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

Author/creator Carlen, Joe
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Descriptionvi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

SeriesColumbia Business School Publishing
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016014620
ISBN9780231173049 (cloth : alk. paper)