Abstract
This paper replicates a 2001 ranking of the greatest entrepreneurs and businesspeople in American business history. In 2011, we surveyed forty-one experts who collectively ranked Henry Ford at the ...
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This paper replicates a 2001 ranking of the greatest entrepreneurs and businesspeople in American business history
That poll was among the first attempts to assess greatness among American business history, and we repeated it again in 2011 with surveys from 41 business experts
The overall goal of this research is to identify greatness in American business history in parallel with research identifying greatness in the American presidency. Expert polls like these allow business historians to influence public opinion about greatness in business as political histories have influenced popular perceptions of greatness in the American presidency. These polls remind us that the contributions of female entrepreneurs and businesswomen remain relatively unrecognized
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This paper replicates a 2001 ranking of the greatest entrepreneurs and businesspeople in American business history. In 2011, we surveyed forty-one experts who collectively ranked Henry Ford at the top of the poll with Apple’s Steve Jobs landing in the top ten as a new entry. He’s published a variety of articles in journal such as Business History Review, Journal of Management Inquiry, and Journal of Management Education His books include Benjamin Franklin: America’s Original Entrepreneur. Jr. is Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College He has published 11 books, some co-authored, and hundreds of columns and articles in newspapers and journals. Expert polls like these allow business historians to influence public opinion about greatness in business as political histories have influenced popular perceptions of greatness in the American presidency These polls remind us that the contributions of female entrepreneurs and businesswomen remain relatively unrecognized
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