David B Audretsch

Distinguished Professor, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development Director, Institute for Development Strategies Director, SPEA Overseas Education Program David Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, where he is also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He also is an Honorary Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. In addition, he serves as a Visiting Professor at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, Honorary Professor at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena in Germany, and is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Director, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Max Planck Institute of Economics, October 2003 - August 2009 Director, West European Studies, Indiana University, 2001 - 2004 Professor of Economics, Georgia State University, 1996 - 1997 Visiting Research Professor, Tinbergen Institute, The Netherlands, 1997 Acting Director, Wissesnchaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung, 1989 - 1991 Research Professor, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fuer Sozialforschung, 1985 - 1997 Assistant Professor, Middlebury College, 1980 - August 1987