The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge.

dc.contributor.author	Grytten, Ola Honningdal
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-27T11:47:58Z
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-28T03:06:30Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-27T11:47:58Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-28T03:06:30Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.citation	Review of European Studies 2013;5(1):31-44
dc.identifier.issn	1918-7173
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/162659
dc.description.abstract	The present paper deals with Max Webers hypothesis on the linkage between protestant ethics and the development of capitalism and entreprenaurship. It does so by study industrial entrepreneurship the great Norwegian puritan pioneer and leader Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824) was engaged in. Specificially, the paper seeks to map his involvement in starting or restarting businesses and to quantify the volumes of financial activities he was engaged in. The paper concludes that the industrial activities initiated by Hauge was of a substantial size to the Norwegian economy in the 19th century.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.subject	business history
dc.subject	entrepreneurship
dc.subject	protestant ethics
dc.subject	religion
dc.subject	economic growth
dc.title	The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge.
dc.type	Journal article
dc.type	Peer reviewed
dc.date.updated	2013-05-27T11:47:59Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.5539/res.v5n1p31
dc.identifier.cristin	1016038