Dynasties : Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
by Landes, David S
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- ISBN 10
- 0670033383
- ISBN 13
- 9780670033386
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Synopsis
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.
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- Better World Books (US)
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- 4973155-6
- Title
- Dynasties : Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
- Author
- Landes, David S
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670033383
- ISBN 13
- 9780670033386
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- September 21, 2006
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