Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Three historical figures strongly influenced the creation and the development of the image of the entrepreneur in France between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. The first was Richard Cantillon, who exemplifies the “adventurer-entrepreneur,” having taken risks to succeed, and having received “uncertain wages.” The second, Jean-Baptiste Say, represents a more liberal, theoretical, and innovative vision of the entrepreneur, having had to produce not only for the richest people, but also for the many. Finally, Jean-Antoine Chaptal represents the beginning of the “Noblesse d’État” (state nobility) that Pierre Bourdieu will later describe.
DOI: 10.3917/rce.019.0037
Author: Julien Bouvet
Institution: Ramachandra College of Engineering (A)
Language: French
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2591474764