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Journal of Economic Literature - Book Review
JEL Volume. 49, Issue 1 | 
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Reviewed by: Michael Bikarddone of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Scott Stern of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Review DOI: 10.1257/jel.49.1.129.r14
Review Pages: 164-68
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The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr and William J. Baumol
Published By: Kaufman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 978-0-691-14370-5
Date of Publication: 2010
Published By: Kaufman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 978-0-691-14370-5
Date of Publication: 2010
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Reviewed by: Michael Bikarddone of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Scott Stern of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Review DOI: 10.1257/jel.49.1.129.r14
Review Pages: 164-68
Book Review Abstract
Michael Bikard of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Scott Stern of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER review "The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times" edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, and William J. Baumol. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Eighteen papers examine the history of entrepreneurship throughout the world since antiquity. Papers discuss global enterprise and industrial performance--an overview; entrepreneurs--from the Near Eastern takeoff to the Roman collapse; Neo-Babylonian entrepreneurs; the scale of entrepreneurship in Middle....”
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Book Review Authors
Michael Bikard of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Scott Stern of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
JEL Classifications
L26: Entrepreneurship
N80: Micro-Business History: General, International, or Comparative
N80: Micro-Business History: General, International, or Comparative
