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David Audretsch

Distinguished Professor; Ameritech Chair of Economic Development; Director, Institute for Development Strategies

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Email:
daudrets@iu.edu
Research areas:
International Affairs and Development
Public Finance and Economics
Areas of Interest:
Economic Policy
Entrepreneurship
Globalization
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Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1980
  • M.S., Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1979
  • B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Economics, Drew University, 1976

Courses

  • Capstone Course
  • Globalization and Public Policy
  • Metropolitan Development

Biography

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Administrative Assistant Katie O'Shea: kboshea@iu.edu 

Curriculum Vitae

 

David B. Audretsch

 

David Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, where he is also serves as director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He also is a part time professor at the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria and an honorary professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

Audretsch's research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness. He is coauthor of The Seven Secrets of Germany, published by Oxford University Press. He is founder and editor-in-chief of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal.

He was recognized as a Clarivate Citation Laureate in 2021 and awarded the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum. He is ranked as the world's leading scholar  for business and management and sixth for economics and finance. He received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Augsburg, Jönköping University, and the University of Siegen. Audretsch also was awarded the Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management (AOM).

Audretsch has consulted with numerous international organizations, including the World Bank, OECD, European Union and the United Nations, as well as private companies. He currently serves as a member of the advisory board to a number of research and policy institutes, including the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in Stockholm, and the Jackstädt Centre for Entrepreneurship in Wuppertal, Germany.



Highlights

  • Honorary Doctoral Degrees from the University of Augsburg in Germany (2008), Jonköping University in Sweden (2012), University of Siegen in Germany (2018)
  • Eighth Most Prominent Economist (2009), Handelsblatt Economic Ranking, Germany
  • Distinguished Professorship (2008), Indiana University
  • Among the 60 Most Influential Economists of All Time in the 2007 book Die Wichtigsten Wirtschaftsdenker by Vera Linss (Frankfurter Rundschau)
  • 21st Most-Cited Scholar in Economics and Business, January 1996 - June 2006, Thompson Essential Science Indicators
  • Clarivate Citation Laureate, 2021

In the News

  • "Study ranks Virginia as the 6th most innovative state" - The Northern Virginia Daily, March 27, 2022
  • "Clarivate Unveils Citation Laureates 2021 - Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class" - Cision PR Newswire, September 22, 2021
  • "Small Business Is Hurt the Most When Congress Goes After Big Tech" - RealClear Markets, June 22, 2021
  • "Dallas-Fort Worth ranks among top entrepreneurship environments in U.S., study says" - Dallas Business Journal, May 25, 2021
  • "Are the businesses that made it this far safe?" - Marketplace, April 19, 2021

Selected Works

  • Public Sector Innovation, (with Mehmet Akif Demircioglu), Cambridge University Press, (2024)
  • The Strategic Management of Place at Work: Why, What, How and Where, (with Erik E Lehmann, Jonah M Otto, Laurenz Weiße and Katharine Wirsching - eds.), Springer-Nature, (2023)
  • Handbook of Technology Transfer, (with Albert N. Link and Erik E. Lehmann - eds.), Edward Elgar, (2022)
  • The COVID-19 Crisis and Entrepreneurship, (with Iris Kunadt - eds.), Springer-Nature, (2022)
  • “Bringing the Manager Back Into Management Scholarship,” (with Herman Aguinis, Caroline Flammer, K. E. Meyer, Michael W. Peng, and David J.Teece), Journal of Management, (2022)
  •  “Democracy and Entrepreneurship,” (with Petra Moog), Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 46 (2), 368–392, (2022)
  • “Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity,” (with Maksim Belitski, Farzana Chowdhury and Sameeksha Desai), Research Policy, (2023)
  • “Geography of knowledge collaboration and innovation in Schumpeterian firms,” (with Maksim Belitski), Regional Studies, (2023)
  • “Digitalization, Resource Mobilization and Firm Growth in Emerging Industries,” (with Maksim Belitski), British Journal of Management, (2023)
  •  “The Weaker Sex? A Tale of Means and Tales,” (with Indu Khurana and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada), Journal of Business Venturing Insights, (2023)
  • “Improvisation and Innovation in Teams: The Jazz Effect,” (with Maksim Belitski and Monika Herzig), British Journal of Management, (2023)
  • “Training Emotional Skills for Entrepreneurs: Does it Work in Practice?” (with Maha Aly),  Entrepreneurship & Innovation, (2023)

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