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

Dynasties : Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
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 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 of surprising conclusions, Dynasties is an engrossing mix of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.
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Author: David S. Landes
ISBN: 0143112473
Binding: TRADE PAPERBACK
Date: 2007
Pages: 400
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Topics: Automobile Industry And Trade; Banks And Banking; Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History; Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship; Family-owned Business Enterprises
 
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