Dynasties Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses

Name: Dynasties Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
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ISBN: 9780143112471

ISBN-10: 0143112473

ISBN-13: 9780143112471

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Authors: David S. Landes

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From the author of the New York Timesbestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coin David S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of todays Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. From the banking fortunes of Rothschild and Morgan to the automobile empires of Ford and Toyota, Landes explores thirteen different dynasties, revealing what lay behind their successesand how extravagance, bad behavior, and poor enterprise brought some of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 9/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English