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David B. Audretsch Professor Director, Institute for Development Strategies Ameritech Chair of Economic Development Director, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Change Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1980

David B. Audretsch is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London). He was at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung in Berlin, Germany, which is a government-funded research think tank between 1984 and 1997. Between 1989 and 1991 he served as Acting Director of the Institute. In 1991 he became the Research Professor. Audretsch's research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development and global competitiveness. He has consulted with the World Bank, National Academy of Sciences, U.S. State Department, United States Federal Trade Commission, General Accounting Office and International Trade Commission as well as the United Nations, Commission of the European Union, the European Parliament, the OECD, and numerous private corporations, state governments, and a number of European Governments. He is a member of the advisory board to a number of international research and policy institutes, including the Zentrum fuer Europaeisch Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW, Centre for Economic Research), Mannheim, the Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv (HWWA, Hamburg Institute of International Economics), and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Washington, D.C. His research has been published in over 100 scholarly articles in the leading academic journals. He has published over 25 books, including Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth, with Oxford University Press in 2006 and the popular book, The Entrepreneurial Society, also with Oxford University Press in 2007. He is co-founder and co-editor of the premier journal on small business and economic development, Small Business Economics: An International Journal. He was awarded the 2001 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research. He is the former director of West European Studies at Indiana University, and is ranked as the 21st most-cited scholar in economics and business, 1996-2006


Recent Books

The Entrepreneurial Society. (2007). Oxford University Press, Inc.

Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth (with Max Keilbach and Erik Lehmann). (2005). Oxford University Press Inc.

The New Economy and Economic Growth in Europe and the U.S. (with Paul J.J. Welfens). (2002). Springer.

Globalization, Economic Growth and Innovation Dynamics (with P. Welfens, J. Addison, and H. Grupp). (1999). Springer.

Technological Competition, Employment and Innovation Policy in OECD Countries (with P. Welfens, J. Addison, and H.Grupp). (1998). Springer.

Innovation and Industry Evolution. (1995). MIT Press.

Recent Edited Books

SMEs in the Age of Globalization. (2003). Edward Elgar Publishing.

The International Handbook of Entrepreneurship (2002). Volume 1, edited with Z. Acs. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Globalization and Regionalization: Challenges for Public Policy. (2002). Edited with Charles Bonser. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Entrepreneurship in the New Economy: Determinants and Policy. (2002). Edited with Ingrid Verheul, Sander Wennekers, and Roy Thurik. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

The Economics of Science and Innovation. (2000). Volumes I and II, edited with P. Stephan. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Innovation, Industry Evolution and Economic Development. (2000). Volumes I and II, edited with S. Klepper. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Innovation, Industry Evolution and Employment. (1999). Edited with R. Thurik. Cambridge University Press.

Industrial Policy and International Competitiveness. (1998). Volumes I, II, and III. Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998.

Selected Articles

"Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Monopoly," with Maryann P. Feldman. (1999). European Economic Review, 43: 409-429.

"Company-Scientist Locational Links: The Case of Biotechnology," with Paula E. Stephan. (1996). American Economic Review, 86 (3) 641-652 (June).

"R&D Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation and Production," with Maryann P. Feldman, American Economic Review, 86(3): 630-640 (June).

"New-Firm Survival: New Results Using a Hazard Function," with Talat Mahmood. (1995). Review of Economics and Statistics, 77(1): 97-103 (March).

Other Recent Articles

"Gibrat’s Law: Are the Services Different?," with L. Klomp and E. Santarelli. (2004). Review of Industrial Organization. 24(3): 301-324 (May).

"Industry Evolution: Diversity, Selection and the Role of Learning," with Patrick Houweling and A. Roy Thurik. (2004). International Small Business Journal. 22(4): 331-348.

"Euroopan yhdentyminen ja yrittäjyystalouden esiinnousu," Talous Yhteiskunta. (2004). 32(4): 30-34.

"The Indiana University Advanced Research and Technology Institute: A Case Study," with Scott Jackson. (2004). Journal of Technology Transfer. 29(2): 119-124.

"The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy," with Brett Anitra Gilbert and Patricia P. McDougall. (2004). Small Business Economics. 22(3-4): 313-323.

"Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Growth," with Max Keilbach. (2003). Entrepreneurship Research Series: 005.

"Small-Firm Strategic Research Partnerships: The Case of Biotechnology." (2003). Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 15(2): 273-288.

"Innovation and Spatial Externalities." (2003). International Regional Science Review. 26(2): 167-174.

"Linking Entrepreneurship to Growth: The Case of West Germany," with Michael Fritsch. (2003). Industry and Innovation. 10(1): 65-73.

"Standing on the Shoulders of Midgets: The U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR). " (2003). Small Business Economics. 20(2): 129-135 (March).

"Introducing the International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education: IJEE," with Andrew Burke and Marilyn L. Kourilsky. (2002/03). International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 1(1):3-4.

"Der Wandel von traditioneller Mittelstandspolitik zu – Entrepreneurship Policy ein Blick auf Deutschland und die USA,” with Anja Kettner. (2002). Politische Studien. Issue 384.

"The Dynamic Role of Small Firms: Evidence from the U.S.” (2002). Small Business Economics. 18 (1-3): 13-40 (February-May).

"Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty," with Martin A. Carree, Adriaan J. Van Stel and A. Roy Thurik. (2002). Kyklos: International Review for Social Sciences, 55(1): 81-98.

"Growth Regimes over Time and Space," with Michael Fritsch. (2002). Journal of the Regional Studies Association, 36(2): 113-124 (April 1).

"Public/Private Technology Partnerships: Evaluating SBIR-Supported Research," with Albert N. Link and John T. Scott. (2002). Research Policy, 31(1): 145-158 (January).

"The Innovative Advantage of US Cities," European Planning Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2002

"The Economics of Science and Technology," with Barry Bozeman, Kathryn L. Combs, Maryann Feldman, Albert N. Link, Donald Siegel, Paula Stephan, Gregory Tassey, and Charles Wessner. (2002). Journal of Technology Transfer, 27: 155-203.

"The Impact of the SBIR on Creating Entrepreneurial Behavior," with Juergen Wiegand and Claudia Weigand. (2002). Economic Development Quarterly. 16(1): 32-38 (February).

"Does Firm Size Matter? Evidence on the Impact of Liquidity Constraints on Firm Investment Behavior in Germany," with Julie Ann Elston. (2002). International Journal of Industrial Organization. 20 (1): 1-138 (January).

"Competition Policy in Dynamic Markets," with William Baumol and Andrew Burke. (2001). International Journal of Industrial Organization. 19(5): 613-634 (April).

"Research Issues Relating to Structure, Competition and Performance of Small Technology-Based Firms." (2001). Small Business Economics. 16(1): 37-51 (February).

"Does Entry Size Matter? The Impact of the Life Cycle and Technology on Firm Survival," with R. Agarwal. (2001). Journal of Industrial Economics. 49(1): 21-43 (January).