The Age of Entrepreneurship: Business Proprietors, Self-Employment and Corporations Since 1851

ISBN-13: 9781138064430 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 352 str.

Robert J. Bennett (University of Cambrid;Harry Smith;Gill Newton

Opis

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’.

Spis treści

Part 1: New methods to interpret historical trends 1. Entrepreneurship over time 2. Entrepreneurship in theory and historical practice 3. New insights from historical big data Part 2: Overview of trends 4. Proprietor numbers, aggregate trends and sector change 5. Business size and organisation Part 3: Understanding entrepreneurship at the individual level 6. Explaining entrepreneurship: Correlates and decision choices 7. Demography, the household and entrepreneurship 8. Gender 9. The geography of entrepreneurship 10. Migration 11. Portfolio businesses 12. Conclusion: Re-positioning the entrepreneur in history and the present day