Corporate Cataclysm - Abitibi Power & Paper and the Collapse of the Newsprint Industry, 1912-1946 (Hardcover)

In this absorbing narrative, Barry E.C. Boothman traces the history of Abitibi Power & Paper Limited alongside the rise and fall of the newsprint industry and the advent of Canadian corporate capitalism. In the first half of the twentieth century, Abitibi was Canada's biggest manufacturer - an apparent success story after the Wall Street crash of 1929 and a company deemed "too big to fail" - but the company eventually ended up at the centre of the longest and most controversial bankruptcy in Canadian history. Moving from the frontier areas of northern Ontario to the heart of the continental economy, Corporate Cataclysm shows how competitive strategies, industrial organization, corporate finance, and law combined with the empire-building dreams of entrepreneurs and the concerns of politicians to generate an economic disaster. It then chronicles the disputes and intense strife that plagued Abitibi's fourteen-year receivership.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Themes in Business and Society
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Barry E.C. Boothman
Dimensions:	235 x 164 x 44mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	704
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-0556-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > History of specific institutions Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Printing, packaging & reprographic industry Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Financial law > Bankruptcy & insolvency law Books > History > History of specific subjects > History of specific institutions
LSN:	1-4875-0556-6
Barcode:	9781487505561

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