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David Bruce Audretsch (born November 15, 1954) is an American economist. He is a distinguished professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at
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and also serves as director of the SPEA International Office, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, and director of SPEA's Institute for Development Strategies (IDS). He is co-founder and co-editor of ''
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'': An Entrepreneurship Journal, and also works as a consultant to the
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, and the
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. He was the director of the Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group at the
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in Germany from 2003 to 2009. Since 2020, he also serves as a distinguished professor in the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the
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. Audretsch is a member of the advisory board to a number of international research and policy institutes, including chair of the
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in
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, chair of the Foundation for the Promotion of German Science (
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, the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Jackstädt Centre for Entrepreneurship in
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, Germany. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from Jonköping University in Sweden and
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in Germany. He is an honorary professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the
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in Germany. In addition, Audretsch serves as a visiting professor at the
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, honorary professor at the
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in Germany, and is a research fellow of the
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in
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. He was awarded the 2011 Schumpeter Prize from the
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and the 2001
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by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research.


Background

Audretsch got his B.A. at
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in 1976, his M.S. in
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in 1979, and his doctorate in 1980 from the
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.


Research

Audretsch's research focuses on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness. His articles, mainly in the fields of industrial organization and innovation, number more than 100 and have been published in journals such as ''
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'', the ''
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'', ''
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'', the ''Schmalenbach Business Review'', and the International Journal of Industrial Organization.


Selected books

*''The Seven Secrets of Germany, (with Erik E. Lehmann).
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, (2015)'' *''Everything in its Place: Entrepreneurship and The Strategic Management of Cities, Regions and States, New York: Oxford University Press, (2015)'' *''The Handbook of Local Competitiveness, New York: Oxford University Press (2015)'' *''Public Policy in the Entrepreneurial Society, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2013)'' *''Creating Competitiveness: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies for Growth, (with M.L. Walshok). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2013)'' *''Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, (with Z. Acs and R. Strom). New York: Cambridge University Press (2012)''


Awards

*
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Citation Laureate ("Nobel Class", 2021) *Distinguished Professorship (2020),
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*Highly Commended Paper Award (2013) and Citation for Excellence Award (2012), Emerald Literati Network *Schumpeter School Award,
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(2011) *Eighth Most Prominent Economist (2009), Handelsblatt Economic Ranking, Germany *Distinguished Professorship (2008),
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*One of 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


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