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Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses Paperback - 2007
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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.
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From the author of the New York Times bestseller 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 today's 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 successes-and how extravagance, bad behavior, and poor enterprise brought some of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full of surprising conclusions, Dynasties is an engrossing mix of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.
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 today's 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 successes-and how extravagance, bad behavior, and poor enterprise brought some of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full of surprising conclusions, Dynasties is an engrossing mix of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.
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- Title Dynasties: Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
- Author David S. Landes
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- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date September 25, 2007
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143112471 / 0143112473
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.56 x 0.9 in (21.29 x 14.12 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.7
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