Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the InternetThe high-tech bubble seems to have burst-or has it? Knowing where you are in the business cycle is crucial. Historical perspective helps, and so does keen analysis. Ruling the Waves offers both. Debora Spar begins the historical context with pirate tales. Jean Lafitte's domination of the seas and Rupert Murdoch's domination of the British airwaves with BskyB have much in common. Tales of the telegraph and radio help you understand the natural evolution of Microsoft, the trials of the codemakers who fought the U.S. government to protect Internet privacy, and the revolutionary rap stars who challenged the record industry. Great stories of quirky pioneers and their roller-coaster ridesmake this the one book that you need to become an expert on the path of future innovations and the natural development from idea to market in a changing world. |
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... piracy . Piracy , of course , was as old as the seas itself . In ancient Greece , peirates had plagued early shipping across the Aegean and Ionian seas ; in ancient Rome , even Julius Caesar had been captured by the widely reviled ...
... piracy . Piracy , of course , was as old as the seas itself . In ancient Greece , peirates had plagued early shipping across the Aegean and Ionian seas ; in ancient Rome , even Julius Caesar had been captured by the widely reviled ...
Page 40
... piracy continued to flourish and expand in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . Pirate ships infested the English Channel in the latter half of the sixteenth century ; they swarmed through the Indian Ocean in the seventeenth ...
... piracy continued to flourish and expand in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . Pirate ships infested the English Channel in the latter half of the sixteenth century ; they swarmed through the Indian Ocean in the seventeenth ...
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... piracy had become a much more clearly defined crime , and even states like England - arguably the greatest sup- porter of piracy in the sixteenth century - were ready and eager to condemn men for it . In the wake of Kidd's high ...
... piracy had become a much more clearly defined crime , and even states like England - arguably the greatest sup- porter of piracy in the sixteenth century - were ready and eager to condemn men for it . In the wake of Kidd's high ...
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