Erich Gutenberg

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Erich Gutenberg
Born	(1897-12-13)December 13, 1897
Died	May 22, 1984(1984-05-22) (aged 86)
Nationality	Germany
Field	Business administration, Microeconomics
Contributions	Theory of the firm

Erich Gutenberg (December 13, 1897 in Herford – May 22, 1984 in Cologne) was an influential German economist.

He is considered the founder of modern German business studies after World War II. Gutenberg used microeconomy to explain the functioning of the enterprise. Therefore he also developed a new production function. With a system of inputs and outputs under management control he explained how a firm could be efficient.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Halle in 1921 and subsequently taught as a professor at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, and the University of Cologne.

References

Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 211.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64095444 LCCN: n83236394 ISNI: 0000 0001 2136 5541 GND: 11854375X BNF: cb12423365p NDL: 00442027

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