Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
This book follows directly in the footsteps of its predecessor, The Economics of Self-employment and Entrepreneurship (referred to hereafter as Parker, 2004). That book was primarily a monograph for the specialist which could be used secondarily as a course text. By updating the post-2003 literature (to mid-2008) and covering more of the pre-2003 literature, the present book is more comprehensive than its predecessor. It has also been completely rewritten to facilitate its use as a course text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in entrepreneurship, taught from an economics perspective. In addition, the emphasis of the present book is on entrepreneurship rather than self-employment. For all of these reasons, this book both is, and is not, a ‘second edition’.
To help enhance the appeal of this book as a course text I have made two presentational changes to Parker (2004). First, I have wherever possible removed mathematical formalism from the core text. When particular formal models are deemed to be of especial interest, they are discussed in footnotes or in chapter appendices. These can be skipped entirely by readers of a non-technical persuasion. Second, I have made greater efforts to explain economics ideas, terminology and jargon more clearly than before, to help readers not principally trained in economics. Both changes are designed to enhance the accessibility of the text, which I use to teach my Economics of Entrepreneurship students on the doctoral entrepreneurship programme at the University of Louisville, KY. No doubt some unexplained jargon remains, for which I apologise.
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- The Economics of Entrepreneurship , pp. xvii - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009