L’artisan entre histoire et theorie economique (Craftsman between history and economic theory)

Sophie Boutillier

No 226, Working Papers from Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et l'Innovation. ULCO / Research Unit on Industry and Innovation

Abstract: L’artisan est né en France (juridiquement) pendant la crise de 1929. L’objectif principal de ce texte est de faire le point sur l’histoire de l’artisanat depuis le moyen âge à nos jours. L’artisan pouvait ainsi être un serf au moyen âge, et est un entrepreneur aux 20-21ème siècles. D’où le second but de notre texte : montrer que l’artisan est aujourd’hui un entrepreneur selon la théorie économique de l’entrepreneur en se basant sur trois critères : incertitude et risque, détecter les opportunités d’investissement et innovation. The craftsman is born in France (according to the law) during the 1929 economic crisis. The main purpose of this text is to review the history of the craft sector from the middle age to the 21th century. The craftsman could be a serfdom during the middle age period, and he is an entrepreneur today. So, the second purpose of this text is to show that the craftsman is today an entrepreneur according three criteria of the economic theory of entrepreneurship: uncertainty and risk, process of discovery of opportunities of investment and innovation.

Keywords: Craftsman; history; economic theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N84 Q30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2010-06
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Published in Cahiers du Lab.RII, June 2010

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