Commerce & Calling · Vol. IV · Available now

History of Business

How firms, markets, and enterprise shaped the modern world

$25 per student · one-time · classroom $49 + $20/student

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Plate IV. History of Business.

What your student will be able to do

  • Students leave able to say why a company takes the shape it does, and what that shape asks of the people inside it.

Eight weeks of primary episodes, from the first firms to the digital corporation. Students leave able to say why a company takes the shape it does, and what that shape asks of the people inside it.

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Contents

8-week survey

  1. 01Ancient Commerce
  2. 02Medieval Enterprise
  3. 03The Age of Companies
  4. 04The Industrial Revolution
  5. 05American Capitalism
  6. 06The Corporation
  7. 07The Digital Revolution
  8. 08The Future
8 weeks · 1.0 credit. Sits after personal stewardship (Riches Redeemed) and how the machine works (Advanced Finance).

Who teaches

Written by Troy Williams · Kellogg MBA · McKinsey · Ameriprise Financial

Read about Troy and Katie.

Pricing

Family

$25 per student

Classroom

$49 base + $20 / student

Nothing auto-renews.

Questions

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Nothing auto-renews. $25 per student, one-time.

History of Business

How firms, markets, and enterprise shaped the modern world

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