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Education
1980 Ph.D., Graduate Faculty, The New
School. Fields: Economic Theory and Industrial Organization.
1979 Recent Developments in Applied Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.
1974 M.A. in Political Economy, The New School, Area of Concentration: International Trade and Comparative Economic Systems.
1972 B.A. in Economics, Cum Laude, Cleveland State University.
Honors
Winner of the 2003-2004 Black and Decker Research Award, University of Baltimore.
Winner of the best paper at the 2002 Babson-Kauffman Research Conference, Babson College with Catherine Armington, June 2002.
Recipient of the 2001 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research awarded on behalf of The Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (http://www.fsf.se).
Invited to deliver the by-annual 1994 F. De Vries Lecture in Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, March 1994.
Recent Grants
U.S. Department of Defense, Senior Strategic Transitional Advisor to the Commanding General of MND-C. Entrepreneurship in Southern Iraq: Framework and Evaluation, $79,000.
Smith Richardson Foundation Inc. The Impact of Immigrant High-technology Entrepreneurship, 2008-2009, (SRF grant #2007-7706) with David M. Hart.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Immigrants and high tech start-ups, 2007-2008, SBAHQ-07-Q-xxxx $91,200.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Mice, Gazelles, Elephants and Job Creation, 2006-2007, SBAHQ-06-Q-0014, $95,000.
Kauffman Foundation, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2005-2007, $100,000.
Kauffman Foundation, Entrepreneurship as a Field of Study-JEL article, 2006, $38,000.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Summit, 2005-2006, SBAHQ-Q5-Q0028, $59,000.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Entrepreneurship, Geography and Economic Growth, 2003-2004, SBAHQO3M0534, $62,710.
Entrepreneurship and Society, Funding for two projects through the SNS-Center for Business and Policy Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002-2005, $75,000.
Hungarian Ministry of Industry, Funding for GEMS Hungary, University of Pecs, 2001 and for 2005, $92,000.
National Science Foundation, Economics Program, “The Regional Differences in Firm Entry in the Service Sector,” 2000-2001, Grant # SES – 0080316, $106,670.
Kauffman Foundation, “U. S. Geographical Diversity in Business Entry and Turnover,” 2000, $58,600.
Editorial Services
Editor and Founder
Small Business Economics:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Boston, MA 02061
http://www.wkap.nl/prod/j/0921-898X
Editor and Founder
Foundation and Trends
Now Publishing
Hanover, MA 02339
http://www.nowpublishers.com
Series Editor, “Kluwer International Handbook of Entrepreneurship.”
Series Editor, “Kluwer International Studies in Entrepreneurship.”
Editorial Board: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.
Editorial Board: International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education.
Editorial Board: Asian Small Business Review.
Positions Held
2005
University Professor and director Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University (Tenured).
1998-2005
Doris and Robert McCurdy Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Director Entrepreneurship Program and, Professor of Economics, Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland (on leave 1994-1995; 1996-1998; Sabbatical leave, 1998-1999). Tenured 1992.
1996-1998
Sabbatical leave, (1998-1999). Tenured 1992.
1998-2001
Census Research Fellow – Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington D.C.
1996-1998
Chief Economic Advisor – Office of Economic Research, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.
1994-1996
Associate Director – Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Visiting Professor of Business and Public Policy, College of Business and Management, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
1986-1991
Research Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung, Research Unit: Market Processes and Corporate Development.
1985-1988
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, and Research Associate, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Center, University of Illinois – Springfield, Springfield, Illinois (on Leave 1987-1988).
1982 – 1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York
1982-1983 Research Associate, Institute on Western Europe, Columbia University, New York, New York.
1980-1982
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
2000 - External Faculty, Department of Economics, Santa Anna School of Advanced International Studies, Pisa, Italy.
