giant it is today.

The NBA Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the exciting basketball league to become the powerhouse it is today.

What can you learn from the most successful companies in the world?

What can you learn from the world's most successful companies?

What can you learn from one of the most successful companies in the world?

Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers loveand a work environment that your employees love being a part ofusing this blueprint from Trader Joe's visionary founder, Joe Coulombe.

A celebration and a history of the development of stealth video games, featuring revealing interviews from industry insiders.

A celebration and a history of the development of stealth video games, featuring revealing interviews from industry insiders.

Deep Stall applies a framework of strategic analysis to the Boeing Company.

Deep Stall applies a framework of strategic analysis to the Boeing Company.

The essays in this volume consider the involvement of business corporations and of individual businessmen in the politics of the 1930s and 1940s: in the move away from the market and also from democracy, towards state control and authoritarianism, including the massive intervention of the state in property rights.

The essays in this volume consider the involvement of business corporations and of individual businessmen in the politics of the 1930s and 1940s: in the move away from the market and also from democracy, towards state control and authoritarianism, including the massive intervention of the state in property rights.

This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of the British bicycle industry from the perspective of business and economic history.

This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of the British bicycle industry from the perspective of business and economic history.