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Arrange the following theories of Profit in order of time when these were propounded from oldest to…

Arranged chronologically: F.A. Walker's theory of profit as rent of ability (1887), J.B. Clark's dynamic theory (1900), F.B. Hawley's risk theory (1907), Schumpeter's…

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Arrange the following theories of Profit in order of time when these were propounded from oldest to latest -

A. Hawley's Risk Theory of profit

B. Walker's Theory of Profit: Profit as Rent of Ability

C. Clerk's Dynamic Theory of Profit

D. Schumpeter's Innovation Theory of Profit

E. Knight's Theory of Profit

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Arranged chronologically: F.A. Walker's theory of profit as rent of ability (1887), J.B. Clark's dynamic theory (1900), F.B. Hawley's risk theory (1907), Schumpeter's innovation theory (1911) and F.H. Knight's uncertainty theory (1921), i.e. B, C, A, D, E.

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