Entrepreneurship and the market process : an enquiry into the growth of knowledge
Entrepreneurship 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
1 online resource (xiii, 414 pages) : illustrations
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Part Part I BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION
chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
chapter 2 A BRIEF REVIEW OF POPPERIAN THEORIES OF THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE
chapter 3 THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR'S PROBLEM SITUATION
chapter 4 THE RATIONALITY AND AIM STRUCTURE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
chapter 5 THE ENTREPRENEUR'S SYSTEM OF THEORIES
part Part II THE METHODOLOGY OF THE FALSIFICATIONIST ENTREPRENEUR
chapter 6 INTRODUCING THE FALSIFICATIONIST ENTREPRENEUR
chapter 7 THE TESTING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CONJECTURES
chapter 8 REFUTATIONS: CAUSES AND DIFFICULTIES
chapter 9 SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE MARKET PROCESS
part Part III AGENDA AND CONCLUSIONS
chapter 10 A POTENTIAL EMPIRICAL TEST OF THE NEW THEORY
chapter 11 AGENDA FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY, AND CONCLUSIONS
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