David B. Audretsch

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David B. Audretsch
Born (1954-11-15) November 15, 1954 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
Institution Indiana University
University of Klagenfurt
Field Industrial organization
Innovation
Alma mater University of Wisconsin–Madison
Awards2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, 2011 Schumpeter Prize
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

David Bruce Audretsch (born November 15, 1954) is an American economist. He is a distinguished professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University and also serves as director of the SPEA International Office, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, and director of SPEA's Institute for Development Strategies (IDS). [1] He is co-founder and co-editor of Small Business Economics : An Entrepreneurship Journal, and also works as a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, the OECD, the EU Commission, and the U.S. Department of State. [2] He was the director of the Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Germany from 2003 to 2009. [2] Since 2020, he also serves as a distinguished professor in the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Klagenfurt. [3]

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Audretsch is a member of the advisory board to a number of international research and policy institutes, including chair of the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, chair of the Foundation for the Promotion of German Science (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft), New York Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Jackstädt Centre for Entrepreneurship in Wuppertal, Germany. [2]

He has received honorary doctorate degrees from Jonköping University in Sweden and University of Augsburg in Germany. He is an honorary professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. [2] In addition, Audretsch serves as a visiting professor at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, honorary professor at the University of Jena in Germany, and is a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. He was awarded the 2011 Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal and the 2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research.

Background

Audretsch got his B.A. at Drew University in 1976, his M.S. in economics in 1979, and his doctorate in 1980 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Research

Audretsch's research focuses on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, [4] economic development, and global competitiveness. His articles, mainly in the fields of industrial organization and innovation, number more than 100 and have been published in journals such as The American Economic Review , the European Economic Review , The Review of Economics and Statistics , the Schmalenbach Business Review, and the International Journal of Industrial Organization.

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Awards

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "David Audretsch". Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. 1 2 "Team – Institut für Innovationsmanagement und Unternehmensgründung". University of Klagenfurt (in German). Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  4. ↑ Audretsch, David (2015). "Knowledge spillovers and future jobs". IZA World of Labor. doi: 10.15185/izawol.218 . hdl: 10419/148444 . Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. ↑ "The Seven Secrets of Germany". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  6. ↑ "Everything in Its Place". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  7. ↑ "The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  8. ↑ "Public Policy in the Entrepreneurial Society". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  9. ↑ Audretsch, David; Walshok, Mary (28 February 2013). Walshok, Mary Lindenstein (ed.). Creating Competitiveness: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies for Growth. Edward Elgar Pub. ISBN   978-1781954041.
  10. ↑ Acs, Zoltan J.; Audretsch, David B.; Strom, Robert J., eds. (2 February 2009). Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0521894920.
  11. ↑ "O'Neill School's David Audretsch recognized as Citation Laureate". news.iu.edu. 2021-09-22. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  12. ↑ "2011: David Audretsch". award.wiwi.uni-wuppertal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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