Re-understanding entrepreneurship : what it is and why it matters / Weiying Zhang ; translated by Matthew Dale.

"How do entrepreneurs make decisions in the real world? Why are entrepreneurs absent from mainstream economics? What functions do entrepreneurs play in the market? What type of institutional environment is needed for entrepreneurship to play a role? Neoclassical economics is a market theory wit...

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Main Author: Zhang, Weiying, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Dale, Matthew (Translator)
Other title:Chong xin li jie qi ye jia jing shen. English
重新理解企业家精神. English
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I : The Nature of Knowledge and Entrepreneurship. Soft knowledge and entrepreneurship
  • Understanding entrepreneurial decisions
  • Big data cannot replace entrepreneurs
  • Prejudice and hostility towards entrepreneurs
  • Part II : Entrepreneurs in Market Theories. The two paradigms of the market
  • What is a good market theory?
  • Entrepreneurship is the best anti-monopoly law
  • Entrepreneurial profit and common prosperity
  • Part III : Uncertainty of Innovation and Industrial Policy. Entrepreneurs in economic growth: arbitrage and innovation
  • The uncertainty of innovation
  • The airship and airplane duel
  • Entrepreneurship and industrial policy
  • Part IV : Institutional Ecology of Entrepreneurship. What determines the allocation of entrepreneurial talents?
  • Entrepreneurs and capitalists
  • Protection of rights versus protection of interests
  • Challenges for entrepreneurs from conflicting values
  • Appendix A : My journey studying entrepreneurs
  • Appendix B : How I came to know the Austrian School of Economics