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Zusatztext " The Invention of Enterprise is an important contribution. It will certainly affect key debates in economics and economic history along with the national and regional histories of the areas discussed in the volume." ---Jeff Horn, European Legacy Informationen zum Autor Edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr & William J. Baumol Klappentext "While entrepreneurship is as old as civilization itself, its history is little known and widely scattered. This book sheds a fascinating light on the prevalence and importance of entrepreneurship across the continents and the millennia. The Invention of Enterprise is sure to lead to a deeper appreciation of this phenomenon." --Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School "The modern world became wealthy by shifting toward productive entrepreneurship. How did this happen? How might it continue to happen? Read this book--the first comprehensive history of entrepreneurship--and find out. It's a remarkable work of scholarship." --Richard Sylla, New York University "There are other books on the history of entrepreneurship, but The Invention of Enterprise offers a substantial and fresh approach. These top-notch economic historians cover a vast geographic span and broad period of time." --William J. Hausman, College of William and Mary " The Invention of Enterprise addresses a topic that has been sorely neglected--the role of the entrepreneur in historical context. The breadth of historical contexts contained in this volume provides compelling evidence that entrepreneurship is important for economic growth and that institutions shape entrepreneurship. This well-researched and well-written book is a pleasure to read." --David Audretsch, Indiana University Zusammenfassung 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. This title gathers together economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's role in society from antiquity to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Carl J. Schramm vii Preface: The Entrepreneur in History by William J. Baumol ix Acknowledgments by William J. Baumol and Robert J. Strom xv Introduction: Global Enterprise and Industrial Performance: An Overview by David S. Landes 1 Chapter 1: Entrepreneurs: From the Near Eastern Takeoff to the Roman Collapse by Michael Hudson 8 Chapter 2: Neo-Babylonian Entrepreneurs Cornelia Wunsch 40 Chapter 3: The Scale of Entrepreneurship in Middle Eastern History: Inhibitive Roles of Islamic Institutions by Timur Kuran 62 Chapter 4: Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Medieval Europe by James M. Murray 88 Chapter 5: Tawney's Century! 1540-1640: The Roots of Modern Capitalist Entrepreneurship by John Munro 107 Chapter 6: The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic Oscar Gelderblom 156 Chapter 7: Entrepreneurship and the Industrial Revolution in Britain by Joel Mokyr 183 Chapter 8: Entrepreneurship in Britain! 1830-1900 by Mark Casson and Andrew Godley 211 Chapter 9: History of Entrepreneurship: Britain! 1900-2000 by Andrew Godley and Mark Casson 243 Chapter 10: History of Entrepreneurship: Germany after 1815 by Ulrich Wengenroth 273 Chapter 11: Entrepreneurship in France by Michel Hau 305 Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship in the Antebellum United States by Louis P. Cain 331 Chapter 13: Entrepreneurship in the United States! 1865-1920 by Naomi R. Lamoreaux 367 Chapter 14: Entrepreneurship in the United States! 1920-2000 by Margaret B. W. Graham 401 Chapter 15: An Examination of the Supply of Financial Credit to Entrepreneurs in Colonial India by Susan Wolcott 443 Chapter 16: Chinese Entrepreneurship since Its Late Imperial Period by Wellington K. K. Chan 469 Chapter 17: Entrepreneurship in Pre-World War II Japan: The Role and Logic of the Zaibatsu by Seiichir...
