Capital, Entrepreneurship and Management - A New Austrian Theory of Organizations

Taking care to distinguish individuals and functions, creators and beneficiaries of revenues, this book examines the respective places of both entrepreneurs and capitalists within the organization. The book will be of great interest to readers of economic organization, corporate governance and entrepreneurship.

List of contents

General Introduction Part I: Entrepreneur, or (and) Capitalist? 1. Some Elements of an Austrian Debate 2.A Functional Distribution of Incomes 3.The Catallactic Functions in "Real World Markets" 4.From Discoveries to Creations: An Extension of Entrepreneurship 5.Pure Profit and Capital Part II: Entrepreneurship and Management 6. The Manager, What Definition? 7. The Entrepreneur in Corporate Firms: Alertness and Judgment Reconsidered 8. In Open Corporations, Who Is the Entrepreneur 9.The Advantages of a Reassessment 10. A Genealogy of the Firm Part III: The Organization Versus Entrepreneurship 11. An Austrian Understanding of the Exploration-Exploitation Dilemma 12. From Organizations to Institutions 13.From Destructive Entrepreneur to Destructive Capitalist 14.Entrepreneurs versus Capitalists General Conclusion References Index

About the author

Thierry Aimar is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Lorraine (BETA) and Sciences Po Paris. He specializes in the Austrian School, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance and Market Systems.

Summary

Taking care to distinguish individuals and functions, creators and beneficiaries of revenues, this book examines the respective places of both entrepreneurs and capitalists within the organization. The book will be of great interest to readers of economic organization, corporate governance and entrepreneurship.

Product details

• Authors: Thierry Aimar, Aimar Thierry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032441948
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244194-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Business mathematics & systems, Management of specific areas, Economics of industrial organisation, Microeconomics, Organizational theory and behaviour, Economic theory and philosophy, Economics of industrial organization, Business mathematics and systems, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups