From the Garage to the Boardroom: The Entrepreneurial Roots of America’s Largest Corporations
- Tags:
- Entrepreneur,
- Entrepreneurial,
- Entrepreneurship,
- Management,
- National Commission On Entrepreneurship
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Overview: Throughout America’s history, in times of boom and bust, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship have played a critical role in the economy. Even in the darkest days of the great depression, entrepreneurs started companies that became the economic powerhouses of today. To understand today’s economic landscape, it is important to reflect on the role that entrepreneurs have played and continue to play in building companies and creating jobs. The National Commission on Entrepreneurship contracted with Harvard Business School researchers to dig back to the entrepreneurial roots of the nation’s largest corporations. This research provides a perspective through today’s entrepreneurs. This study addresses entrepreneurial history in two ways. It assesses and compares the role that entrepreneurship played among chief executives when sparking the growth of the 200 largest American corporations in 1917 and 1997. The study also uncovers certain commonalities in the personal characteristics, social background, and the experience and resources of the executives who founded and ran these top companies.
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Format: PDF | Size: 294KB | Date: Aug 2001 | Pages: 27
