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Biography
David Audretsch is the Interim Dean at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He also serves as Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, as well as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. Audretsch is part-time Professor at ASPIRE! Center for Entrepreneurship, at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, and an Honorary Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. He previously served as Director of the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, Germany, and as the Acting Director at the WZB Social Science Center Berlin, also in Germany.
Audretsch's research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation and economic development. He is founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal as well as Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship. He received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Augsburg, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Jönköping University, the 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).
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.
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1980
- M.S., Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1979
- B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Economics, Drew University, 1976
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
- Audretsch, D. B. and Belitski, M. (2026) Knowledge spillover of innovation: entrepreneurial difference. Research Policy, 55 (1). 105362. ISSN 00487333 doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2025.105362
- Audretsch, D., Belitski, M., Guerrero, M., & Siegel, D. S. (2025). Assessing the impact of the pandemic on digital spin-offs at universities: Theory and evidence from the United Kingdom. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1544
- Chen, Wendy D., and David B. Audretsch. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector. Oxford University Press, 2025.
- Demircioglu, M. A., & Audretsch, D. B. . Public sector innovation. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Public Sector Innovation, (with Mehmet Akif Demircioglu), Cambridge University Press, (2024)
- The Strategic Management of Place at Work: Why, What, How and Where, (with Erik E Lehmann, Jonah M Otto, Laurenz Weiße and Katharine Wirsching - eds.), Springer-Nature, (2023)
- Handbook of Technology Transfer, (with Albert N. Link and Erik E. Lehmann - eds.), Edward Elgar, (2022)
- The COVID-19 Crisis and Entrepreneurship, (with Iris Kunadt - eds.), Springer-Nature, (2022)
- “Bringing the Manager Back Into Management Scholarship,” (with Herman Aguinis, Caroline Flammer, K. E. Meyer, Michael W. Peng, and David J.Teece), Journal of Management, (2022)
- “Democracy and Entrepreneurship,” (with Petra Moog), Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, 46 (2), 368–392, (2022)
- “Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity,” (with Maksim Belitski, Farzana Chowdhury and Sameeksha Desai), Research Policy, (2023)
- “Geography of knowledge collaboration and innovation in Schumpeterian firms,” (with Maksim Belitski), Regional Studies, (2023)
- “Digitalization, Resource Mobilization and Firm Growth in Emerging Industries,” (with Maksim Belitski), British Journal of Management, (2023)
- “The Weaker Sex? A Tale of Means and Tales,” (with Indu Khurana and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada), Journal of Business Venturing Insights, (2023)
- “Improvisation and Innovation in Teams: The Jazz Effect,” (with Maksim Belitski and Monika Herzig), British Journal of Management, (2023)
- “Training Emotional Skills for Entrepreneurs: Does it Work in Practice?” (with Maha Aly), Entrepreneurship & Innovation, (2023)