Schumpeter's theory of leadership: a brief sketch

Panayotis Michaelides; Ourania Kardasi

doi:10.46298/jpe.10597

Panayotis Michaelides ; Ourania Kardasi - Schumpeter's theory of leadership: a brief sketch

jpe:10597 - Journal of Philosophical Economics, May 20, 2010, Volume III Issue 2 - https://doi.org/10.46298/jpe.10597

Schumpeter's theory of leadership: a brief sketchArticle

Authors: Panayotis Michaelides ¹; Ourania Kardasi ²

So far, it has hardly been recognized that the great Austrian thinker Joseph Alois Schumpeter had developed a general theory of leadership. In this paper, we analyze how leaders promote change by building on Schumpeter's understanding of entrepreneurial leadership which fuses the concepts of entrepreneurship and leadership. Also, we analyze Schumpeter's shift in emphasis regarding his leadership theory. Specifically, Schumpeter in his early works defined entrepreneurs as individuals whose acts have significant effects on firms. However, in his late works he seems to have realized the need to extend further the boundaries of his early approach, to account for social forces.

https://doi.org/10.46298/jpe.10597

Source: HAL:hal-03704558v1

Volume: Volume III Issue 2

Section: Articles

Published on: May 20, 2010

Imported on: December 28, 2022

Keywords: Schumpeter,entrepreneurship,leadership,society,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences

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