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Professor Zhang Weiying's English version of his book "Re-understanding Entrepreneurship" topped Amazon's bestseller list in the economics and management category

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Professor Zhang Weiying's English version of his book "Re-understanding Entrepreneurship" topped Amazon's bestseller list in the economics and management category

张维迎教授著作《重新理解企业家精神》的英文版“Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship: What It Is and Why It Matters”于2024年5月2日由剑桥大学出版社出版。 英文版在中文版基础上有所修订。

Professor Zhang Weiying's English version of his book "Re-understanding Entrepreneurship" topped Amazon's bestseller list in the economics and management category

Since its publication, the book has consistently topped Amazon's bestseller list in the Economics category, and is currently ranked No. 1 on its bestseller list in the "Business Entrepreneurship" category and No. 4 on its bestseller list in the "Economics" category (as of May 10).

Xiaoping Chen, Professor of Business Administration at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, believes that the book reflects Professor Zhang's deep and critical reflection on China's economic miracle over the past 40 years, emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurship and creativity in the face of many uncertainties and obstacles.

Mel Cohen, professor of economics at Dartmouth College, commented: "This book has greatly improved our understanding of entrepreneurship and its important role in the economy.

Historian, sociologist, entrepreneur and author of In Defense of Capitalism, Rainer Zittlemann said: "Zhang Weiying is one of the most important economists of our time. I couldn't agree more with him that the prosperity of the economy is largely due to entrepreneurship. ”

The Chinese version of this book, Re-understanding Entrepreneurship, published by Hainan Publishing House/Li Guo Company in June 2022, is Professor Zhang Weiying's latest research on entrepreneurship. The book focuses on four main questions: How do entrepreneurs make decisions in the real world? Why are there no entrepreneurs in mainstream economics? What does an entrepreneur do? What kind of institutional ecology is most conducive to the development of entrepreneurship? Focusing on these four questions, the book is divided into four parts, with a total of 16 chapters.

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Professor Zhang Weiying's English version of his book "Re-understanding Entrepreneurship" topped Amazon's bestseller list in the economics and management category
Professor Zhang Weiying's English version of his book "Re-understanding Entrepreneurship" topped Amazon's bestseller list in the economics and management category

Appendix: "Re-understanding Entrepreneurship" Chinese version of the table of contents

Introduction: My Entrepreneurial Research Journey

Part I: The Nature of Knowledge and Entrepreneurship

Chapter 1: The Nature of Knowledge and Entrepreneurship

Chapter 2 Entrepreneurship Is Nothing

Chapter 3: Big Data Cannot Replace Entrepreneurs

Chapter 4 Prejudice against Entrepreneurs

Part II: Entrepreneurs in Market Theory

Chapter 5 deals with two different paradigms of the market

Chapter 6 How I Came to Know the Austrian School of Economics

Chapter 7 What is a Good Market Theory

Chapter 8 Entrepreneurship is the best antitrust law

Part III: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Chapter 9 Entrepreneurs in Economic Growth: Arbitrage and Innovation

Chapter 10: The Uncertainty of Innovation

Chapter 11: Airship vs. Airplane Showdown

Chapter 12 Entrepreneurship and Industrial Policy

Part IV: The Institutional Ecology of Entrepreneurship

Chapter 13 What Determines the Allocation of Entrepreneur Resources

Chapter 14 Entrepreneurs and Capital Owners

Chapter 15 Protection of Rights and Protection of Interests

Chapter 16 Challenges for Entrepreneurs with Conflicting Values

Written by: Bai Yao | Editor: Wang Xianqing