Irrational Optimism in a Declining Industry: Sir Adam Beck's Interurban Railway Proposal
| dc.contributor.author | Mentzer, Marc S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T22:54:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T22:54:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Sir Adam Beck, best known for his advocacy of publicly owned electric utilities, in 1920 sought to build a network of electric interurban railways, essentially long-distance trolleys, in southern Ontario. Beck’s proposal illustrates the phenomenon of irrationally optimistic responses to decline of an industry. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mentzer, Marc S., 2004. "Irrational Optimism in a Declining Industry: Sir Adam Beck’s Interurban Railway Proposal." Proceedings: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 25, Quebec. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10388/15319 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Administrative Sciences Association of Canada | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ | |
| dc.subject | Interurban railways, Radials, Organizational decline | |
| dc.title | Irrational Optimism in a Declining Industry: Sir Adam Beck's Interurban Railway Proposal | |
| dc.type | Conference Proceeding and Abstract |