The Entrepreneurial Society

by David B. Audretsch

Book Overview

Previous generations enjoyed the security of lifelong employment with a sole employer. Public policy and social institutions reinforced that security by producing a labor force content with mechanized repetition in manufacturing plants, and creating loyalty to one employer for life. This is no longer the case. Globalization and new technologies have triggered a shift away from capital and towards knowledge. In today's global economy, where jobs and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195183509
• ISBN13: 9780195183504
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"