144 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

This book establishes a chronological trace of the entrepreneur as treated in economic literature in order to give a more wholesome 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... Read more

Introduction

1. The Prehistory of Entrepreneurship

2. Early French Contributions

3. The English School of Thought

4. The German Tradition

5. Early Neoclassical Perspectives

6. The View From America

7. Joseph Schumpeter

8. Beyond Schumpeter

9. The Entrepreneur and the Firm

10. Conclusion

Biography

Robert F. Hébert is Russell Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Auburn University, USA.

Albert N. Link is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.

'Seldom has been so much knowledge compressed between two hard covers and that too on a subject of vast significance.' -- Dwijendra Tripathi, The Journal of Entrepreneurship

'This book goes to the heart of theorizing about entrepreneurship. The authors are well-established scholars of   the economics of  entrepreneurship and have written a  comprehensive treatise covering all the available works in English, French and German going back a couple of centuries.' -- International Journal of Business and Social Science

'Highly recommended' - CHOICE