Entrepreneurship and Growth An International Historical Perspective [Hardcover]

A collection of eight articles by 17 specialists, this volume provides very recent research on the factors which contribute to the build up of entrepreneurship. Offers an international, comparative and historical perspective, with a special focus upon the Mediterranean.List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; G.Tortella & G.Quiroga PART I: A MULTINATIONAL APPROACH A Tale of Four Countries: Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in England, Scotland, France, Spain: A Comparative Approach; G.Tortella, G.Quiroga & I.Moral-Arce: PART II: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES Entrepreneurs and Businessmen in Greece during the Long Nineteenth Century; J.Foreman-Peck & I.S.Pepelasis: Business Groups in Argentina during the Export-led Growth Period (1870-1914); M.I.Barbero Explaining Entrepreneurial Success: Evidence from the Italian Case (Nineteenth and Twentieth-centuries); P.Toninelli, M.A.Vasta & E.Zavarron PART III: THE SPANISH CASE Some Empirical Aspects of Entrepreneurship in Twentieth-century Spain; J.L.Garc?a-Ruiz & T.P?rez Amaral An Approach to Entrepreneurial Success and its Determinants: the Case of Spain'; J.M.Ortiz-Villajos & S.Sotoca PART IV: SOME LOCAL CASES: MINORCA AND MADRID Entrepreneurship and Development: The Minorcan Model; J.Hern?ndez-Andreu & A.M?ndez Did Spanish High Schools Breed Entrepreneurs? The Madrid Institutos of Cardenal Cisneros and San Isidro, 1860-1936; C.E.N??ez & B.Moreno Conclusions; G.Tortella & G.Quiroga Notes Bibliography IndexMARIA IN?S BARBERO Professor of Economic and Business History at the Universidad de San Andr?s, ArgentinaJAMES FOREMAN-PECK Professor of Economics at Cardiff University, UKJOS? LUIS GARC?A RUIZ Associate Professor of Economic History at Complutense University of Madrid, SpainJUAN HERN?NDEZ-ANDREU Doctor in Economics and Professor and Director of the Department of Economic History at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, SpainALFONS MENDEZ AssocialóY