The Entrepreneur in History: From Medieval Merchant to Modern Business Leader

  • Mark Casson
  • Catherine Casson
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-vii
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  2. A New Research Agenda
    Mark Casson, Catherine Casson
    Pages 1-11
  3. Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
    Mark Casson, Catherine Casson
    Pages 12-41
  4. The Historical Significance of the Entrepreneur
    Mark Casson, Catherine Casson
    Pages 42-66
  5. Case Studies: The Entrepreneur in Context
    Mark Casson, Catherine Casson
    Pages 67-119
  6. The Social Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship
    Mark Casson, Catherine Casson
    Pages 120-134
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 135-139
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About this book

Introduction

Covering the period c.1200-c.2000, this book provides an innovative investigation of entrepreneurship in a long-run historical perspective, presenting new insights into the personal characteristics of successful business people and deepening our understanding of the roots of industrialization and economic growth.

Keywords

Entrepenuer business history merchant economic growth entrepreneur Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Industrialisierung success

Authors and affiliations

  • Mark Casson
    • 1
  • Catherine Casson
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.University of ReadingUK
  2. 2.Winton Institute for Monetary History, Ashmolean MuseumUniversity of OxfordUK
  3. 3.School of History and CulturesUniversity of BirminghamUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137305824
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Pivot, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Business & Management Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-45492-1
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-30582-4
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