Business and Employers: reflection on the meaning and significance of these concepts from the etymology and from economic theory

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Juan Ricardo Gaviria Cock

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This article inquires about the meaning of the concepts enterprise and entrepreneur from within the lexical and etymological analyses in Spanish, French and English on one hand, while on the other, from within the theoretical approaches of two of the most influential economical thinkers in matters of the construction of suchconcepts, Richard Cantillon and Joseph Schumpeter, whose reflections are from the 18th and the 20th centuries respectively

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Juan Ricardo Gaviria Cock, University of Magdalena

Economista con énfasis en integración económica internacional (Universidad EAFIT). Magíster en Ciencias de la administración (Universidad EAFIT). Especialista en Problemas y prácticas del reordenamiento urbano en los países en vía de desarrollo (IEDES, Université de Paris I –Sorbonne-Panthéon). M. A. en Lenguas con énfasis en literatura inglesa (Université de Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle).

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Gaviria Cock, J. R. (2006). Business and Employers: reflection on the meaning and significance of these concepts from the etymology and from economic theory. Semestre Económico, 9(17), 127-137. https://revistas.udem.edu.co/index.php/economico/article/view/1088

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