| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 157 pages : illustrations) |
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text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index. |
| Contents |
The man who did almost everything right : the right business at the right time in the right place -- The creative promise of the L.R. Steel Company : ten thousand lollipops -- Inventing the infomercial : fifty endings -- The life of a salesman at the L.R. Steel Company : "how's yer pep?" -- The stores : the best fifty-cent chicken dinner in Canada -- The Denver miracle : "meet me at Steel's corner" -- The late-night meeting : "well, folks, here we are" -- L.R.'s last train ride : "I was awakened by a peculiar sound" -- Was it a Ponzi scheme? : Would a crook live next to a chicken farm? -- What went wrong? : failure is an option -- The legacy of failure : life goes on-- or not. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Steel, L. R, 1878-1923.
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Steel, L. R, 1878-1923. |
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Steel, L. R, 1878-1923. |
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Investment advisors -- United States -- Case studies.
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Investment advisors. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Fraud -- United States -- Case studies.
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Fraud. |
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Ponzi schemes -- United States -- Case studies.
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Ponzi schemes. |
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Financial services industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Case studies.
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Financial services industry -- Corrupt practices. |
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Financial services industry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dyer, Dave. Steel's. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013 9780815610120 (DLC) 2012050446 (OCoLC)813949511 |
| ISBN |
9780815652069 (electronic book) |
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0815652062 (electronic book) |
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9780815610120 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0815610122 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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