Title: Engines That Move Markets : Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
Author: Nairn, Alasdair
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2002
Specifications: HC., 494pp., 6.5" x 9.5", 850g.
ISBN: 0471205958
Condition: Very good in dust jacket.
Copies in stock: 4
Category: General Business More books in this category
Book type: Investment History
Hindsight ID: 2031 |
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Notes: Business and Investment History covering 10 episodes: British Railway boom of the 1840s; early US railways, development of the US automobile industry; story of the discovery of electric light and it exploitation; discoevry and development of crude oil; emergence of telegraphy; early history of wirless radio and TV; IBM and the growth of computer industry; the PC battleso fthe 1980s and Internet dot-com bubble of the 1990s. Examines micro and macroeconomic features, the work of individual entrepreneurs, company strengths, and market reactions. Book has a foreword from Sir John Templeton.
Keys: Investment, Economics, Business, History, Railroads, Canals, Automobiles, Wireless, Oil, TV
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