Normal view MARC view ISBD view

The invention of enterprise : entrepreneurship from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times / edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, & William J. Baumol

Secondary Author Landes, David S.
Mokyr, Joel
Baumol, William J., 1922- Publication Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, Â®2010 Description 1 online resource (xiii, 566 pages) : illustrations, maps. Series Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship ISBN 9781400833580
1400833582
1282458027
9781282458024

Contents note Entrepreneurs : from the Near Eastern takeoff to the Roman collapse / Michael Hudson -- Neo-Babylonian entrepreneurs / Cornelia Wunsch -- The scale of entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern history : inhibitive roles of Islamic institutions / Timur Kuran -- Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in medieval Europe / James M. Murray -- Tawney's century, 1540-1640 : the roots of modern capitalist entrepreneurship / John Munro -- The golden age of the Dutch Republic / Oscar Gelderblom -- Entrepreneurship a Abstract This work provides a sweeping history of enterprise in Mesopotamia and Neo-Babylon; carries the reader through the Islamic Middle East; offers insights into the entrepreneurial history of China, Japan, and colonial India; and describes the crucial role of the entrepreneur in innovation activity in the Western world. Collection Edition in different support Invention of enterprise. Topical name Entrepreneurship - History
Business enterprises - History - Great Britain
Businessmen - History - Great Britain
Entrepreneurship - History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Entrepreneurship
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Economic History
Entrepreneurship
UnternehmensgruÌêndung
Electronic books
History CBC HB701 Online Resources Click here to access online

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 0 )
Title notes
Comments ( 0 )

No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references and index

Entrepreneurs : from the Near Eastern takeoff to the Roman collapse / Michael Hudson -- Neo-Babylonian entrepreneurs / Cornelia Wunsch -- The scale of entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern history : inhibitive roles of Islamic institutions / Timur Kuran -- Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in medieval Europe / James M. Murray -- Tawney's century, 1540-1640 : the roots of modern capitalist entrepreneurship / John Munro -- The golden age of the Dutch Republic / Oscar Gelderblom -- Entrepreneurship a

This work provides a sweeping history of enterprise in Mesopotamia and Neo-Babylon; carries the reader through the Islamic Middle East; offers insights into the entrepreneurial history of China, Japan, and colonial India; and describes the crucial role of the entrepreneur in innovation activity in the Western world.