The Invention of Enterprise (Record no. 16927)
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| fixed length control field | 02322nam a2200205 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780691154527 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 658.421 |
| Item number | L25I |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Landes, David S. |
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| Personal name | Mokyr, Joel |
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| Personal name | Baumol, William J. |
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| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Invention of Enterprise |
| Sub Title | : Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, and William J. Baumol |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | UK: |
| Name of publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year of publication | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv, 566p. |
| Other physical details | PB |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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.<br/><br/>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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Entrepreneurship |
| Topical Term | Business History |
| Topical Term | Economic History |
| Topical Term | Entrepreneurial History |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| General Section | S. R. Ranganathan Learning Hub | S. R. Ranganathan Learning Hub | General Section | 2024-11-13 | T V Enterprises | 658.421 L24I | 13412 | 2024-11-13 | Book |