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Encyclopedia > David B. Audretsch

David Bruce Audretsch (born November 15, 1954)) is an American economist. He is currently the Director at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena in Germany. He is also the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development and Director of the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University and a research fellow at the CEPR, London. He is co-founder and co-editor of the academic journal on entrepreneurship and small business called Small Business Economics. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Greenspan, former chairman, United States Federal Reserve. ... The Max Planck Institute of Economics was founded in 1993 as the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems with the misson of researching the transition of the former Eastern European socialist economic systems, the Max Planck Institute of Economics researches a broad set of problems relating to change... This article is about the German town of Jena. ... Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ... The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an economic policy think-tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by economists and current co-directors Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot in 1999, according to the organizations website. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ... This article is about the journal as a written medium. ... Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. ... A small business may be defined as a business with a small number of employees. ...


David Audretsch got his B.A. at the Drew University in 1976, his M.S. in Economics in 1979 and later his doctorate in 1980 from the University of Wisconsin. He was at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) in Berlin, Germany between 1984 and 1997. From 1989 till 1991 he served as Acting Director of the Institute. According to a Columbia University study, Audretsch was the 99th most cited economist from 1990 to 2000 [1]. His research focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development and global competitiveness. His academic research has been published in more than hundred articles in the academic journals and in over thirty books. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... DREW SUCKS ASS! Drew University is a small, private university located in Madison, New Jersey. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ... Alan Greenspan, former chairman, United States Federal Reserve. ... Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. ... Public policy is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a problem. ... Economic development is a sustainable increase in living standards that implies increased per capita income, better education and health as well as environmental protection. ...

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Awards

Jointly with Zoltan Acs, he was given the 2001 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research [2]. Audretsch was given Achievements in Arts Award at Drew University reunion in 2006. [3] Zoltan J. Acs is a leading advocate of the importance of entrepreneurship for economic development. ...


Academic Publications

  • "The Entrepreneurial Society", Oxford University Press
  • "Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth" (with Max Keilbach and Erik Lehman), Oxford University Press
  • "The New Economy and Economic Growth in Europe and the US" (with Paul J.J. Welfens), Springer
  • "Innovation and Industry Evolution", MIT Press
  • "Innovation and Small Firms" (with Zoltan J. Acs), MIT Press
  • "The Market and the State: Government Policy Towards Business in Europe, Japan, and the U.S.", New York University Press
  • "The Effectiveness of Antitrust Policy Towards Horizontal Mergers", UMI Research Press
  • "Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Monopoly," with Maryann P. Feldman, European Economic Review, Vol. 43, 1999, 409-429.
  • "Company-Scientist Locational Links: The Case of Biotechnology," with Paula E. Stephan, American Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 3, June 1996, 641-652.
  • "R&D Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation and Production," with Maryann P. Feldman, American Economic Review, Vol. 86, No. 3, June 1996, 630-640.
  • "New-Firm Survival: New Results Using a Hazard Function," with Talat Mahmood, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 77, No. 1, March 1995, 97-103.
  • "R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size," with Zoltan J. Acs and Maryann P. Feldman, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 76, No. 2, May 1994, 336-340.
  • "Real Effects of University Research: Comment," with Zoltan J. Acs and Maryann P. Feldman, American Economic Review, Vol. 82, No. 1, March 1992, 363-367.
  • "New-Firm Survival and the Technological Regime," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 73, No. 3, August 1991, 441-450.
  • "Small-Firm Entry in U.S. Manufacturing," with Zoltan J. Acs, Economica, Vol. 56, No. 2, May 1989, 255-266.
  • "R&D Rivalry, Industrial Policy, and U.S.-Japanese Trade," with Hideki Yamawaki, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 70, No. 3, August 1988, 438-447.
  • "Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis," with Zoltan J. Acs, American Economic Review, Vol. 78, No. 4, September 1988, 678-690.
  • "Import Share Under International Oligopoly with Differentiated Products: Japanese Imports in U.S. Manufacturing," with Hideki Yamawaki, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 70, No. 4, November 1988, 569-579.
  • "Innovation, Market Share, and Firm Size," with Zoltan J. Acs, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 69, No. 4, November 1987, 567-575.

References

  1. ^ Columbia University study
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Drew University

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