In the footsteps of Joseph Alois Schumpeter "- presentation of the book by Prof. Fil. Dr. Jan-Urban Sandal (Norway)
April 24, 2019, Prof. Fil. Dr. Jan-Urban Sandal (Norway), who holds a series of lectures on Social Entrepreneurship, presented to the University Library a book of his own research on the work of Joseph Alois Schumpeter, an Austrian and American economist, sociologist and historian of economic thought. The book is the result of a four-year study that the author conducted in four countries, with which the life and work of the prominent economist is connected: Austria, Germany, the USA, Japan. The study was conducted on the basis of studying the primary sources from the libraries, museums and archives, the University of Harvard, and also on the basis of conversations with more than 100 scholars and researchers of the works of Schumpeter. The book, which also is in the US Library of Congress, focuses on the early period of the life and work of the scientist, who argued that the most important part of human life is the first three decades.
To read the book of Professor Jan-Urban Sandal, "In the Footsteps of the Early Joseph Alois Schumpeter," contact the library, the book is available in the library of new collections of the University.
