Book Cover	1
	Title	10
	Copyright	11
	Contents	12
	About the authors	13
	Preface	15
	Introduction	17
	1 The prehistory of entrepreneurship	22
	2 Early French contributions	28
	3 The English school of thought	45
	4 The German tradition	57
	5 Early neoclassical perspectives	62
	6 The view from America	76
	7 Joseph Schumpeter	88
	8 Beyond Schumpeter	99
	9 The entrepreneur and the firm	113
	10 Conclusion	121
	Notes	127
	References	132
	Index of Names	140