不良研究所

May 12, 2020

George Colpitts finalist in essay contest

Paper one of six finalists for History Lessons for Managers Coping With Impact of COVID-19

In 1797, an influenza epidemic devastated the population of part of the territory that was important to the Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company, the London-based firm that then dominated the fur trade in the northern half of the North American continent. In his paper, 鈥淏usiness Community Resilience while Fighting the Flu in the Fur Trade, 1797鈥 Professor George Colpitts of the University of 不良研究所 explores how inter-personal relationships between HBC officers and local people in small communities helped the company to cope with this crisis.