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A brief history of entrepreneurship : the pioneers, profiteers, and racketeers who shaped our world /

"Through engaging vignettes, 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, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carlen, Joe (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Columbia Business School Publishing
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Colección:Columbia Business School series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "One shekel of your private silver"
  • The pirates of Phoenicia
  • The reluctant Romans
  • An enterprising faith
  • Flying money and capitalist monks
  • Western Europe and a "new world" of profit
  • Captains of the revolution
  • The land of (entrepreneurial) opportunity
  • Flattening the world and colonizing space
  • Conclusion.