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The Business Firm As A Hybrid Hayekian Order: What Is The Role Of The Entrepreneur?

In: Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies

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  • Stavros Ioannides

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Starting from Hayek’s distinction between spontaneous and man-made orders, we attempt to analyze the role of the entrepreneur in business organizations. The business firm shares important elements of both categories, thus we describe it as a hybrid order. We proceed to construct an account of the entrepreneur that is consistent both with the attributes of the firm that reflect its affinity with man-made organizations, as well as those that reflect its affinity with spontaneous orders. We highlight the concept of entrepreneurial leadership as the major factor for the existence of business organizations and we discuss why the actual mode in which entrepreneurial leadership is exercised has important implications for the development of the firm.

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  • Stavros Ioannides, 2003. "The Business Firm As A Hybrid Hayekian Order: What Is The Role Of The Entrepreneur?," Advances in Austrian Economics, in: Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies, pages 153-171, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aaeczz:s1529-2134(03)06010-1
    DOI: 10.1016/S1529-2134(03)06010-1
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