- Phone:
- (812) 855-6766
- Email:
- daudrets@indiana.edu
- Research areas:
- International Affairs and Development
- Public Finance and Economics
- Areas of Interest:
- Economic Policy
- Entrepreneurship
- Globalization
SPEA 211
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
David Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, where he also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He is an Honorary Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germanyand a part-time professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria.
Audretsch’s research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness. He is co-author of The Seven Secrets of Germany, published by Oxford University Press. He is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal. He was recognized as a 2021 Clarivate Citation Laureate and awarded the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Augsburg in Germany, Jonköping University in Sweden, and the University of Siegen in Germany. Audretsch was also awarded the Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal in Germany.
Audretsch has served as an advisory board member to a number of international research and policy institutes, including Chair of the German Institute for Economic Analysis Berlin; Chair of the Foundation for the Promotion of German Science in Berlin, Germany; the Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany, the Basque Institute of Competitiveness in San Sebastian, Spain; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Washington, D.C., the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in Stockholm, Sweden; 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
- "CEO gender, institutional context and firm exports," (with M. Belitski, F. Chowdhury, S. Desai), International Business Review, (March 2022)
- "Innovative start-ups and policy initiatives," (with A. Colombelli, L. Grilli, T. Minola, E. Rasmussen), Research Policy, 49 (10) 104027 (December 2020)
- "The role of R&D and knowledge spillovers in innovation and productivity," (with M. Belitski), European Economic Review, v. 123 (April 2020)
- "Democracy and Entrepreneurship," (with P. Moog), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, (August 10, 2020)
- "Towards an entrepreneurial ecosystem typology for regional economic development: the role of creative class and entrepreneurship," (with M. Belitski), Regional Studies, 55 (4) 735-56 (Jaunary 2021)
- "Clusters, economic performance, and social cohesion: a system dynamics approach," (with H. Rocha, M. Kunc), Regional Studies, 54 (8) 1098-1111 (October 21, 2019)
- "Entrepreneurship in Cities," (with S. Tavassoli, M. Obschonka), Research Policy, 50 (7) 104255 (September 2021)
- "Entrepreneurship in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors," (with D. S. Siegel), Public Administration Review, 80(3):468-472 (May 2020)
- “A context-choice model of niche entrepreneurship,” (with Erik E. Lehmann and Julian Schenkenhofer), Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 43(5): 1276-1303 (September 2021)