This book establishes a chronological trace of the entrepreneur as treated in economic literature in order to give a more illuminating perspective to contemporary writings and teachings on entrepreneurship. It focuses on the nature and role of the entrepreneur and of entrepreneurship as revealed in economic literature as early as the eighteenth century, when Richard Cantillon first coined the term entrepreneur. The authors then trace how Joseph Schumpeters perspective, among others, on entrepreneurship came to dominate the worlds understanding of the term.
Due to Schumpeters dominant influence, entrepreneurship has come to occupy a primary role in the theory of economic development. In this book Hbert and Link discuss various key topics, including the German tradition, the Austrian and the English School of thought, and individuals such as Alfred Marshall and Jeremy Bentham. The historical survey also illustrates the tension that often exists between theory and practice and how it has been difficult for economic theory to assimilate a core concept that plays a vital role in social and economic change. Finally, the book exposes the many different facets of entrepreneurship as they have been perceived by some of the great economists throughout the ages.
This fascinating and insightful book will be of interest to students and researchers in the history of economic thought as well as thoughtful scholars of entrepreneurship everywhere.
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5 The Economics of Joan Robinson
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