Les grands auteurs en entrepreneuriat et PME

Judging by the weight of SMEs in terms of jobs and wealth creation, there is no doubt that these firms, in all their diversity, are the heart of the real economy. Judging by the place that business creation and innovation hold in our contemporary societies, entrepreneurship has become the engine of the new economy.

Yet, apart from the creative destruction of Joseph Schumpeter, one of the authors who did most to popularise the role of the entrepreneur, the body of knowledge now accumulated in entrepreneurship, a discipline in its own right, remains largely unknown to the general public and to elites.

This book fills that gap. By presenting the concepts and theories developed by a wide range of authors in this field, so crucial to the development of our economy and the competitiveness of our firms, this book has an academic aim but also a political reach: it explains the drivers and stakes of the entrepreneurial society at the beginning of the 21st century.

Leading authors featured: ACS Zoltan, ALDRICH Howard, AUDRETSCH David, BAUMOL William, BECATTINI Giacomo, BRUSH Candida, CANTILLON Richard, CASSON Mark, COOPER Arnold, DE SERRES Olivier, GARTNER B. William, JOHANNISSON Bengt, JULIEN Pierre-André, KIRZNER Israël, KRUEGER Norris, Jr. , McDOUGALL Patricia, McCLELLAND David Clarence, MILLER Danny, OVIATT Benjamin, REYNOLDS Paul, SARASVATHY Saras, SAY Jean-Baptiste, SCHUMPETER Joseph Aloïs, SHANE Scott, STEVENSON Howard, STOREY David.