Entrepreneurs And Capitalism Since Luther

Author : Ivan Light,Léo-Paul Dana
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793621306

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Entrepreneurs and Capitalism since Luther by Ivan Light,Léo-Paul Dana Pdf

In Entrepreneurs and Capitalism since Luther: Rediscovering the Moral Economy, Ivan Light and Léo-Paul Dana study the history of business, capitalism, and entrepreneurship to examine the values of social and cultural capital. Six chapters evaluate case studies that illustrate contrasting relationships between social networks, vocational culture, and entrepreneurship. Light and Dana argue that, in capitalism’s early stages, cultural capital is scarcer than social capital and therefore more crucial for business owners. Conversely, when capitalism is well established, social capital is scarcer than cultural capital and becomes more crucial. Light and Dana then trace moral legitimations of capitalism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment, the Gilded Age, and finally to Joseph Schumpeter whose concept of “creative destruction” freed elite entrepreneurs from moral restraints that encumber small business owners. After examining the availability of social and cultural capital in the contemporary United States, Light and Dana show that business owners’ social capital enforces conventional morality in markets, facilitating commerce and legitimating small businesses the old-fashioned way. As their networks become more isolated, elite entrepreneurs must claim and ultimately deliver successful results to earn public toleration of immoral or predatory conduct.

Author : Leo-paul Dana,Aidin Salamzadeh,Veland Ramadani,Ramo Palalic
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811229701

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Understanding Contexts Of Business In Western Asia: Land Of Bazaars And High-tech Booms by Leo-paul Dana,Aidin Salamzadeh,Veland Ramadani,Ramo Palalic Pdf

Not one size fits all. Yet, some books teach business with minimal focus on the context for business. In reality, firms — large and small — are highly affected by the context in which they operate; yet, context is not uniformly conceptualized, theorized, and operationalized by scholars of business and management. While most theories have come from developed countries with bountiful contexts, the diverse contexts of Western Asia are little understood. Religious factors are profoundly dominant in Western Asia, and businesses in this diverse area operate with considerations that are rarely considered in research. This book reveals a variety of schools of thought that have molded several business models and mechanisms, which are, to some extent, different from the context of Western economies.

Author : Marina Dabić,Sascha Kraus
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783110747720

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De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship by Marina Dabić,Sascha Kraus Pdf

"A small business is not a little big business." Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered the engines of worldwide economies and the main sources of job creation. Management in these companies is different from management in larger/older enterprises with their already established concepts and instruments. In view of the high importance of SMEs in emerging, developing and developed economies worldwide, the De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship investigates the underlying mechanisms and practices of management within these companies with a focus on entrepreneurship, growth and innovation. It argues that it is time for a dedicated theory of "SME Entrepreneurship" to emerge. Entrepreneurial thinking and behavior in SMEs must be differentiated from that of start-ups and large companies. On the other hand, it also explores the different entrepreneurship manifestations that exist within a widely heterogeneous group of SMEs. The handbook provides a theoretical framework in which to understand, compare and contrast the complexity of SMEs in both domestic and international processes and addresses the strengths, achievements, and challenges of entrepreneurship in SMEs.

Author : Peter G. Klein
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Austrian school of economics
ISBN : 9781610165228

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The Capitalist & The Entrepreneur by Peter G. Klein Pdf

Author : Juliet E. K. Walker
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780807832417

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The History of Black Business in America by Juliet E. K. Walker Pdf

In this wide-ranging study Stephen Foster explores Puritanism in England and America from its roots in the Elizabethan era to the end of the seventeenth century. Focusing on Puritanism as a cultural and political phenomenon as well as a religious movement, Foster addresses parallel developments on both sides of the Atlantic and firmly embeds New England Puritanism within its English context. He provides not only an elaborate critque of current interpretations of Puritan ideology but also an original and insightful portrayal of its dynamism. According to Foster, Puritanism represented a loose and incomplete alliance of progressive Protestants, lay and clerical, aristocratic and humble, who never decided whether they were the vanguard or the remnant. Indeed, in Foster's analysis, changes in New England Puritanism after the first decades of settlement did not indicate secularization and decline but instead were part of a pattern of change, conflict, and accomodation that had begun in England. He views the Puritans' own claims of declension as partisan propositions in an internal controversy as old as the Puritan movement itself. The result of these stresses and adaptations, he argues, was continued vitality in American Puritanism during the second half of the seventeenth century. Foster draws insights from a broad range of souces in England and America, including sermons, diaries, spiritual autobiographies, and colony, town, and court records. Moreover, his presentation of the history of the English and American Puritan movements in tandem brings out the fatal flaws of the former as well as the modest but essential strengths of the latter.

