Corporate category: 1876 books

William E. Aubuchon Sr. immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1900 at the age of 15, speaking no English and armed with only a fifth-grade education. Through hard work and perseverance, he established a hardware store in 1908 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. One hundred years later, there are over...

Oakdale Cotton Mills, in continuous operation in rural Jamestown since 1865, began as Logan Manufacturing Company immediately after the Civil War. Its primary backer, Cyrus P. Mendenhall, was a descendant of Jamestown's early Quaker settler James Mendenhall. In the late 1880s, the mill's ownership moved...

Media ownership and concentration has major implications for politics, business, culture, regulation, and innovation. It is also a highly contentious subject of public debate in many countries around the world. In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's companies have dominated Italian politics. Televisa has been...

Texas Oil and Gas documents in postcards the rapid growth of the Texas petroleum industry from its beginnings near Corsicana in the 1890s through the next several decades of oil booms throughout the state. The young 20th century opened with the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop in 1901. Thousands rushed from...

Although Henry Ford gloried in the limelight of highly publicized achievement, he privately admitted, "I don't do so much, I just go around lighting fires under other people." Henry's Lieutenants features biographies of thirty-five "other people" who served Henry Ford in a variety of capacities, and...

The world as it exists today is barely recognizable as the same world that existed on hundred, or even fifty, years ago. The last century has seen innovation after innovation reshape and revolutionize almost every aspect of human existence. Far from bringing us to an end point – a settled state...

You can't but truly admire Elon Musk and his staff at Tesla for what they have achieved so far and express every confidence in them resolving these challenges. Switching the fuel has been on the research agenda since the 1950es but it is still very difficult, in spite of millions of people...

In a sea of capital, why are our small business owners starving for the funds to fuel their growth? What would happen if entrepreneurs understood the REAL reasons investors plunk down their investment cash? Author and fundraising expert Patrick Donohue, CFA shares his inside knowledge of how the rules...

Krupp ist eine deutsche Legende. Kaum ein anderes Unternehmen war so eng mit der deutschen Geschichte verflochten. Zugleich zeigte sich die Firma schon ungewöhnlich früh auf den Weltmärkten aktiv. Der renommierte Historiker Harold James erzählt in diesem Buch die Geschichte des Unternehmens, das...

Provides case studies, commentary and analysis on the mining sector from international experts in business, across the four key focus areas of strategic, operational, financial and disclosure perspectives on mining. Invaluable to executives, managers and advisers involved in the mining sector, including public and private mining companies.

Since opening on February 1, 1927, with just 12 guest rooms, Furnace Creek Resort has achieved preeminence among US National Park lodges and hotels. Conceived by the Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1926, the inn was the answer to the declining mining industry, which had left the Death Valley Railroad...

Thank you for your interest in this booklet.  The "The Basics" series, is a series of booklets designed to help you get the basics or foundations about a subject.  Time is one of our most precious resources and as such it does not comeback, for that reason the Amber siblings have created...

The Mayflower Park Hotel started life as the Bergonian Hotel on July 16, 1927. One of Seattle�s first uptown hotels, it was designed by architect B. Dudley Stuart and built by Stephen Berg at a cost of $750,000. In the midst of the Great Depression, the hotel was sold and renamed Hotel Mayflower. In...