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

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.

• Book Type :

Economics

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

0143112473

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

25 Sep 2007

• Resource:

Business & Economics, Economics Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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