The Invention Of Enterprise by David S. Landes
Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
A wide-ranging historical survey of entrepreneurship from antiquity to the modern era, explaining how institutions, culture, finance, and technology shaped the incentives and constraints facing would‑be innovators. Through comparative case studies across regions and periods, it explores why some societies nurtured risk-taking and firm formation while others lagged, emphasizing the roles of property rights, legal frameworks, and competition in driving long-run economic growth.
Purchase from
Bookshop.org
- Published
- 2010
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 584
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
- No ratings yet
- Alternate Titles
- None
This book is not currently on any lists.