1995 Summer
Visiting Professor, C.E.F.I., Faculty Des Sciences Economiques, Universite’ D’ Aix –Marseille II, France
1993 Summer
May Wong Smith Fellow, School of Economics and Management, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
Teaching
Graduate Courses
Entrepreneurship and Public Policy; Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; International Entrepreneurship; Mathematical Economics; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Managerial Economics and Public Policy; The Global Economic Environment; Technology Management; Entrepreneurship and Innovation; New Venture Creation; Global and Domestic Business Environment; Global and Domestic Business Environment—Web; Basic Economics—Web.
Thesis Committee
Feldman, Maryann, Ph.D., 1994, The Spatial Determinants of Innovative Activity, Carnegie-Mellon.
Attila Varga, Ph.D., 1997, Universities and the Spatial Patterns of Innovative Activity in U.S. Manufacturing, West Virginia University.
Sam Youl Lee, Ph.D., 2004, Essays on Creativity, Diversity, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Carnegie Mellon.
Larru Plummer, Ph.D., 2004, Essays on Creativity, Diversity, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Carnegie Mellon
Jurgita Baltrusaityte, Ph.D. candidate, The Relationship Between New Venture Success and the Type of Opportunity Recognition, University of Illinois Chicago.
Ziaoli Wang, PhD. Candidate, Are Entrepreneurs Different in terms of Financial Risk Perception and Investment Allocation? A Theoretical and Empirical Discussion, School of Management, Rutgers University.
Ting Zhang, Ph.D., 2007, Elderly Self-employment for an Aging US Economy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University.
Samee Desai, 2008, A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship, George Mason University.
Nicola A. V. Virgill, 2008 Export Processing Zones: Tools of Development or Reform Delay? George Mason University.
Ryan Sutter, 2009, The Nexus Entrepreneurship, Productivity and Regional Economic Growth, George Mason University.
Books
The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, (under contract).
Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, with David B. Audretsch and Robert Strom, eds., New York: Cambridge University Press 2008.
Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy with Roger Stough eds., Boston: Springer 2008.
Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy: Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of entrepreneurship, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2008.
Obesity, Business and Public Policy, with Alan Lyles eds., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007.
Entrepreneurship, Geography and American Economic Growth, with Catherine Armington, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
The Growth of Cities, ed., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006.
Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Boston: Springer, 2005. Paperback edition.
Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy: A Regional Perspective, with de Groot and Nijkamp, eds., Springer, 2002.
Innovation and the Growth of Cities, Cheltnam: Edward Elgar, 2002. Also in paperback.
Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change, ed., London: Cassell, 2000. Also in paperback.
Are Small Firms Important? ed., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy, with Bernard Yeung, eds., Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the Macroeconomy, with B. Carlsson, and C. Karlsson, eds., Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Management and Economics of Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski and Felix R. FitzRoy, Prentice Hall, Europe, 1998.
Managerial Economics & Organization, with Daniel A. Gerlowski, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.
Small Firms and Economic Growth, Two-Volume Set, ed., An Edward Elgar Reference Collection, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1996.
Small Business in the Modern Economy, with Bo Carlsson and Roy Thurik, Edited by Piet Hein Admiraal, De Vries lectures in Economics, Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, 1996
Small Firms and Entrepreneurship: An East West Perspective, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Reprinted as paperback edition 2008.
Innovation durch Kleine Unternehmen, with David B. Audretsch, Berlin: Ed Sigma 1992.
Innovation and Technological Change: An International Comparison, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1991.
The Economics of Small Firms: A European Challenge, with David B. Audretsch, eds., Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1990.
Innovation and Small Firms, with David B. Audretsch, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1990.
The Changing Structure of the U.S. Economy: Lessons from the U.S. Steel Industry, Foreword by Charles P. Kindleberger, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1984.
Journal Articles (since 2000)
“The Knowledge Filter, Entrepreneurship and Endogenous Growth,” D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Industrial and Corporate Change (second revision).
“A Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship,” with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Economica (second revision).
“Born Local: Two Avenues to Internationalization,” with Siri Terjesen, Journal of International Business Studies (second revision).
“Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Institutions,” with Sameeksha Desai and Jolanda Hessels, Small Business Economics, 2008, 31(3).
“What Does ‘Entrepreneurship ‘Data Really Show?” with Sameeksha Desai and Leora F. Klapper, Small Business Economics, 2008, 32(3).
“Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Dynamics in Latin America,” with Jose Ernesto Amoros, Small Business Economics, 2008, 31(3).
“Entrepreneurship and Economic Development,” with Nicola Virgil, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2008 (in press).
“Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in Rustbelt Economies,” with Larry Plummer and Ryan Sutter, The Annals of Regional Science, 2008, May 20th online.
“Creativity and Industrial Cites: A Case Study of Baltimore,” with Monika Megyesi, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2007 (in press).
“The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Foreign Direct Investment,” with Siri Terjesen, Colm O’ Gorman, Pickering, David Brookbank, Regional Studies, (under review).
“Foundations of High Impact Entrepreneurship,” Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2008, 4(6), 535-620.
“Employment Effects of Business Dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants,” 2007 with Pamela Mueller, Small Business Economics, 2008, 30(1), 85-100.
“Intermediated Mode of Internationalization: New Software Ventures in Ireland and India,” with Siri Terjesen and Colm O’ Gorman, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 2008, 20(1), 89-109.
“The Determinants of New-firm Survival Across Regional Economies,” with Catherine Armington and Tang Zhang, Annals of Regional Science, 2007, 86(3), 367-391.
“What is an Entrepreneurial Opportunity?,” with Jeffrey S. McMullen and Lawrence Plummer, Small Business Economics, 2007, 28(4), 273-283.
“Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy,” with Szerb Laszlo, Small Business Economics, (2007) 28(2-3). 109-122.
“Could the Irish Miracle be Repeated in Hungary?” with Szerb Laszlo, Colm O’Gorman and Siri Terjesen, Small Business Economics, 2007, 28(2-3), 123-142.
“How is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth,” Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2006, 1(1), 97-107.
“Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Change,” with David Audretsch, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2005, 1(5), 1-65.
“The Infrastructure of Obesity and the Obesity Epidemic,” with Kenneth Stanton, Journal of Health Economics and Health Policy, 2005, 4(3), 139-146.
“Penetrating the ‘Knowledge Filter’ in Regional Economics,” with Larry Plummer, Annals of Regional Science, 2005, 38, 439-456.
“Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change,” with Attila Varga, Small Business Economics, 2005, 24(3), 323-334.
“The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Implication for Internationalization,” with Pontus Braunerhjelm, Management International Review, 2005, 45(3) 111-144.
“Az új vállalkozások gazdaságra gyakorolt hatásainak vizsgálata nemzetközi összehasonlításban,” with A. Varga, S. Laszlo, J. Ulbert, and E. Bodor Kozgazdasagi Szemle, 2004, 51, 679-698.
“Entrepreneurship and Economic Development,” with David J. Storey, Regional Studies, 2004,38, 871-877.
“Creativity and Entrepreneurship,” with Sam Youl Lee and Richard Florida, Regional Studies, 2004, 38, 879-891.
“Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities,” with Catherine Armington, Regional Studies, 2004, 28, 911-927.
“The Geographic Diversity of New Firm Formation and Human Capital, with Catherine Armington, Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56(2), 244-278.
“Job Creation and Persistence in Services and Manufacturing,” with Catherine Armington, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2004, 14, 305-329.
“Towards New Horizons: The Internationalization of Entrepreneurship,” with Leo Dana and Catherine Jones, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2003, 1(1), 5-12.
“Entrepreneurial Capitalism: if America Leads will Europe Follow?” Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2002, 10(1), 113-117.
“Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in American Capitalism,” with Ronnie Phillips, Small Business Economics, in Z. J. Acs and C. Karlsson, Small Business Economic, special issue on Institution, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth (II): From Sweden to OECD, 2002, 19(3), 189-204.
"High-Technology Employment and R&D in Cities: Heterogeneity vs. Specialization," with FitzRoy and Smith, Annals of Regional Science, 2002, 36(3), 373-386.
"Patents and Innovation Counts as Measures of Regional Production of New Knowledge," with Luc Anselin and Attila Varga, Research Policy, 2002, 31(7), 1069-1085.
Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth (I and II): From Sweden to the OECD, with C. Karlsson, Small Business Economics, 2002, 19(2), 63-67 and 19(3), 183-187.
“The Determinants of Regional Variation in New Firm Formation,” with Catherine Armington, Regional Studies, 2002, 36(1), 33-45.
"Geography, Endogenous Growth and Innovation," with Attila Varga, in Z. J. Acs and A. Varga, eds., International Regional Science Review, special issue on Regional Innovation System 2002, 25(1), 132-148.
“Introduction: Knowledge Spillovers, Innovation and Regional Development,” with de Groot and P. Nijkamp, Papers in Regional Science, 2001, 80(3) 249-254.
“Entrepreneurship, Globalization and Public Policy,” with R Morck and B. Yeung, Journal of International Management, 2001, 7, 235-251.
“Terbeliseg, Endogen Novekedes es Innovacio,” Ter es Tarsadalom, with Attila Varga, 2000, XIV(4), 23-39.
"Two Models of Wealth Distribution," with Leo Paul Dana, Small Business Economics, 2000, 16(1), 63-74.
"Geographic and Sectoral Characteristic of Academic Knowledge Externalities," with Luc Anselin and Attila Varga, Papers in Regional Science, 2000, 79(4), 435-444.
"Geographic Spillovers and University Research: A Spatial Econometric Approach," with Luc Anselin and Attila Varga, Growth and Change, 2000, 31(4), 501-515.
"Entrepreneurial Start-ups and International Business," Wirtschafts Politische Blatter, 2000, 47(3), 269-275.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
“Measuring the Social Value of Innovation: The cases of Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank and Bill Gates, Microsoft,” with Joseph Sany, Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, Volume 19, Measuring the Social Value of Innovation: A Link in the University Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Equation. Elsevier/JAI Press, Gary D. Libecap, Editor (in press).
“‘Schumpeterian Capitalism’ in Capitalist Development: Towards a Synthesis of Capitalist Development and the ‘Economy as a whole,’” in Companion on Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, Horst Hannusch and Andreas Pyka, eds., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2007, 97-107.
“State of Literature on Small to Medium Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-income Communities, in Entrepreneurship in Low-and Moderate-Income Communities, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2006.
“Start-ups and Entry Barriers: Small and Medium-sized Firms Population Dynamics,” in Oxford Handbook or Entrepreneurship, Bernard Yeung, ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
“New Firm Survival and Human Capital,” with Catherine Armington, in Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, Charlie Karlsson, Borje Johansson and Roger Stough, eds.: New York, Rutledge, 2006, 125-148.
“New Firm Formation and the Region: Empirical Evidence from the United States,” in Entrepreneurship, Geography and Innovation, Enrico Santarelli, ed., New York: Springer, 2006, 105-134.
“Innovation and the Growth of Cities,” in Urban Dynamics and Growth, CEA vol. 266 Roberto Capello and Peter Nycamp, eds., 2004, 635-655.
“New firm Survival and Human Capital,” with Catherine Armington, Entrepreneurship, Spatial Industrial Clusters and Inter-firm Networks, University of Trollhattan/Uddevalla, 2003, 51-70.
“Innovation and Technological Change,” with David B. Audretsch in Acs and Audretsch, eds., Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003, 55-79.
“What is the Value of Entrepreneurial Start-ups to an Economy,” in A. Varga and L. Szerb, eds., Innovation Entrepreneurship, Regions and Economic Development: International experiences and Hungarian Challenges, University of Pecs, Hungary, 2002, 81-106.
“High Technology Employment and Knowledge Spillovers,” with FitzRoy and Smith in Acs, de Groot and Nijkamp, eds., The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy: A Regional Perspective, Springer, 147-164, 2002.
“Endogenous Technological Change, Entrepreneurship and Regional Growth,” in Manfred Fisher, ed, Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems, Munich: Springer, 2000, 228-247.
"The Historical Role of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Sector in Developed and Developing Capitalist States," in B. Dallage and R. McIntyre, eds., Great Hopes and Mixed Achievements: SMEs in Transitional Economies, Oxford: Oxford University Press and UNU/WIDER 2001.
Book Reviews
“Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration,” by Jonathan J. Bean, Journal of Economic Literature, 2003, 1316-1318.
“30 Years of Catching up with the West,” by Peter J. Biegelbaure, Eastern Economic Journal, 2001, 27(4), 521-523.
“Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism,” Luis Suares-Villa, Papers in Regional Science, 2001, 80(4), 515-517.
“Small Firms, Large Concerns,” by Konosuke Odaka and Minoru Sawoi, History .net Book Review.
“Small Business Enterprise: An Economic Analysis,” by Gavin C. Reid, Journal of Economic Literature, 1994, 1920-1922.
“The Market and the State,” by David B. Audretsch, Eastern Economic Journal, XVII, No.2, 1991, 253-257.
“Employers Large and Small,” by Charles Brown, Hamilton, and James Medoff, Southern Economic Journal, 57, March, 1991, 276-277.
“Free Market Conservatism,” edited by Edward Nell, Allen and Unwin, 1984, Eastern Economic Journal, XI, No. 3, 1985, 177-179.
Citations
Social Science Citation index, 140 in 2005; 100 published articles in ISI; Sum of times cited: 1,291; Average citations per item: 13.73; h-index: 19; Goggle Scholar cites: 2,420; Econ Paper Cites 2006: 187th
Others
High Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited,2008 with William Parsons and Spencer Tracy, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration.
Global entrepreneurship monitor: National Entrepreneurship Assessment: United States of American: 2004-2005 Executive Report, 2006,with Erlend Bullvaag, I. Elaine Allen, William D. Bygrave and Stephen Spinelli, Jr., Babson College, Wellesley, Ma.
Seeding the Vision: Creative Baltimore, 2006, with Monika Megyesi, Jacob France Institute, University of Baltimore.
GEM : Vállalkozások Magyarországon 2005 / Ács J. Zoltán, Szerb László, Varga Attila, Ulbert József. - Pécs : PTE, 2005. - 140 p.
“Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2004 Executive Report,” with Pia Arenius, Michael Hay and Maria Minniti, London Business School, 2005.
“Entrepreneurship in Rural America: The Big Picture,” in Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, The Center for the Study of Rural America, Main Streets of Tomorrow: Growing and Financing Rural Entrepreneurs, 2003, 31-30.
“Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Growth,” with Catherine Armington, in William D. Bygrave ed., Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2002, 339-349.
“Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, GEM 2001 Magyarorszag, Vallalkozasok Magyorszagon globalis osszehasonlitasban,” with Szerb, Varga and Ulbert, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary, March 2002.
“The Emergence of the Entrepreneurial Society,” with David B. Audretsch, Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research, Stockholm Sweden, www.fsf.se, April 2001.
Case Study: Saba, Wang & Associates, Inc., with Anthony Mariano, in Entrepreneurship Proceedings of a Joint United States and European Union Seminar, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, February, 2000, 99-111.
Grants
U. S. Small Business Administration, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Immigrants and high tech start-ups, 2007-2008, SBAHQ-07-Q-xxxx $91,200.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Mice, Gazelles, Elephants and Job Creation, 2006-2007, SBAHQ-06-Q-0014, $95,000.
Kauffman Foundation, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2005-2007, $100,000.
Kauffman Foundation, Entrepreneurship as a Field of Study-JEL article, 2006, $38,000.
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Summit, 2005-2006, SBAHQ-Q5-Q0028, $59,000.
U. S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Research Using Large Databases: Entrepreneurship, Geography and Economic Growth, 2003-2004, SBAHQO3M0534, $62,710.
Entrepreneurship and Society, Funding for two projects through the SNS-Center for Business and Policy Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002-2005, $75,000.
Hungarian Ministry of Industry, Funding for GEMS Hungary, University of Pecs, 2001 and for 2005, $92,000.
National Science Foundation, Economics Program, “The Regional Differences in Firm Entry in the Service Sector,” 2000-2001, Grant # SES – 0080316, $106,670.
Kauffman Foundation, “U. S. Geographical Diversity in Business Entry and Turnover,” 2000, $58,600.
Current Working Research Papers
Start-Ups at the Gate: Examining the Link between Technological Capabilities and Agglomeration Externalities with, Larry Plummer, Elaine Mosakowski and Sharon Matusik, March, 2008.
Good Neighbors or Bad? A Time-Space Model of the Effects of entrepreneurial entry on the profits of Post-IPO Firms, with Lawrence Al Plummer and Elaine Mosakowski, March 2008.
Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, with Mark Sanders, George Mason University and Max Planck Institute of Economics, March 2008.
A Complex Entrepreneurship Context Index, with Laszlo Szerb, George Mason University.
Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy with Sameeksha Desai, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2007.
A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship, with Sameeksha Desai, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2007.
Growth and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Assessment with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, UK, December No. 5409, 2005.
The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Stockholm Sweden, 2005.
The Missing Link: The Knowledge Filter, Entrepreneurship and Endogenous Growth, with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, UK, December No. 4783, 2004.
Gross Job Flows in the U.S. Economy, with Catherine Armington and Alicia Robb, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census, January CES 99-1.
Longitudinal Establishment and Enterprise Microdata (LEEM) Documentation, including Strengths and Weaknesses, with Catherine Armington, Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census, September CES 98-9.
Testimony
February 1988 Testimony before the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, February 24, 1988, "Innovation and Firm Size."
March 1986 Testimony before Illinois Energy Resource Commission for Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies: Expert Witness.
Professional Activities
April 2008 Invited Paper, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena Germany.
February 2008 Invited Paper, Measuring the Social Value of Innovation, University of Arizona.
January 2008 Invited Paper, Regional Endogenous Development, Brisbane Australia.
October 2007 Organizer, Third GEM Research Conference, Washington D.C.
June 2007 Presented Paper, Babson Conference, Madrid, Spain.
May, 2007 Invited Speaker, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
April 2007 Invited Speaker, SME and Entrepreneurship Workshop, Cairo, Egypt.
April, 2007 Invited Speaker, Kiel Institute, Kiel, Germany.
January, 2007 Keynote Speaker, AGSEE Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
May 2005 Organizer, Second GEM Research Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
June 2006 Organizer, Summer Institute and Residence Week on Entrepreneurship Research, Max-Plack Institute for Research into Economic Systems.
June 2005 Organizer, Summer Institute and Residence Week on Entrepreneurship Research, Max-Plack Institute for Research into Economic Systems.
March 2004 Organizer, Conference on Entrepreneurship and Opportunity, Max Planck Institute, Jena Germany.
June 2004 Research Director, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).
March 2003 Editor of Special Issue, Regional Studies, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.
June 2002 Editor of Special Issue, Small Business Economics, Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth.
January 2002 Session Organizer: Firm Size and Firm Growth Revisited, ASSA, Atlanta, Georgia.
March 2001 Member Technical Advisory Board, Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor.
March 2000 Team Member of GEM Hungry.
March 2000 Editor of Special Issue, International Regional Science Review, Regional Innovation Systems.
January 2000 Conference Organizer, Jonkoping International Business School, Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Firm Growth.
To locate Professor Zoltan Acs' scholarly papers on the Social Science Research Network click here.
Books
Acs, Z., ed. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, (2010).
Acs, Z., D. Audretsch and R. Storm, eds. Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Acs, Z., and R. Stough, eds. Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy. Boston: Springer, 2008.
Acs, Z. Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy: Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of entrepreneurship. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008.
Acs, Z., and A. Lyles, eds. Obesity, Business and Public Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.
Acs, Z. a. C. A. Entrepreneurship, Geography and American Economic Growth. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Acs, Z., ed. The Growth of Cities. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2006.
Acs, Z. and D. Audretsch, eds. Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research (Paperback Edition). Boston: Springer, 2005.
Book Sections
Acs, Z. and J. Sany. “Measuring the Social Value of Innovation: The cases of Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank and Bill Gates, Microsoft.” In Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, Volume 19, Measuring the Social Value of Innovation: A Link in the University Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship Equation. Elsevier/JAI Press, Gary D. Libecap, Editor (2009).
Acs, Z. "'Schumpeterian Capitalism' in Capitalist Development: Towards a Syntheses of Capitalist Development and the 'Economy as a Whole'." In Companion on Neo-Schumpeterian Economics, edited by H. Hannusch and A. Pyka. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.
Acs, Z. "State of Literature on Small to Medium Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-income Communities." In Entrepreneurship in Low and Moderate Income Communities. Kansas City, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2006.
Acs, Z. "Start-ups and Entry Barriers: Small and Medium-sized Firms Population Dynamics." In Oxford Handbook on Entrepreneurship. B. Yeung. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Acs, Z. "New Firm Formation and the Region: Empirical Evidence from the United States." In Entrepreneurship, Geography and Innovation. E. Santarelli. New York, Springer: 105-134, 2006.
Acs, Z. a. C. A. "New Firm survival and Human Capital." In Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy." B. J. C. Karlsson, and R. Stough. New York, Routledge: 125-148, 2006.
Editorships
Acs, Z. ed. Small Business Economics, Springer, 1989-.
Acs, Z., Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, Now Publising, 2004-.
Acs, Z., Springer Handbook of Entrepreneurship Series.
Acs, Z., Springer Studies in Entrepreneurship Series.
Journal Articles
Acs, Z. and M. Megyesi. “Creativity and Industrial Cites: A Case Study of Baltimore.” Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 21(4) (2009): 421-439.
Acs, Z., D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, "The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship." Small Business Economics, 32, no1 (2009): 15-30.
Acs, Z., S. Desai, J. Hessels. “Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Institutions.” Small Business Economics 31, no. 3 (2008): 219-234.
Acs, Z., S. Desai, L. F. Klapper. “What Does ‘Entrepreneurship’ Data Really Show?” Small Business Economics 32, no. 3 (2008): 265-281.
Acs, Z., and J. E. Amoros. “Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Dynamics in Latin America.” Small Business Economics, 31, no. 3 (2008): 305-322.
Acs, Z., L. Plummer, R. Sutter. “Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in Rustbelt Economies.” The Annals of Regional Science, (2008).
Acs, Z. “Foundations of High Impact Entrepreneurship.” Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship 4, no. 6 (2008): 535-620.
Acs, Z., and P. Mueller. “Employment Effects of Business Dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants.” Small Business Economics 30, no. 1 (2008): 85-100.
Acs, Z., S. Terjesen, C. O’Gorman. “Intermediated Mode of Internationalization: New Software Ventures in Ireland and India.” Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 20, no. 1 (2008): 89-109.
Acs, Z. and N. Virgil. “Entrepreneurship and Economic Development." Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2008.
Acs, Z. , C. Armington, and T. Zhang. "The Determinants of New-Firm Survival across Regional Economies." Annals of Regional Science 86, no. 3 (2007): 367-91.
Acs, Z., S. McMullen, and L. Plummer. "What Is an Entrepreneurial Opportunity?" Small Business Economics 28, no. 4 (2007): 273-83.
Acs, Z., and S. Laszlo. "Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy." Small Business Economics 28, no. 2-3 (2007): 109-22.
Acs, Z., S. Laszlo, C. Gorman, and S. Terjesen. "Could the Irish Miracle Be Repeated in Hungary?" Small Business Economics 28, no. 2-3 (2007): 123-42.
Acs, Z. "How is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth?" Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalizaation 1(1) (2006): 97-107.
Acs, Z., and D. Audretsch. “Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Change.” Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship 1, no. 5 (2005): 1-65.
Acs, Z., and K. Stanton. “The Infrastructure of Obesity and the Obesity Epidemic.” Journal of Health Economics and Health Policy 4, no. 3 (2005): 139-46.
Acs, Z., and L. Plummer. “Penetrating the ‘Knowledge Filter’ in Regional Economics.” Annals of Regional Science 38 (2005): 439-56.
Acs, Z, and A. Varga. “Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change.” Small Business Economics 24, no. 3 (2005): 323-34.
Acs, Z., and P. Braunerhjelm. “The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Implication for Internationalization.” Management International Review 45, no. 3 (2005): 111-44.
Reports
Acs, Z., N. Bosma, A. Coduras, J. Levie. “Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2008 Executive Report.” London Business School and Babson College, 2009.
Acs, Z., W. Parsons, S. Tracy, 2008, High Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited, office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration.
Acs, Z., E. Bullwag, I. Allen, W. Bygrave, and S. Spinelli (2006). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: National Entrepreneurship Assessment, U.S., 2004-05 Executive Report. Wellesley, MA, Babson College, George Mason University, School of Public Policy.
Acs, Z., P. Arenius, M. Hay, and M. Minniti. “Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2004 Executive Report.” London Business School and Babson College, 2005.
GEM : Vállalkozások Magyarországon 2005 / Ács J. Zoltán, Szerb László, Varga Attila, Ulbert József. - Pécs : PTE, 2005. - 140 p.
Presentations and Proceedings
Acs, Z. Keynote speaker, International Congress for Small Business ICSB, Halifax, Canada, 2008.
Acs, Z. “The Questions (Not So) Rational Entrepreneurs Ask: Decision-Making Through the Lens of Neuroeconomic.” Presented at the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA, 2008.
Acs, Z. Invited Paper, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena Germany, April 2008 .
Acs, Z. Invited Paper, Measuring the Social Value of Innovation, University of Arizona, February 2008.
Acs, Z. Invited Paper, Regional Endogenous Development, Brisbane Australia, January 2008.
Current Working Research Papers
Globalization: Countries, Cities and Multinationals, with Philip McCann, Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2009-042, June 2009.
The Good, the Bad, and the Talented: Entrepreneurial Talent and other-regarding Behavior, with U. Weitzel, Diemo Urbig, Sameeksha Desai and Mark Sanders, Max Planck Institute of Economics, June 2009.
The Global Entrepreneurship Index, with Laszlo Szerb, George Mason University, June 2009.
The Entrepreneurial Advantage of World Cities, with Rolf Sternberg and Niels Bosma, George Mason University, June 2009.
Start-Ups at the Gate: Examining the Link between Technological Capabilities and Agglomeration Externalities with, Larry Plummer, Elaine Mosakowski and Sharon Matusik, March, 2008.
Good Neighbors or Bad? A Time-Space Model of the Effects of entrepreneurial entry on the profits of Post-IPO Firms, with Lawrence Al Plummer and Elaine Mosakowski, March 2008.
Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, with Mark Sanders, George Mason University and Max Planck Institute of Economics, March 2008.
Democratic Capitalism and Philanthropy in a Global Economy with Sameeksha Desai, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2007.
A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship, with Sameeksha Desai, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University, 2007.
Growth and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Assessment with D. Audretsch, P. Braunerhhjem and B. Carlsson, Center for Economic Policy Research, London, UK, December No. 5409, 2005.
Cites
Social Science Citation index, 140 in 2005; 100 published articles in ISI; Sum of times cited: 1,291; Average citations per item: 13.73; h-index: 19; Goggle Scholar cites: 2,420; Econ Paper Cites 2008: 140th.