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The Age of Entrepreneurship
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The Age of Entrepreneurship

Business Proprietors, Self-employment and Corporations Since 1851
E-bookPDFE-book
Ranking183593inWirtschaft
CHF72.85

Description

This landmark research volume provides the first detailed history of entrepreneurship in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a remarkable new database of more than 9 million entrepreneurs, it gives new understanding to the development of Britain as the world's 'first industrial nation'.
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9781351662314
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatPDF
Publishing date27/06/2019
Edition19001 A. 1. Auflage
Pages364 pages
LanguageEnglish
File size7937 Kbytes
Illustrations52 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 71 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Article no.6667763
CatalogsVC
Data source no.2766574
Product groupWirtschaft
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Author

Robert J. Bennett is Professor Emeritus and Research Director in Geography at the University of Cambridge, UK. His research covers SME policy, economic development and the history of entrepreneurship, chambers of commerce, and business associations. His recent publications include Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Public Policy (2014) and papers in multiple journals, including Business History.

Harry Smith is a Research Associate at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK. He is a historian with interests in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century social and economic history, entrepreneurship and the history of class and towns (especially Birmingham). He has published articles in journals, including Business History and Midland History.

Carry van Lieshout is a Research Associate at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK. She is a historical geographer with interests in gender, entrepreneurship and natural resources. She has published articles in various journals, including The London Journal and Geopolitics.

Piero Montebruno is a Research Associate at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK. He holds a PhD in economic geography and is a trained medical doctor with interests in entrepreneurship, surrogacy, and slums, and heavy-tailed distributions. He has published articles in journals, including Business History.

Gill Newton is a Research Associate at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, UK. She is a data scientist whose interests include large-scale datasets and demographic behaviour, mortality and the occupational structure of nineteenth-century Britain. She has published widely in population history and its methodologies.