Powerful Times
Subtitle: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Published: September 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780131855205
Subjects: Business strategy; International business; International economics; Sociology, Social Studies; World history; History; History Of Civilization And Culture (General); Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; History: World; Management - General; Economic Conditions; History / General; Civilization; 1950-; Civilization, Modern
First sentence: Five hundred years ago, Nicolo Machiavelli, the Second Chancellor of Florence, was asked by the city's ruling council to investigate why Pandolfo Petrucci, the Lord of neighboring Siena, was so inconstant in his behavior and so prone to intrigue.