Harrison McCain : single-minded purpose / Donald J. Savoie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savoie, Donald J.

Series:

Footprints series (Montréal, Quebec) ; 17.

Footprints series ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCain, H. Harrison, 1927-.

McCain, H. Harrison.

McCain Foods Limited.

Businessmen--New Brunswick--Biography.

Businessmen.

Executives--New Brunswick--Biography.

Executives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The only rival to Harrison McCain's entrepreneurial success was his deep attachment to his Maritime roots. From McCain's beginnings in Florenceville, New Brunswick, the early mentorship he received from K.C. Irving, to the global success of his corporate empire McCain Foods, Donald Savoie presents a compelling and candid biography of one of the most famous and down-to-earth figures in Canadian business history.

Contents:

""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Roots Matter""; ""2 Planting the Seeds""; ""3 Getting a Job""; ""4 Launching a Business on a Wing, a Prayer, and a Helping Hand from Government""; ""5 Crazier Than Hell""; ""6 Florenceville Conquers Europe""; ""7 Fighting Down Under, in the United States, and on the Home Front""; ""8 Governance: Someone Else�s Problem""; ""9 The Conflict""; ""10 Flying Solo""; ""11 Politics and Public Policy""; ""12 Family and Friends""; ""13 Could There Be Another Harrison McCain?""; ""APPENDICES""

""A: Interviews""""B: McCain Foods Chronology (1956�1993)""; ""C: McCain Foods Chronology (1994�2004)""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 8, 2014).

ISBN:

9780773590243

0773590242

9780773590236

0773590234

OCLC:

870652560