Entrepreneurship and the Market Process: An Enquiry into the Growth of Knowledge

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Routledge, 8 gen 2002 - 432 pagine
Enterpreneurship is central to the market process, and yet most theories of it fail to tackle the problem of how economic agents learn from their experience. This book redresses this by systematically applying the ideas of Karl Popper. It treats the entrepeneur as a theorist who develops conjectures which are then tested by exposure to the market, in an effort to eliminate errors. This is a critical aspect of the development of new ventures, as most entrepeneurial ideas turn out to be mistakes, at least in their original form.
 

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List of figures and tables
INTRODUCTION
A BRIEF REVIEW OF POPPERIAN THEORIES OF THE GROWTH
THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEURS PROBLEM SITUATION
THE RATIONALITY AND AIM STRUCTURE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
THE ENTREPRENEURS SYSTEM OF THEORIES
INTRODUCING THE FALSIFICATIONIST ENTREPRENEUR
THE TESTING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CONJECTURES
CAUSES AND DIFFICULTIES
SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE MARKET PROCESS
A POTENTIAL EMPIRICAL TEST OF THE NEW THEORY
AGENDA FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY
Bibliography
Index

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David Harper currently holds an advisory position with the New Zealand Treasury

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