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David Audretsch and International Business: Bringing It All Back Home

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In this essay, the authors tell the tale of David’s research journey, ebbing and weaving throughout his academic career. While the subject of David’s focus has drifted over time from Industrial Organization, to Multinational Firms, to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, the interplay between public policy, entrepreneurship, and innovation has been ever-present. The authors discuss how many of the ideas that he has developed over the years have relevance and insight for new issues now emerging in the International Business literature.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge conversations on the themes of this paper with Maryann Feldman, Bruce Kogut, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Mark Sanders and David Audretsch himself. We have benefitted from outstanding research assistance from Angelina Borovinskaya. None of them bear any responsibility for our arguments and interpretations.

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Estrin, S., Shapiro, D. (2019). David Audretsch and International Business: Bringing It All Back Home. In: Lehmann, E., Keilbach, M. (eds) From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25237-3_15

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