Rezension: In diesem wirklich umfassenden Nachschlagewerk sind Namen jeglicher Couleur vertreten, - Konrad Adenauer ebenso wie W. E. Boeing, Z. Davidoff, Johannes Gutenberg, Henry Morgenthau oder F. W. Raiffeisen. Die stattliche Anzahl von Personen bedingt, dass große Bibliotheken auf so einen...

Washington's Greenhouse -- Iron Roots: How the Washington Family's Fortunes Rose, Fell, and Rose Again -- The Education of an Entrepreneur: An Eighteenth-Century Boyhood -- A Dirty Job: The Origins of Washington's Career as a Surveyor and Land Speculator -- Washington's Social Network: The Key...

A Brief History of Entrepreneurship charts how the pursuit of profit by private individuals has been a prime mover in revolutionizing civilization. Entrepreneurs often butt up against processes, technologies, social conventions, and even laws. So they circumvent, innovate, and violate to obtain...