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The Vital Few : the Entrepreneur and American Economic Progress.
The Vital Few, a study of the contribution of entrepreneurs to the American economy, provides portraits of the men and women whose individual enterprise has helped to establish the character of the American businessperson and to carry our economy forward from colonial times. Examining such legendary...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
1986.
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| Colección: | Galaxy Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Individuals, Events and Economic Change; PART I. THE SEARCH FOR A HAVEN, IDEALISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 2. William Penn and the Holy Experiment; 3. Brigham Young and the Great Basin Kingdom; PART II. THE INVENTORS; 4. Eli Whitney and American Technology; 5. The Wizard of Menlo Park; PART III. CREATIVE DESTRUCTION--THE INNOVATORS; 6. Carnegie and the American Steel Industry; 7. Henry Ford and the Automobile Age; PART IV. THE ARTS OF FINANCE AND CHANGING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE--THE ORGANIZERS; 8. E.H. Harriman, the Financier and the Railroads. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 9. J. Pierpont Morgan, the Investment Banker as StatesmanPART V. BUREAUCRACY: THE NEED TO MONITOR AND THE DANGER OF ORGANIZATIONAL GRIDLOCK; 10. Mary Switzer: Well-Mannered Juggernaut; 11. Marriner Eccles: Logician in Wonderland; PART VI. THE AMERICAN LEGACY AND ITS FUTURE; Bibliographical Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. | |
| 520 | |a The Vital Few, a study of the contribution of entrepreneurs to the American economy, provides portraits of the men and women whose individual enterprise has helped to establish the character of the American businessperson and to carry our economy forward from colonial times. Examining such legendary figures as William Penn, Eli Whitney, Henry Ford, and J. Pierpont Morgan in their social and economic environment, Jonathan Hughes illuminates each period of American economic history and provides insights into the workings of American business and the special qualities required of its super-achiev. | ||
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