A Brief History of Entrepreneurship : : The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World / / Joe Carlen.
A Brief History of Entrepreneurship charts how the pursuit of profit by private individuals has been a prime mover in revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So they circumvent, innovate, and violate to obtain what...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Columbia Business School Publishing
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 14 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. "One Shekel of Your Private Silver"
- 2. The Pirates of Phoenicia
- 3. The Reluctant Romans
- 4. An Enterprising Faith
- 5. Flying Money and Capitalist Monks
- 6. Western Europe and a "New World" of Profit
- 7. Captains of the Revolution
- 8. The Land of (Entrepreneurial) Opportunity
- 9. Flattening the World and Colonizing Space
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index