Enterprise and Society Advance Access originally published online on January 4, 2006
Enterprise and Society 2006 7(1):172-174; doi:10.1093/es/khj010
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Published by Oxford University Press 2006.
David Reisman. Schumpeters Market: Enterprise and Evolution. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar, 2004. vii + 294 pp. ISBN 1-84376-164-5, $120.00.
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The life and works of Joseph Schumpeter (18831950) continue to fascinate social scientists of diverse disciplines and schools. For some economists Schumpeters institutional and evolutionary approach is the only way to practice economics; but even for the mainstream the current buzz about endogenous growth and the knowledge economy has renewed interest in his writings, especially those on technology and entrepreneurship. Business historians always have been attentive to Schumpeters entrepreneurs and the dynamic of creative destruction, and globalization now provides a
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