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The Entrepreneur in Theory and Practice

R.T. Hamilton (Department of Management, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
D.A. Harper (New Zealand Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand)

Journal of Economic Studies

ISSN: 0144-3585

Article publication date: 1 December 1994

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Abstract

The entrepreneur, in one form or another, has been around a long time in both economic theory and empirical studies of entry. Argues that these traditions have exhibited an over‐concern with the entrepreneur′s function at the expense of the supply of entrepreneurs, an area which has received only sporadic attention in the literature. It is this supply aspect which is critical to economic development and economists should now devote more attention to it.

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Hamilton, R.T. and Harper, D.A. (1994), "The Entrepreneur in Theory and Practice", Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 21 No. 6, pp. 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443589410071391

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