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020			_a9781138064430 _q(hardback)
020			_z9781315160375 _q(ebook)
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050	0	0	_aHB615 _b.B46 2020
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100	1		_aBennett, R. J. _q(Robert John), _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe age of entrepreneurship : _bbusiness proprietors, self-employment and corporations since 1851 / _cRobert J. Bennett, Harry Smith, Carry van Lieshout, Piero Montebruno and Gill Newton.
263			_a1908
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge/Taylor & Francis Group, _c2020.
300			_apages cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aRoutledge international studies in business history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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 than 9 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 the 2-4 million 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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEntrepreneurship _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		0	_aSmall business _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		0	_aSelf-employed _zGreat Britain.
700	1		_aSmith, Harry, _d1987- _eauthor.
700	1		_aLieshout, Carry van, _d1982- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBennett, Robert J., 1948- _tAge of entrepreneurship _dLondon ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 _z9781315160375 _w(DLC) 2019981350
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