Author : Thomas K. McCraw
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674256200

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Creating Modern Capitalism by Thomas K. McCraw Pdf

What explains the national economic success of the United States, Britain, Germany, and Japan? What can be learned from the long-term championship performances of leading business firms in each country? How important were specific innovations by individual entrepreneurs? And in the end, what is the true nature of capitalist development?The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Thomas K. McCraw and his coauthors present penetrating answers to these questions. Creating Modern Capitalism is the first book to explain for a broad audience the interconnections among technological innovation, management science, the power of entrepreneurship, and national economic growth. The authors approach each question from a comparative framework and with a unique triple focus on national economic systems, particular companies, and individual business leaders.Above all, the book focuses on how specific entrepreneurs influenced the economic success of their countries: Josiah Wedgwood and Henry Royce in Britain; August Thyssen and Georg von Siemens in Germany; Henry Ford, Alfred Sloan, and the two Thomas J. Watsons in the United States; Sakichi Toyoda, Masatoshi Ito, and Toshifumi Suzuki in Japan.The product of a three-year collaborative effort at the Harvard Business School, the book combines cutting-edge scholarship with a finely tuned sense of the art of management. It will engage general readers as well as those with a special interest in entrepreneurship and the evolution of national business systems.

Author : Robert E. Litan,Carl J. Schramm
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300146783

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Better Capitalism by Robert E. Litan,Carl J. Schramm Pdf

Shows that, with wise and informed policymaking, the American entrepreneurial engine can rally and the true potential of the economy can be unlocked.

Author : Stanley Buder
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780807889800

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Capitalizing on Change by Stanley Buder Pdf

Americans love "this year's model," relying on the "new" to be always "improved." Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to American business, where innovation and change stoke the engines of economic energy. To really understand the history of business in America, he argues, we must understand the intertwining dynamics of social and business values. In a history spanning over three hundred years, Buder examines the enveloping expansion of the market economy, the laggardly use of government to modify or control market forces, the rise of consumerism, the shifting role of small business, and much more. He concludes with the explosive development of business in the 1990s and its aftermath of crises and scandals. Along the way, he analyzes the ways American social values foster an entrepreneurial ethos and why the identification of change with progress provides a distinctive and provocative theme in American life. Buder studies American business as not only an engine of wealth accumulation but also an important generator and reflector of American values. Capitalizing on Change is the first full-length business history in recent years to make this relationship clear.

Author : Carl J. Schramm, PhD
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780062276193

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The Entrepreneurial Imperative by Carl J. Schramm, PhD Pdf

In 2004, Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's leading foundation for entrepreneurship, published a groundbreaking essay with a radical premise: that Americans literally have no conception of the secret that truly underlies our economic success, and that for the United States to survive and continue to lead the world's economy, it is imperative we learn to understand and employ that secret. The secret that has led the American economy to become the world's strongest? Our unparalleled skill as entrepreneurs. As Schramm compellingly shows in this sweeping manifesto, entrepreneurship alone—not anything else—can give America the necessary leverage to remain an economic superpower. Not technology, since everyone now has the same technology, or access to it. Not education—we are years behind other nations in this area. Not basic manufacturing, long since moved overseas from the United States. And not capital markets, now truly global entities. Drawing on detailed research conducted by the Kauffman Foundation and on his decades of experience as an entrepreneur himself and as a leader and mentor to other entrepreneurs, Schramm persuasively demonstrates in detail what this entrepreneurial imperative means for the way we run universities and foundations, lead companies, make personal job decisions, and even conduct our foreign affairs. The Entrepreneurial Imperative will change not only the way our government, corporations, and nonprofits operate, but also our day-to-day lives as working Americans.

