03593cam a2200577Ki 4500 9781315160375 FlBoTFG 20260210180901.0 m o d cr cnu|||unuuu 190702s2019 enk ob 001 0 eng d OCoLC-P eng rda pn OCoLC-P 9781351662314 (electronic bk.) 1351662317 (electronic bk.) 9781315160375 (electronic bk.) 1315160374 (electronic bk.) 9781351662307 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 1351662309 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 9781351662291 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) 1351662295 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) 9781138064430 10.4324/9781315160375 doi (OCoLC)1107041763 (OCoLC-P)1107041763 HB615 BUS 000000 bisacsh BUS 025000 bisacsh BUS 060000 bisacsh KJM bicssc 658.421 23 Bennett, Robert J. The Age of Entrepreneurship : Business Proprietors, Self-employment and Corporations Since 1851 / Robert J. Bennett, Harry Smith, Carry van Lieshout, Piero Montebruno and Gill Newton. London : Routledge, 2019. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge International studies in business history This landmark research volume provides the first detailed history of entrepreneurship in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a remarkable new database of more thannine million entrepreneurs, it gives new understanding to the development of Britain as the world's first industrial nation'. Based on the first long-term whole-population analysis of British small business, it uses novel methods to identify from the 10-yearly population census thetwo to fourmillion people per year who operated businesses in the period 1851-1911. Using big data analytics, it reveals how British businesses evolved over time, supplementing the census-derived data on individuals with other sources on companies and business histories. By comparing to modern data, it reveals how the late-Victorian period was a golden age' for smaller and medium-sized business, driven by family firms, the accelerating participation of women and the increasing use of incorporation as significant vehicles for development. A unique resource and citation for future research on entrepreneurship, of crucial significance to economic development policies for small business around the world, and above all the key entry point for researchers to the database which is deposited at the UK Data Archive, this major publication will change our understanding of the scale and economic significance of small businesses in the nineteenth century. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Entrepreneurship. 121 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business bisacsh Smith, Harry. Lieshout, Carry van. Montebruno, Piero. Newton, Gill. Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315160375 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf 93434 93433