LEADER 03098nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910963196003321 005 20251116175546.0 010 $a1-134-74154-5 010 $a1-134-74155-3 010 $a0-429-23071-0 010 $a0-203-38021-5 010 $a1-280-07242-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203380215 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250045 035 $a(EBL)169394 035 $a(OCoLC)53161490 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000296760 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11245010 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296760 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10327150 035 $a(PQKB)11169724 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC169394 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL169394 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10100350 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7242 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250045 100 $a20020918d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFoundations of entrepreneurship and economic development /$fDavid A. Harper 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 1 $aFoundations of the market economy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-45920-6 311 08$a0-203-38870-4 311 08$a0-415-15342-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-267) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; The theory of entrepreneurial discovery; Psychological determinants of entrepreneurial alertness; Institutions I: Rule of law, property and contract; Institutions II: Money, political and legal decentralisation and economic freedom; Culture and alertness; The market-process approach to public policy; Empirical testing and conceptual development; Concluding remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis well-written book is the first to deal with entrepreneurship in all its aspects. It considers the economic, psychological, political, legal and cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship from a market-process perspective. David A Harper has produced a volume that analyses why some people are quicker than others in discovering profit opportunities. Importantly, the book also covers the issue of how cultural value systems orient entrepreneurial vision and, in contrast to conventional wisdom, the book argues that individualist cultural values are not categorically superior to group oriented val 410 0$aFoundations of the market economy series. 606 $aEntrepreneurship 606 $aNew business enterprises 606 $aEconomic development 615 0$aEntrepreneurship. 615 0$aNew business enterprises. 615 0$aEconomic development. 676 $a338.04 676 $a338/.04 700 $aHarper$b David A$042291 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963196003321 996 $aFoundations of entrepreneurship and economic development$94498927 997 $aUNINA