Virtues in Entrepreneurship

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Deirdre McCloskey, Dygder, Företagandets villkor, Företagsetik, Karl Wennberg, Mikolaj Norek, Nils Karlson, Rasmus Nykvist, Virtues in Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Boken Virtues in Entrepreneurship handlar om företagsetik som långsiktigt leder till växande företag och mänsklig blomstring, och även skapar respekt för företagares samhällsinsats.
I tio empiriska och teoretiska bidrag analyseras vad som utmärker ekonomiskt beslutsfattande i framgångsrika företag. Vad krävs i form av arbetsinsats, omdöme, risktagande, uthållighet, samarbetsförmåga och andra färdigheter för att långsiktigt lyckas som entreprenör?

Denna dygdetik betonar vikten av inlärda karaktärsdrag som mod, uthållighet, rättvisa, driftighet och förmågan att fatta väl avvägda beslut, liksom strävan att åstadkomma gott. Det är en etik som inte är externt påbjuden, som de idag dominerande CSR- och intressentmodellerna, utan utgår från företagandets egna processer och utvecklingsbehov.

Entreprenörskapets företagsetik sätter fokus på den enskilda företagarens eget handlande när de driver och utvecklar sina företag i syfte att skapa vinst och tillväxt. Entreprenörsdygder av detta slag kan ses som centrala kompetenser i dagens samhälle, vilket har stora konsekvenser för bland annat synen på vinstdrivande verksamheter, respekten för företagares samhällsinsats, utbildningen av företagsledare samt relationen mellan stat och marknad.

Karlson, N., Wennberg, K. & Norek, M. (2015). Virtues in Entrepreneurship. Stockholm: Ratio.

Introduction by Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago.


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