From integrating functions to integrating ideas

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Albert N. Link, Professor (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Abstract: Math was my thing. I was fortunate to go to a high school in Virginia that offered advanced courses in calculus and matrix algebra, and I did well in those classes. So, majoring in math at the University of Richmond seemed like the logical path to follow. However, math was about all that I was interested in when I started college. By the end of my sophomore year I had completed my major requirements in math as well as my minor requirements in physics. The next step was to satisfy the university’s core requirements; U of R is a liberal arts college. By my junior year I had grown an appreciation for the humanities and social sciences, so I began to dabble across the spectrum, constrained only by area requirements and a four-year time constraint. These explorations ranged from Pavlov to production possibilities and from the New Testament to neoclassical thought. In my senior year, with only a rudimentary understanding of supply and demand under my belt, I decided to give graduate studies in economics a try at Tulane University in New Orleans. Perhaps in the back of my mind was that a break from math would be a nice change. Little did I know at the time how useful my math background would prove to be.

Additional Information

Publication
The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Modern Entrepreneurship, edited by D. Audretsch and E. Lehmann, Routledge, 2016: 167-171
Language: English
Date: 2016
Keywords
R and D, public-private partnerships, economics, entrepreneurship

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