TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bennett,Robert J.
AU  - Smith,Harry
AU  - Lieshout,Carry van
AU  - Montebruno,Piero
AU  - Newton,Gill
TI  - The Age of Entrepreneurship: Business Proprietors, Self-employment and Corporations Since 1851 
T2  - Routledge International studies in business history
SN  - 9781351662314
AV  - HB615 
U1  - 658.421 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business
N2  - 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
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315160375
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -