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David B. Audretsch

Business, Management and Accounting · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1983
Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesFirm Innovation and GrowthEconomic Growth and ProductivityPrivate Equity and Venture CapitalRegional Development and Policy

Publications

1,036

Citations

77,391

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

44

Publishing since 1983

Research summary
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David B. Audretsch studies entrepreneurship and how new businesses form, grow, and interact with their surrounding environments. His work examines how knowledge developed in universities and research labs spills over into new companies, how regional and city conditions shape entrepreneurial activity, and how firms respond to crises. He also looks at innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and the role of public policy and financing in supporting new ventures.

Entrepreneurship and new venture creationKnowledge spillovers and innovationEntrepreneurial ecosystemsRegional and place-based developmentFirm survival and resilience in crises

Publication activity has remained steady and high across the last decade, generally in the range of roughly 30-44 papers per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

1 earlier award
  • NSF 0097193Apr 2001 – Mar 2004 · $23k awarded

    U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: The New Economy in Germany: Lessons from High Tech Firms Listed on the Neuer Market

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 244 established Business, Management and Accounting PIs within our index
Citations: 77,391cohort median 2,576
h-index: 134cohort median 21
Publications / year (recent): 30.2cohort median 1.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 65% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 93 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 30.2/year recently
2017: 43 publications172018: 26 publications182019: 39 publications192020: 28 publications202021: 34 publications212022: 35 publications222023: 44 publications44232024: 42 publications242025: 30 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 1 collaborator at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 1 collaborator at the same institution2023: 3 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Small Business Economics×38
  • The Journal of Technology Transfer×34
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×25
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks×22
  • International studies in entrepreneurship×18
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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