[wavesplash]

If it helps, skip to section 6 for the conclusions (spoiler: Angels are). The section you've quoted is academic signaling (in 'entrepreneurship research') to context and differentiate this paper from other research and entrepreneurship books/papers. And yes, I strongly agree with you: perhaps someday academia will embrace plain English and real hyperlinks.

[jkhdigital]

And, in the fields which make heavy use of mathematical abstractions, “open-source” proofs written in a language amenable to automated proof assistants.