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The Invention of Enterprise : Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times / ed. by Joel Mokyr, William J. Baumol, David S. Landes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and EntrepreneurshipPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (584 p.) : 6 halftones. 7 line illus. 21 tables. 3 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691154527
  • 9781400833580
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338/.0409 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface.The Entrepreneur in History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Global Enterprise and Industrial Performance: An Overview -- Chapter 1. Entrepreneurs: From the Near Eastern Takeoff to the Roman Collapse -- Chapter 2. Neo-Babylonian Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 3. The Scale of Entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern History: Inhibitive Roles of Islamic Institutions -- Chapter 4. Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Medieval Europe -- Chapter 5. Tawney's Century, 1540-1640: The Roots of Modern Capitalist Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 6. The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic -- Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship and the Industrial Revolution in Britain -- Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1830-1900 -- Chapter 9. History of Entrepreneurship: Britain, 1900-2000 -- Chapter 10. History of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 11. Entrepreneurship in France -- Chapter 12. Entrepreneurship in the Antebellum United States -- Chapter 13. Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1865-1920 -- Chapter 14. Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1920-2000 -- Chapter 15. An Examination of the Supply of Financial Credit to Entrepreneurs in Colonial India -- Chapter 16. Chinese Entrepreneurship since Its Late Imperial Period -- Chapter 17. Entrepreneurship in Pre-World War II Japan: The Role and Logic of the Zaibatsu -- Chapter 18. "Useful Knowledge" of Entrepreneurship: Some Implications of the History -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: 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 China, Japan, and Colonial India; and describes the crucial role of the entrepreneur in innovative activity in Europe and the United States, from the medieval period to today. In considering the critical contributions of entrepreneurship, the authors discuss why entrepreneurial activities are not always productive and may even sabotage prosperity. They examine the institutions and restrictions that have enabled or impeded innovation, and the incentives for the adoption and dissemination of inventions. They also describe the wide variations in global entrepreneurial activity during different historical periods and the similarities in development, as well as entrepreneurship's role in economic growth. The book is filled with past examples and events that provide lessons for promoting and successfully pursuing contemporary entrepreneurship as a means of contributing to the welfare of society. The Invention of Enterprise lays out a definitive picture for all who seek an understanding of innovation's central place in our world.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface.The Entrepreneur in History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Global Enterprise and Industrial Performance: An Overview -- Chapter 1. Entrepreneurs: From the Near Eastern Takeoff to the Roman Collapse -- Chapter 2. Neo-Babylonian Entrepreneurs -- Chapter 3. The Scale of Entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern History: Inhibitive Roles of Islamic Institutions -- Chapter 4. Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Medieval Europe -- Chapter 5. Tawney's Century, 1540-1640: The Roots of Modern Capitalist Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 6. The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic -- Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship and the Industrial Revolution in Britain -- Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship in Britain, 1830-1900 -- Chapter 9. History of Entrepreneurship: Britain, 1900-2000 -- Chapter 10. History of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 11. Entrepreneurship in France -- Chapter 12. Entrepreneurship in the Antebellum United States -- Chapter 13. Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1865-1920 -- Chapter 14. Entrepreneurship in the United States, 1920-2000 -- Chapter 15. An Examination of the Supply of Financial Credit to Entrepreneurs in Colonial India -- Chapter 16. Chinese Entrepreneurship since Its Late Imperial Period -- Chapter 17. Entrepreneurship in Pre-World War II Japan: The Role and Logic of the Zaibatsu -- Chapter 18. "Useful Knowledge" of Entrepreneurship: Some Implications of the History -- Contributors -- Index

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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 China, Japan, and Colonial India; and describes the crucial role of the entrepreneur in innovative activity in Europe and the United States, from the medieval period to today. In considering the critical contributions of entrepreneurship, the authors discuss why entrepreneurial activities are not always productive and may even sabotage prosperity. They examine the institutions and restrictions that have enabled or impeded innovation, and the incentives for the adoption and dissemination of inventions. They also describe the wide variations in global entrepreneurial activity during different historical periods and the similarities in development, as well as entrepreneurship's role in economic growth. The book is filled with past examples and events that provide lessons for promoting and successfully pursuing contemporary entrepreneurship as a means of contributing to the welfare of society. The Invention of Enterprise lays out a definitive picture for all who seek an understanding of innovation's central place in our world.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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