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Nonlinearity and entrepreneurship
- Date Issued:
- 2010
- 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.
Title: | Nonlinearity and entrepreneurship. |
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Name(s): |
Pflaum, Blaine. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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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. |
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Subject(s): |
Economics, Mathematical Nonlinear theories Entrepreneurship -- Mathematical models New business enterprises -- Econometric models Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335458 | |
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Host Institution: | FAU |