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This second edition of The Economics of Entrepreneurship is an essential resource for scholars following the current state of this fast-moving field, covering a broad range of topics in unparalleled depth. Designed to be used both as a textbook for specialist degree courses on the economics of entrepreneurship, and as a reference text for academic research in the field, the book draws on theoretical insights and recent empirical findings to show how economics can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship. New topics, such as crowdfunding, entrepreneurship education and microenterprise field experiments, appear for the first time, while existing treatments of topics like regional entrepreneurship, innovation and public policy are considerably deepened. Parker also discusses new empirical methods, including quasi-experimental methods and field experiments. Every section - indeed every page - of the new edition has been updated, resulting in a rigorous scientific account of entrepreneurship today.
About the author
Simon C. Parker is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), in Bonn, Germany. He is Field Editor for the Journal of Business Venturing, Co-Editor at the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, and on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Review. He has published over eighty peer-reviewed articles in economics, entrepreneurship and management journals.
Summary
The second edition is designed to be used both as a textbook for specialist degree courses on the economics of entrepreneurship, and as a reference text for academic research in the field. Gives an in-depth treatment of the determinants of entrepreneurship and its outcomes, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of pertinent literature.
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Advance praise: 'Simon C. Parker's The Economics of Entrepreneurship has long been a fundamental reading for entrepreneurship researchers and students. In this new edition, we are brought bang up to date, with important new material on financing, notably venture/angel capital and crowdfunding as well as innovation. Longstanding strengths of the book, for example concerning individual determinants of entrepreneurship and empirical methods, have also been significantly upgraded. This new edition will become the standard reference in the field.' Saul Estrin, London School of Economics and Political Science
