Entrepreneurship and the Market Process

David Harper currently holds an advisory position with the New Zealand Treasury

• Part I Background and introduction 1 INTRODUCTION 2 A BRIEF REVIEW OF POPPERIAN THEORIES OF THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE 3 THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR’S PROBLEM SITUATION 4 THE RATIONALITY AND AIM STRUCTURE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR 5 THE ENTREPRENEUR’S SYSTEM OF THEORIES Part II The methodology of the falsificationist entrepreneur 6 INTRODUCING THE FALSIFICATIONIST ENTREPRENEUR 7 THE TESTING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CONJECTURES 8 REFUTATIONS: CAUSES AND DIFFICULTIES 9 SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE MARKET PROCESS Part III Agenda and conclusions 10 A POTENTIAL EMPIRICAL TEST OF THE NEW THEORY 11 AGENDA FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY, AND CONCLUSIONS