 Veblen as precursor of the society and business fieldHervé Mesure
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: Purpose – The paper is a viewpoint about Thorstein Bunde Veblen (1857-1929) a known yet misunderstood author, as much appreciated as criticised. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of Veblen's work whilst providing a few keys to his writing and showing the interest of his work for the business and society field of researches. Design/methodology/approach – It starts by presenting Veblen's body of work. Then it turns to a general evaluation of Veblen's work. It finishes with a discussion of Veblen's possible contributions to the business and society field. Findings – Finds that Veblen's work is an attempt to understand the fundamentals of the functioning and evolution of societies and economies and that in many respects he placed great emphasis on the relations between the work of business and society. Research limitations/implications – The implications may be theoretical since this paper is an invitation to renew the standard way of studying the business and society field. Originality/value – This may be seen as a new approach to Veblen's work. Keywords: business enterprise; capitalist systems; consumption; society (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Society and Business Review, 2007, vol. 2 (n° 1), pp. 121-129. ⟨10.1108/17465680710725308⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00567876 DOI: 10.1108/17465680710725308 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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