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Nonlinearity and entrepreneurship

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2010
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Entrepreneurship occupies a curious place in economic theory. On one hand, the importance of entrepreneurship is widely recognized, particularly as it pertains to economic growth. However, the entrepreneur lacks a broadly accepted economic theory, and suffers from a dearth of literature on the subject. We believe that this is due to economics' heavy reliance on linear mathematical theory. In this thesis, we use nonlinear mathematics to construct a model of the entrepreneur that captures the sudden destabilization of a steady state, the unpredictability of a creative action, the possibility of entrepreneurial failure, and sensitivity to small changes in environment.
Title: Nonlinearity and entrepreneurship.
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Name(s): Pflaum, Blaine.
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 2010
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: vi, 50 p. : ill.
Language(s): English
Summary: Entrepreneurship occupies a curious place in economic theory. On one hand, the importance of entrepreneurship is widely recognized, particularly as it pertains to economic growth. However, the entrepreneur lacks a broadly accepted economic theory, and suffers from a dearth of literature on the subject. We believe that this is due to economics' heavy reliance on linear mathematical theory. In this thesis, we use nonlinear mathematics to construct a model of the entrepreneur that captures the sudden destabilization of a steady state, the unpredictability of a creative action, the possibility of entrepreneurial failure, and sensitivity to small changes in environment.
Identifier: 779616377 (oclc), 3335458 (digitool), FADT3335458 (IID), fau:1414 (fedora)
Note(s): by Blaine Pflaum.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2010.
Includes bibliography.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): Economics, Mathematical
Nonlinear theories
Entrepreneurship -- Mathematical models
New business enterprises -- Econometric models
Statics and dynamics (Social sciences)
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