Entertaining entrepreneurs : reality TV's Shark Tank and the American dream in uncertain times /

"In 2007, with the advent of the Great Recession, tens of millions of Americans faced challenges that threatened their economic and psychological well-being. Central to this recession were the threats to the nexus between family and work, with many forces hollowing out the middle class and grea...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Horowitz, Daniel, 1938- (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press 2020.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469659459_horowitz
Sumário:
  • The Apprentice: Mark Burnett and the American Dream
  • School of sharks
  • The artifice of perfectly pitched dramas
  • A world full of pitches
  • Sharks everywhere
  • Outside the tank
  • Enterprising organizations
  • Conflicting visions of entrepreneurship
  • American dreams, American nightmares