Nobility and Business in History: Investments, Innovation, Management and Networks Messina Silvia A. Conca
Nobility and Business in History: Investments, Innovation, Management and Networks Messina Silvia A. Conca This book reconsiders the role of nobility as influential economic players and provides new…
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Nobility and Business in History: Investments, Innovation, Management and Networks Messina Silvia A. Conca
This book reconsiders the role of nobility as influential economic players and provides new insights into the business activities of noblemen in Europe and Asia during the nineteenth century thus offering up opportunities for comparison in an age of economic expansion and globalisation.What was the contribution of the nobility to the economy? Research shows that far from being passive, throughout the century the European nobility were widely involved in business, carried on innovations, refined management strategies, and diversified their investments from agriculture to transport, industry and finance. Can we consider noblemen to have been endowed with an entrepreneurial spirit?
In modern Japan after the Meiji Restoration - the unique case in Asia where a Western-style nobility was Both in Europe and Asia businesses were embedded in social networks and personal relationships.