The entrepreneur in history: From medieval merchant to modern business leader

The Entrepreneur in History: From Medieval Merchant to Modern Business Leader

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-139

  Casson, Mark ^a,b   Casson, Catherine ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Oxford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137305824     Document Type: Book

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