The Treatment of Entrepreneurship in Principles of Economics Textbooks

Kent, Calvin A.

doi:10.1080/00220485.1989.10844619

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“…There is a rich literature analyzing textbook treatment of topics and concepts. Several studies focus on the treatment of specific content, such as sunk costs (Colander, 2004), consumption possibility frontiers (Olson, 1997), international economics (Lee, 1992), and entrepreneurship (Kent, 1989). Coyne and Lucas (2016) argue that the textbook treatment of government provision of public goods too often neglects government failure.…”

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The Textbook Treatment of Net Exports: Will the Uninformed Reader Understand?

Wolla

2018

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The gross domestic product (GDP) expenditures approach is an effective way to address the components of GDP. However, when it comes to net exports, textbooks often lack detail. Twenty principles-level textbooks were examined for their treatment of net exports within the GDP expenditures approach. Using a scoring rubric, I conclude that only half provide enough detail for an uninformed reader to arrive at a correct understanding of net exports. In this paper, I will correct misconceptions, make three specific recommendations for improving GDP instruction, and provide a short lesson that can be easily implemented in the classroom.

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The Textbook Treatment of Net Exports: Will the Uninformed Reader Understand?

Wolla

2018

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“…Entrepreneurs have been described as innovators (Brouwer, 2002), and leaders (Baumol, 1968). Kent (1989) provided a more comprehensive definition that describes entrepreneurial behaviors, including introducing new product/services and technologies that lowers costs and improves efficiency and reorganizing enterprises by innovative management. Here the definition provided by Yalcin and Kapu (2008:186) was used as "a process with different important dimensions, including entrepreneurial motives, problems, and opportunities.…”

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Predictors of Nigerian Students` Desire to be an Entrepreneur; Any differences based on Gender?

Keleş

2016

NileJBE

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<p>The student entrepreneurship issues create the focus of academic studies over the world. Entrepreneurship is an important element of national economic growth, and university business students represent an important feeder pool for a nation’s supply of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial activities have a positive influence on national development and prosperity (Friedman, 2011; Kirzner, 2009; Acs et al, 2008). As attitudes, beliefs and motives have important implications for career choice and behavior, the motives of entrepreneurs are important yet little empirical research exists that identifies elements that predict the desire to become an entrepreneur. Such research would have vast implications for policy makers that hope to encourage and incentivize entrepreneurship on a national level. The purpose of this study is to identify and contrast predictors of Nigerian students’ desire to be entrepreneurs by using Entrepreneurial Motives Questionnaire (Friedman et al, 2012). Firstly a literature review pertaining to entrepreneur motives, and then hypotheses, results, and study implications were stated by taking gender into consideration.</p>

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“…Algunos estudios bibliométricos que han mostrado su interés en conocer la producción literaria de este campo son: Kent (30), Van y Versloot (31), Matiz (24), Kuskova (32), y Sánchez y Gutiérrez (18). Razón por la cual el emprendimiento se postula como una promesa en el campo de la investigación (2; 25), donde aún existe mucho trabajo por hacer, como es el caso de producir un cuerpo sistemático de teorías, que den legitimidad a todos sus postulados, y contribuya a un gran aporte en la ciencia de la gestión.…”

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Aproximación a la caracterización de emprendedores avalados por el Fondo Emprender Sincelejo

Herrera-Guerra

Restrepo

2012

Panor. Econ.

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El emprendimiento como alternativa que dinamiza la economía y genera empleo, es considerado campo de investigación desde los años ochenta, fecha desde la cual se encuentra en proceso de validar y legitimar sus teorías a falta de un marco conceptual. Normalmente, los estudios en emprendimiento están direccionados a la empresa, más que a buscar una definición del “Entrepreneur” o emprendedor, término que conserva su origen francés por la inadecuada traducción a otros idiomas. Esto inspiró la presente investigación, a la luz de un enfoque cualitativo y descriptivo, cuyo objetivo es realizar una aproximación a la caracterización de los emprendedores financiados por el Fondo Emprender Sincelejo. Para esto, es realizado una revisión bibliográfica sobre la definición y caracterización en libros y artículos de revistas indexadas por Colciencias; se aplica el instrumento que permite conocer la caracterización del emprendedor, se tabula la información, se grafican los datos; y finalmente se compara con los resultados revelados por el informe del Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – GEM. En conclusión, se pudo identificar que el perfil del emprendedor fondo emprender Sincelejo es: hombre, entre los 25 y 30 años, con un nivel de estudio en pregrado, alerta a las oportunidades y los riesgos que estas representan, innovadores, con ingresos por fuera de su negocio, y tomaron la creación de su empresa como una elección de carrera.

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The Treatment of Entrepreneurship in Principles of Economics Textbooks

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

The Textbook Treatment of Net Exports: Will the Uninformed Reader Understand?

The Textbook Treatment of Net Exports: Will the Uninformed Reader Understand?

Predictors of Nigerian Students` Desire to be an Entrepreneur; Any differences based on Gender?

Aproximación a la caracterización de emprendedores avalados por el Fondo Emprender Sincelejo

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