Adam Smith (1721-90) is a thinker with a distinctive perspective on human behaviour and social institutions. Yet his work is name-checked more often than it is read and then typically it is of an uninformed nature; that he is an apologist for capitalism a forceful promoter of self-interest, a...

Dieses Handbuch bietet sowohl einen Einstieg als auch einen Überblick zu Leben, Werk und Wirkung bedeutender Ökonomen der Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart - von antiken Vordenkern der Ökonomie bis hin zu Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträgern. Dabei werden auch Ökonomen abseits der...

The handbook will evaluate the ideas and influence of 25 major management theorists, examining their impact on the evolvement of management as a discipline. The chapters will review the contributions of these theorists in light of their contemporary context and each other, from the pioneers to...