Recent Publications
Impacting the next generation
The Institute for Development Strategies publishes groundbreaking research in the fields of economic development, entrepreneurship, strategic management, and public policy. Here is a sample of our most recent influential publications that are impacting the next generation of thought leaders in our areas of research.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector
Wendy D Chen, David B Audretsch. June 18, 2025. -
Public Sector Innovation
Mehmet Akif Demircioglu, David B. Audretsch. November 23, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009279277
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Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Social Innovation
Edited by Erich J. Schwarz, David B. Audretsch, and Milica Marković. 2026. ISBN: 9781035318292
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The Seven Secrets of Germany
David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann. December 1, 2015. ISBN: 9780190258696
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The Strategic Management of Place at Work
David B. Audretsch, Alice Civera, Erik E. Lehmann, Konstantin P. Leidinger, Jonah M. Otto, Laurenz Weiße, and Katharine Wirsching. 2023.
Scholarship from our researchers
- Audretsch, David B. and Maksim Belitski, (October 2017) “Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities: Establishing the Framework Conditions,” Journal of Technology Transfer, 42(5): 1030–1051.
- Obschonka, Martin, Michael Stuetzer, David B. Audretsch, Peter J. Rentfrow, Jeff Potter, and Samuel D. Gosling, (March 2016) "Macro-psychological Factors Predict Regional Economic Resilience During a Major Economic Crisis,"Social Psychology and Personality Science, 7(2).
- Stuetzer, Michael, M. Obschonka, D. Audretsch, M. Wyrwich, P. Renfrow, M. Coombes, L. Shaw-Taylor, and M. Satchell. (2016) “Industry Structure, Entrepreneurship, and Culture: An Empirical Analysis Using Historical Coalfields,” European Economic Review, 86: 55-72.
- Alvarez, Sharon A., David B. Audretsch and Albert N. Link (2016) “Advancing Our Understanding of Theory in Entrepreneurship.” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10(1): 3-4.
- Audretsch, David B., Albert Link, Robert M. Sauer and Donald S. Siegel. (2016) “Advancing the economics of entrepreneurship.” European Economic Review, 86: 1-3.
- Carina Lomberg, Diemo Urbig, Christoph Stockmann, Louis D. Marino, and Pat H. Dickson, (July 2016) "Entrepreneurial Orientation: the dimensions' shared effects in explaining firm performance." Entrepreneurship, Theory & Practice.
- Martin Obschonka, Michael Stuetzer, Martin Obschonka, David B. Audretsch, Michael Wyrwich, Peter J. Rentfrow, Mike Coombes, Leigh-Shaw Taylor, and Max Satchell, (July 2016) “Industry Structure, Entrepreneurship and Culture: An Empirical Analysis Using Historical Coalfields," European Economic Review, 86: 52-72.
- Maksim Belitski, Farzana Chowdhury, and Sameeksha Desai, (June 2016) "Taxes, corruption, and entry," Small Business Economics
- Sameeksha Desai and Besnik A. Krasniqi, "Institutional Drivers of High-growth Firms: Country-level Evidence from 26 Transition Economies,"Small Business Economics, (May 2016)
- Maksim Belitski and Sameeksha Desai, "Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: City-Level Evidence on Creativity Spillover of Entrepreneurship,"The Journal of Technology Transfer, (November 2015)
- David B. Audretsch, Maksim Belitski and Sameeksha Desai, "Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Cities,"The Annals of Regional Science, 55(1), (August 2015)
- Maksim Belitski and Sameeksha Desai, "What Drives ICT Clustering in European Cities?"The Journal of Technology Transfer, (July 2015)
- Welter, F., Baker, T., Audretsch, D. B., & Gartner, W. B. (forthcoming in 2017), “Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Steinberg, P. J., Procher, V. D., Urbig, D. (forthcoming in 2017) "Too much or too little of R&D offshoring: The impact of captive offshoring and contract offshoring on innovation performance. Research Policy.