Bestselling author and historian Landes scrutinizes the powerful family businesses that rule both the financial and industrial sectors across Europe, Japan, and America to determine what factors can cause a dynasty to flourish or fail. Unabridged. 10 CDs.
Now in paperback: The acclaimed, bestselling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? Featured on C-Span.
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations" comes a fascinating look at the quality that distinguishes a third of todays Fortune 500 companies: family ownership.
Through perseverance, solid ingenuity, and unwavering determination, family-run companies---dynasties---have dominated wealth and business throughout the last two centuries. One third of Fortune 500 firms are family owned and, in most cases, the ideal of the family business is one synonymous with continuity, watchful leadership, and dedication to success. But what happens when bad behavior, extravagance, and laziness---all very real enemies of...
Through perseverance, solid ingenuity, and unwavering determination, family-run companies---dynasties---have dominated wealth and business throughout the last two centuries. One third of Fortune 500 firms are family owned and, in most cases, the ideal of the family business is one synonymous with continuity, watchful leadership, and dedication to success. But what happens when bad behavior, extravagance, and laziness---all very real enemies of...
An engrossing and in-depth study of the distribution of wealth across the globe. Historian David Landes explores the complex and often startling causes of the wealth and poverty of nations, finding them both within the larger social forces, such as religion, geography and the broad swing of politics, and in the small surprising details.
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