Author : Bruce Kirchhoff
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780313388644

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Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capitalism by Bruce Kirchhoff Pdf

Kirchhoff blends economics, business, and governemnt policy to demonstrate that entrepreneurship's role in business formation and growth energizes and maintains the viability of capitalism. Entrepreneurs convert new ideas into marketable products and services and use these to grab market shares from older, established firms. This process not only produces economic growth, but also redistributes resources so as to assure equitable distribution within society. Acknowledging that this perception is descriptive but lacks predictive power, Kirchhoff offers a typology to assist in predictive theory building and to guide government policy development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:934020611

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Creating Modern Capitalism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jason Haber
Publisher : Entrepreneur Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781613083369

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The Business of Good by Jason Haber Pdf

The Business of Good narrates the story behind social entrepreneurship as told by the individuals compelled to create a change in the world--not just another business. Serial and social entrepreneur Jason Haber intertwines case studies, anecdotes, and initiatives that have become part of the larger narrative of entrepreneurship. From Main Street to Wall Street, today’s social entrepreneurs are rebooting capitalism, challenging the charitable industrial complex, and are disrupting the way companies do business with exciting innovations designed to solve society’s most vexing problems. In this book, Haber examines Capitalism 2.0, philanthropy, and the role and power of media alongside the world’s response as social entrepreneurship changes how we give, how we invest, and who we are.

Author : Larry Schweikart
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business enterprises
ISBN : UOM:39076002405921

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The Entrepreneurial Adventure by Larry Schweikart Pdf

[This book] examines American business and economic history, paying close attention to the structures and relationships between individuals and public policy that have resulted in such unprecedented wealth creation. Crammed into this survey of trends in the American economy since the 1600s are dozens of snapshots of individual entrepreneurs. The story is often the same: Aged, sick, bankrupt, down on their luck, American entrepreneurs rarely came from the fortunate strata of society but instead overcame obstacles with a matchless determination that is inspirational to all people, whether in business or in other careers. While individuals accounted for the critical breakthroughs in the American economy, [this book] also pays attention to both government policy and economic thought of the day. Long-standing, but quite erroneous, myths are debunked, including the notions that the Great Depression was caused by business failures or that the 1980s were a "decade of greed." What emerges is a story of businesses and people, of victory over impressive obstacles, and of the resulting tide of prosperity that has made the American economy the envy of the world. -Back cover.

Author : Alan Smart,Josephine Smart
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791483572

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Petty Capitalists and Globalization by Alan Smart,Josephine Smart Pdf

Globalization is often seen as driven by large corporations and supranational organizations. Enterprises operated by petty capitalists may be small, but there is nothing petty about their significance for the operation of economies or our understanding of contemporary societies, families, and localities. Petty Capitalism and Globalization uses ethnographic research to examine how small firms in Europe, Asia, and Latin America have been compelled to operate and compete in a fast-moving transnational economic environment. From Nepalese rug makers to German bakers to Taiwanese memory chip designers, these fascinating case studies delve into the complex situation of petty capitalists, often ambiguously situated between capital and labor, cooperation and exploitation, family and economy, tradition and modernity, friends and competitors. Understanding the position of petty capitalists in a global economy provides lessons in the potential and limitations of promoting small firms and entrepreneurship as a route to sustainable development.

Author : William J. Baumol,Robert E. Litan,Carl J. Schramm
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300134797

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Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity by William J. Baumol,Robert E. Litan,Carl J. Schramm Pdf

In this important book, William J. Baumol, Robert E. Litan, and Carl J. Schramm contend that the answers to these questions lie within capitalist economies, though many observers make the mistake of believing that "capitalism" is of a single kind. Writing in an accessible style, the authors dispel that myth, documenting four different varieties of capitalism, some "Good" and some "Bad" for growth. The authors identify the conditions that characterize Good Capitalism--the right blend of entrepreneurial and established firms, which can vary among countries--as well as the features of Bad Capitalism. They examine how countries catching up to the United States can move faster toward the economic frontier, while laying out the need for the United States itself to stick to and reinforce the recipe for growth that has enabled it to be the leading economic force in the world. This pathbreaking book is a must read for anyone who cares about global growth and how to ensure America's economic future.