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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Viking Books (21 Sep 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0670033383
ISBN-13: 978-0670033386
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 3.6 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, successful family businesses that grew into dynasties, 29 Feb 2008

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You know the names: Rothschild, Rockefeller, Ford, Toyota, Guggenheim. Yet, economists rarely analyze the impact of family enterprises. Bestselling author and scholar David S. Landes corrects this imbalance with his study of 11 enduring, influential dynasties. He defines a dynasty as a successful business held within one family's control for at least three generations. Family companies, even immense ones, often follow a predictable pattern: First, an ambitious, clever, hard-working patriarch, and, perhaps, his children, found a big, profitable business. Then, the following generations spend the accumulated wealth instead of adding to it. Yet, there are fascinating anomalies within this model - from amazing philanthropy to bad apples. The dramas behind family ties that unravel (or knit more strongly) in the face of big money make each chapter read like an absorbing novel. Sometimes Landes' attempt to track every branch of a family tree can leave the reader out on a limb, yet getAbstract warmly recommends this entertaining work to anyone with an interest in history, economics or family dynamics.

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5.0 out of 5 stars essential background reading for credit crunch era, 9 Feb 2009

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My favourite book of 2008! Landes well written ,meticulously researched, accessible, relevant book surprised me with its inherently easy to read, yet informative style. It has provided me with incredible historically relevant background information to the current financial banking crisis. Though it is much much more than a book about banking families, I personally found that element resonated most given our current climate.

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