- Phone:
- (812) 855-6766
- Email:
- daudrets@iu.edu
- Research areas:
- International Affairs and Development
- Public Finance and Economics
- Areas of Interest:
- Economic Policy
- Entrepreneurship
- Globalization
Administrative Assistant Katie O'Shea: kboshea@iu.edu
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. In 2024 he was ranked as the leading scholar alive in the world 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) as well as the European Union Academy of Sciences.
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.