David A Harper

Entrepreneurship and the Market Process

An Enquiry into the Growth of Knowledge

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 144mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780415130486
• ISBN-10: 0415130484
• Artikelnr.: 21058285

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Background and introduction 1 INTRODUCTION 2 A BRIEF REVIEW OF
POPPERIAN THEORIES OF THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE 3 THE DIMENSIONS OF THE
ENTREPRENEUR'S PROBLEM SITUATION 4 THE RATIONALITY AND AIM STRUCTURE OF THE
ENTREPRENEUR 5 THE ENTREPRENEUR'S SYSTEM OF THEORIES Part II The
methodology of the falsificationist entrepreneur 6 INTRODUCING THE
FALSIFICATIONIST ENTREPRENEUR 7 THE TESTING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CONJECTURES
8 REFUTATIONS: CAUSES AND DIFFICULTIES 9 SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE MARKET
PROCESS Part III Agenda and conclusions 10 A POTENTIAL EMPIRICAL TEST OF
THE NEW THEORY 11 AGENDA FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY, AND
CONCLUSIONS