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The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
David Landes
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Description for The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
Paperback. Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs - and their innovations - have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. This title gathers together economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Editor(s): Landes, David S.; Mokyr, Joel; Baumol, William J. Series: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 7 line illus. 21 tables. 3 maps. BIC Classification: KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 249 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs--and their innovations--have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The Invention of Enterprise gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Addressing social and institutional influences from a historical context, each chapter examines entrepreneurship during a particular period and in an important geographic location. The book chronicles the sweeping history of enterprise in Mesopotamia and Neo-Babylon; carries the reader through the Islamic Middle East; offers insights into the entrepreneurial history of ... Read more
Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs--and their innovations--have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The Invention of Enterprise gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Addressing social and institutional influences from a historical context, each chapter examines entrepreneurship during a particular period and in an important geographic location. The book chronicles the sweeping history of enterprise in Mesopotamia and Neo-Babylon; carries the reader through the Islamic Middle East; offers insights into the entrepreneurial history of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Condition
New
Weight
1029g
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691154527
SKU
V9780691154527
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About David Landes
David S. Landes is the Coolidge Professor of History and professor emeritus of economics at Harvard University. Joel Mokyr is the Robert Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of economics and history at Northwestern University. William J. Baumol is the Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship at New York University's Stern School of Business.
Reviews for The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
Winner of the 2011 Silver Medal Book Award in Entrepreneurship, Axiom Business "The Invention of Enterprise offers a timely contribution to our emerging understanding of entrepreneurship in an historical context and is particularly worthwhile for readers who are interested in certain rich historical episodes that are nevertheless little known."
Michael Bikard and Scott Stern, Journal of Economic Literature "I think these ... Read more
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