Springer From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship: A Tribute to David B. Audretsch

This book celebrates the contributions of David B. Audretsch, Distinguished Professor at the School of Public and Environment Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University (USA), co-founder and co-editor of Small Business Economics, and former Director of the Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group at the erstwhile Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena, Germany). For his pioneering work, which explores the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness, he has received the 2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research from the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research and the 2011 Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal (Germany). This volume features original contributions from over 50 leading scholars to map, analyze and evaluate the impact of Audretsch’s research on a broad spectrum of research fields, ranging from economics to entrepreneurship and geography. The development and evolution of key ideas which have significantly shaped theory and future research across these fields are also explored. From the Back Cover This book celebrates the contributions of David B. Audretsch, Distinguished Professor at the School of Public and Environment Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University (USA), co-founder and co-editor of Small Business Economics, and former Director of the Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group at the erstwhile Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena, Germany). For his pioneering work, which explores the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness, he has received the 2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research from the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research and the 2011 Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal (Germany). This volume features original contributions from over 50 leading scholars to map, analyze and evaluate the impact of Audretsch’s research on a broad spectrum of research fields, ranging from economics to entrepreneurship and geography. The development and evolution of key ideas which have significantly shaped theory and future research across these fields are also explored. About the Author Erik E. Lehmann is a Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Augsburg (Germany) and Director of the CisAlpino Institute of Comparative Studies in Europe (CCSE), a joint venture of the University of Augsburg (Germany) and the University of Bergamo (Italy). He serves as a Visiting Professor at the University of Bergamo, an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University in Bloomington (USA), co-director of the Augsburg Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE), and a board member of the Bavarian America Academy (BAA) in Munich, Germany. Many of his publications on entrepreneurship have received a high amount of citations in the field.  Max Keilbach is a renowned economic researcher in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation. Formally a senior researcher at both the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group) and the Department of Industrial Economics at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), he has published extensively on topics relating to regional clusters, knowledge spillovers and the impact of public policy on economic growth, among others. He has lectured in various institutions throughout the world and has also served as the chairman of a textile company in southwest Germany. In addition to these pursuits, he is also a critically acclaimed vocal musician and has toured in Europe and North America. He has started-up several firms in the entertainment industry in Berlin.