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  1. Oct 23, 2012 · As a result, no traces of the retention mechanisms were left in the second edition of TED (1926), the English edition (1934), and subsequent editions. That being said, the development of Schumpeter’s theory of economic development had not reached its end point yet.

    • Markus C. Becker, Thorbjørn Knudsen, Richard Swedberg
    • 2012
    • Theory of Economic Development and Dynamism of The Economy
    • Innovations as Driving Force of Economic Development
    • The Role of Entrepreneur as Innovator
    • Financing of Innovations and Economic Development
    • Process of Economic Development

    In 1911, Joseph Schumpeter in “The Theory of Economic Development” has spoken of the new side of economic life (except static) as dynamic, which represents a new cycle of innovations and development. Schumpeter considered the cycle as an important pattern of economic growth. In the cyclical development of the economy, Schumpeter pointes long waves,...

    Schumpeter’s important contribution to economic theory lies precisely in that he explores the factors that “blow up” the balance of the market system from the inside. These internal factors become new production combinations, which determine the dynamic changes in the economy. Schumpeter identifies several types of innovative combinations of factor...

    An important characteristic of Schumpeter’s theory was that, when analyzing the causes of the dynamic changes, he emphasized the “human factor”. Therefore, Schumpeter was the first in economics who distinguished between the concepts of “capitalist” and “entrepreneur.” The driving force of the development in his theory was the entrepreneur as an eco...

    An important role in the study of the internal factors of economic growth Schumpeter gave to credit, seeing it as an essential condition for the use of existing factors for the establishment of new production combinations. For innovative entrepreneurs could get means of production, they must use a bank loan, since banks “create” money for innovator...

    With the innovative activities Schumpeter connects the cyclic form of economic development, and to the study of this issue he devotes his paper “Economic Cycles” (1939). Highlighting and establishing a link between the three types of cycles (long, short and classic), Schumpeter takes the existence of economic cycles from the period of implementatio...

  2. Schumpeter’s theory of development assigns paramount role to the entrepreneur and innovations introduced by him in the process of economic development. According to Schumpeter, the process of production is marked by a combination of material and immaterial productive forces.

    • Circular Flow: Schumpeter starts his analysis of development process with the concept of circular flow. It implies a condition where economic activity produces itself continuously at constant rate through time.
    • Role of the Entrepreneur: Entrepreneur or innovator is the key figure in Schumpeter analysis of the process of development. He occupies the central place in the development process because he initiates development in a society and carries it forward.
    • Business Cycle or Cyclical Process: The next component of development according to Schumpeter is the business cycle. Schumpeter’s approach to business cycle or crisis is historical, statistical and analytical.
    • The Decay of Capitalism: The continuous technical progress results in an unbounded increase in total and per capita output. As long as technological progress takes place, the rate of profit is positive.
  3. Schumpeter's ideas on economic development appeared first in his Theory of Economic Development, which was published in German language in 1911 (The English edition was published in 1934).

  4. Apr 10, 2022 · In his text “The Theory of Economic Development”, first published in 1911, Schumpeter outlined his view of the Entrepreneur as distinct from these previous characterisations, likening the functions of capitalist and entrepreneur to that of landowner and farmer respectively.

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  6. Schumpeter's book. It first briefly outlines Schumpeter's life & oeuvre and then discusses in some details the logical structure of "The Theory of Economic Development". Neoclassical equilibrium theory forms its starting point but development is a central category. The relationship between