Book contents
- Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship
- Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I The Nature of Knowledge and Entrepreneurship
- Part II Entrepreneurs in Market Theories
- Part III Uncertainty of Innovation and Industrial Policy
- 9 Entrepreneurs in Economic Growth: Arbitrage and Innovation
- 10 The Uncertainty of Innovation
- 11 The Airship and Airplane Duel
- 12 Entrepreneurship and Industrial Policy
- Part IV Institutional Ecology of Entrepreneurship
- Book part
- References
- Index
10 - The Uncertainty of Innovation
from Part III - Uncertainty of Innovation and Industrial Policy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 May 2024
- Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship
- Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I The Nature of Knowledge and Entrepreneurship
- Part II Entrepreneurs in Market Theories
- Part III Uncertainty of Innovation and Industrial Policy
- 9 Entrepreneurs in Economic Growth: Arbitrage and Innovation
- 10 The Uncertainty of Innovation
- 11 The Airship and Airplane Duel
- 12 Entrepreneurship and Industrial Policy
- Part IV Institutional Ecology of Entrepreneurship
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter discusses the difference between arbitrage and innovation, the unpredictability of innovation, and the four uncertainties: technological feasibility uncertainty, commercial value uncertainty, related technology uncertainty, and uncertainty brought about by politics, culture, and policies. The uncertainties of innovation means there cannot be a unified plan for innovation. Instead, innovation relies on the special skills and expertise of entrepreneurs. Innovation can only come from decentralized decisions, with each entrepreneur making his own judgment and the market determining the winner and loser. The market itself is an error correction mechanism. It can encourage the most creative and ambitious people to create wealth for society, but also guarantees that these people (entrepreneurs) do not bring about fatal disasters.
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- Re-Understanding EntrepreneurshipWhat It Is and Why It Matters, pp. 180 - 201Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024