Wawa, a family business with a history in dairy and manufacturing, expanded into retail in 1964, offering a friendly, personal alternative to supermarkets. Since then, the convenience store grew into a well-known company that competes against the biggest industry players in the world in three areas-fuel, convenience, and food-all while maintaining their personal approach and small business mentality. Now, almost 50 years later, Wawa has opened its...

A crisis can happen at any time, to any person or organization. You could lose your job or your partner. A company could lose its market or simply lose its way. And as recent times has demonstrated, the world as we knew it can be lost too. This is when we find ourselves at Year Zero - a strange, new place that can feel frightening and unknown. But it can also be the first step into a new world with new possibilities. We cannot avoid crises in...

A HISTORY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN LONDON. With the rise of urban communities came the need to create a system for the regulation of the interaction both social and material between the various interests at play in densely populated communities, in order to maintain order and prevent friction between those interests. In a totalitarian system such as a monarchy or dictatorship, this regulation was imposed by the monarch or dictator. The earliest recorded...

Lorsque Brian Canfield entre au service de BC Tel en 1956, c'est à titre d'apprenti installateur. Cinquante-huit ans plus tard, au moment de prendre sa retraite, il en est le président du conseil d'administration et il est reconnu comme l'un des plus grands visionnaires et chefs de file que le Canada ait connus. Si son objectif initial n'était pas de gravir les échelons de l'entreprise, les télécommunications se sont avérées le domaine idéal...

In this corporate history of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Nannie M. Tilley recounts the story of Richard Joshua Reynolds and the vast R. J. Reynolds tobacco complex with precision and drama. Reynolds's rise in the tobacco industry began in 1891 when he introduced saccharin as an ingredient in chewing tobacco. Forced into James B. Duke's American Tobacco Company in 1899, the Reynolds company became the agency for consolidating the flat plug...

A recalled history and discussion of Old Detroit and its development in personal and revealed observations over many years. Observations of development, success and failure leading to the ultimate fall of the city. An opinion why this happened and what may happen in the future to similar situations in the world. Read it. You may disagree. Think about it and form your own opinion!

The fascinating behind the scenes story of the brash Aussie technology start up that changed the way a whole generation around the world does their shopping. Millennials love it. Amateur investors made millions out of it, and its founders became billionaires. But, professional investors steered clear, regarding it as over-valued. In a few short years, the Australian startup Afterpay has put a rocket under consumer finance and birthed a global industry....

Innovation is America's cornerstone, propelling it to unparalleled global prominence, with areas like Silicon Valley and Wall Street being synonymous with entrepreneurial prowess. What distinguishes America in innovation, though? “Nation of Innovation: Why Americans are More Innovative than Any Other Nation?” probes this query, offering insights into unique elements and mindsets that have spurred American ingenuity. The book unfolds America's...

Conoce a Vinay; sus amigos lo llaman BrandPa, a veces de manera burlona, pero en general con asombro en sus ojos. Por supuesto, él es muy joven para que lo llamen GrandPa, pero está muy interesado en marcas, toda clase de marcas antiguas, viejas y nuevas. Sigue a cientos de marcas y mantiene su cerebro actualizado con la información más reciente sobre ellas. Puedes hacerle cualquier pregunta y él te dará una larga (pero no aburrida!) explicación...

Corporate Disasters: What Went Wrong and Why profiles the biggest corporate mistakes or misdeeds throughout history -- covering the people, the times, the decisions made. This volume covers Real Estate and Mortgage Collapses. Each essay puts the business and its operators in the context of its own time, explaining the market, social, and technology forces at play, and each explores the key make-or-break decisions that led to disaster.