Enterprise and leadership studies on firms, markets and networks
This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Mark Casson's modern classic The Entrepreneur presents a novel synthesis of the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight and Friedrich Hayek, according to which the defining characteristic of the entrepreneur is the exercise of judgement in bus...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, U.K
Edward Elgar
c2000
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Mark Casson's modern classic The Entrepreneur presents a novel synthesis of the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight and Friedrich Hayek, according to which the defining characteristic of the entrepreneur is the exercise of judgement in business decisions 1. The economics of ethical leadership -- 2. Economics and anthropology : reluctant partners -- 3. An entrepreneurial theory of the firm -- 4. Entrepreneurship and the industrial revolution : a re-appraisal -- 5. Marshall on marketing -- 6. Multinational trading companies -- 7. Regional business networks -- 8. The family firm : an analysis of the dynastic motive -- 9. Cultural factors in economic growth |
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| Physical Description: | x, 294 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781840643541 9781843767022 1840643544 |