The Entrepreneur: An Economic Theory

by Mark Casson

This thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Mark Casson's modern classic The Entrepreneur presents a novel synthesis of the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight and Friedrich Hayek, according to which the defining characteristic of the entrepreneur is the exercise of judgement in business decisions.

432 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1982

About the author

Mark Casson FBA is a British economist and academic. He is a professor of economics at the University of Reading in England. He was Head of Department and is the institution's current Director of the Centre for Institutional Performance.