Ascetic entrepreneurs: an elite prosopography

David Kee

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2018, vol. 34, issue 1, 68-91

Abstract: Asceticism has been advanced as a contributing factor to successful entrepreneurship. This paper reflects the testing of this construct with a prosopographical case study of six elite entrepreneurs. Bridging three centuries of new entry creation of sustained growth, this study verifies that asceticism is an appropriate explanatory mechanism and ethical standard for start-up viability and entrepreneurial success.

Keywords: asceticism; entrepreneurial orientation; ethics; Max Weber; Protestant work ethic; PWE; prosopography; Asa Candler; Hans Wilsdorf; Sam Walton; Ingvar Kamprad; Bill Marriott; Truett Cathy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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