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This class examines the role of the entrepreneur in the firm, in the evolving structure of the economy and as a catalyst of social change. From Cantillon to Schumpeter, from Knight to the Harvard Business School, we pursue what the entrepreneur does, his special capacities, his personality. Equipped with these theoretical perspectives, the course focuses upon the determinants of entrepreneurial activity during the critical phase of a country's economic development, specifically the background against which the major theories of Weber, Schumpeter, McClelland et al. are evaluated is post-Civil War America and contemporary underdeveloped countries. This is not a course for students interested in business school or who want to set up their own company. Since much of the course is concerned with sources of entrepreneurial supply, which are founded upon psychogenic or sociogenic dynamics, the class is necessarily an interdisciplinary undertaking and majors from sociology and psychology are most welcome.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS ECON Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: (ECON111 AND ECON112) OR ECON105
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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