Natural born merchants : the Hudson Bay Company, science and Canada’s final fur frontiers (1925-1931)
This article explores the use of science and technology of the Hudson Bay Company, by examining the company's development department (1925-1931). It focuses, first, on the cooperation between the development department and the renowned animal ecologist Charles Elton. Scientific practices of the...
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:8628913 2023-12-17T10:25:14+01:00 Natural born merchants : the Hudson Bay Company, science and Canada’s final fur frontiers (1925-1931) Declercq, Robrecht 2023 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8628913 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8628913 https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2019.1625331 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8628913/file/01HFHFBVH5HX3SXW1RHEW4P9V2 eng eng https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8628913 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8628913 http://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2019.1625331 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8628913/file/01HFHFBVH5HX3SXW1RHEW4P9V2 No license (in copyright) info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess BUSINESS HISTORY ISSN: 0007-6791 ISSN: 1743-7938 History and Archaeology Business and Economics Science and technology Hudson Bay Company Arctic fur trade product development journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2019.1625331 2023-11-22T23:07:14Z This article explores the use of science and technology of the Hudson Bay Company, by examining the company's development department (1925-1931). It focuses, first, on the cooperation between the development department and the renowned animal ecologist Charles Elton. Scientific practices of the department were also instrumental in supporting the company's expansive strategy, of finding and commercialising Canada's Arctic north. While the department remained short-lived, the article largely affirms the general view that science and technology played a minor role for trading companies. Yet it gives us a much better understanding of precisely why such a connection is difficult. The case also illustrates that scientific practices could and did play a role for trading companies, and had a specific value in modernising and expanding trade operations. Especially so in organising new supply chains in remote and new territory, and not only to support diversification operations, as it is usually argued. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Hudson Bay Ghent University Academic Bibliography Arctic Hudson Hudson Bay Business History 1 15 |
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This article explores the use of science and technology of the Hudson Bay Company, by examining the company's development department (1925-1931). It focuses, first, on the cooperation between the development department and the renowned animal ecologist Charles Elton. Scientific practices of the department were also instrumental in supporting the company's expansive strategy, of finding and commercialising Canada's Arctic north. While the department remained short-lived, the article largely affirms the general view that science and technology played a minor role for trading companies. Yet it gives us a much better understanding of precisely why such a connection is difficult. The case also illustrates that scientific practices could and did play a role for trading companies, and had a specific value in modernising and expanding trade operations. Especially so in organising new supply chains in remote and new territory, and not only to support diversification operations, as it is usually argued. |
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