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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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From ancient markets and the first firms to the modern corporation and digital enterprise. Students read the long arc of commerce through primary episodes, not slogans, and learn why today’s companies look the way they do.

8-week survey

  1. Ancient Commerce
  2. Medieval Enterprise
  3. The Age of Companies
  4. The Industrial Revolution
  5. American Capitalism
  6. The Corporation
  7. The Digital Revolution
  8. The Future

8 weeks · 1.0 credit. Sits after personal stewardship (Riches Redeemed) and how the machine works (Advanced Finance).

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