Drawn from interviews with friends, childhood mentors, family, former bosses, classmates, colleagues, and rivals who have known these powerful individuals at different stages of their lives, a fascinating look at the business titans of the twenty-first century, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos,...

Das digitale Zeitalter und seine Hyperökonomie. Aus erster Hand berichtet Christoph Keese von Unternehmern und Innovationen im Silicon Valley und verbindet die vielen Facetten des digitalen Wandels zum grossen Bild. Was sind die Erfolgsrezepte und Treiber der boomenden Internetwirtschaft?...

In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak, expansion of informal credit network leads to the...