Direct Management from Abroad: The Formative Years of the British Columbia Electric Railway

Patricia E. Roy

Business History Review, 1973, vol. 47, issue 2, 239-259

Abstract: This is a case study of a London-directed firm that supplied transportation, gas, and electric power in British Columbia. Its history suggests that, in a young and rapidly developing economy, control of a company's activities by outsiders who are chiefly concerned with long-term investment prospects may be of greater benefit to all concerned than critics of absentee management are willing to admit.

Date: 1973
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