El Empresario Innovador y su Relación con el Desarrollo Económico (The innovating entrepreneur and its relation to economic development)
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Uno de los economistas más relevantes de la primeramitad del siglo XX es Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Al considerarque Schumpeter es quizás desconocido por muchos expertosen management y que es un autor esencial para entenderla relación entre economía y creación de empresas, en esteestudio se analizan cuatro de los puntos centrales de la teoríadel empresario schumpeteriano: la concepción de empresarioy empresa; la conducta innovadora del empresario y supapel en el desarrollo económico; la asunción de riesgo en lateoría de la “destrucción creativa”; y el estudio del beneficiodel empresario schumpeteriano. Para terminar, el trabajo recogelas principales críticas y defensas realizadas a la teoríaschumpeteriana del empresario innovador.
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Joseph Alois Schumpeter was one of the most importanteconomists of the first half of the XX century. Consideringthat Schumpeter is perhaps unknown to manymanagement experts and a cardinal author to understandthe relationship between economy and company creation,this work analyzes four of the key premises for a “Schumpeterian”entrepreneur: conceptualization of entrepreneurand company; the entrepreneurs´ innovative behavior andits role in economic development; risk assumption in the“creative destruction” theory; and the study of profit forthe Schumpeterian entrepreneur. Finally, main criticismand supporting commentaries to the Schumpeterian innovativeentrepreneur are presented.
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