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A Conceptual History of Entrepreneurial Thought

P. Murphy, Jianwen Liao, Harold P. Welsch

2006Journal of Management History

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.818604

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This 2006 article introduces a conceptual history of entrepreneurial thought through conjecture and refutation, explaining key problem situations and theories.

Abstract

We introduce a conceptual history of knowledge expansion in the entrepreneurship field based on a logical mechanism of conjecture and refutation. Our undertaking interprets and explains the emergence, rise, re-emergence, and decline of key problem situations and theories through prehistoric, economic, and multidisciplinary movements in entrepreneurial thought.

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MURPHY, P.; LIAO, Jianwen; WELSCH, Harold P. A conceptual history of entrepreneurial thought. Journal of Management History, 2006, 12: 12–35.