Entrepreneurship and Historical Explanation

Mark Casson and Andrew Godley

Chapter 2 in Entrepreneurship in Theory and History, 2005, pp 25-60 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The entrepreneur is a leading character in many accounts of economic growth, appearing in business biographies as a charismatic founder of a company; in industry studies as a prominent innovator, or a leading figure in a trade association or cartel; and in general economic histories as one of the hordes of self-employed small business owners who confer flexibility and dynamism on a market economy. Entrepreneurship is not confined to a private sector; it can also be discerned in the personalities of people who establish progressive charitable trusts and reform government administration.

Keywords: Family Firm; Historical Explanation; Rival Firm; Successful Entrepreneur; Enterprise Culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230522633_2

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