Michael Fritsch

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Michael Fritsch (2015)

Michael Fritsch (* 1951 in Berlin ) is Professor of Economics (Chair for Corporate Development, Innovation and Economic Change) at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . He is also research professor at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and associate editor of the scientific journals Regional Studies and Small Business Economics .

Career

Michael Fritsch studied economics at the Technical University of Berlin and graduated in 1977 with a degree in economics. He then worked as a research assistant or research associate at the Institute for Economics at the TU Berlin. There he received his doctorate in economics (Dr. rer. Oec.) In 1982 and qualified as a professor in 1989 in economics. From 1990 to 1992 Michael Fritsch was a representative of the chair for economic policy, in particular regulatory and structural policy at the Technical University in Berlin. Subsequently, in autumn 1992, he took over the chair for economic policy at the Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Bergakademie Freiberg. From 1994 to 2005 he was also the managing director of the “Research Center for Innovation Economics ”, a joint institution of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for System Technology and Innovation Research (ISI-Karlsruhe) . In 2006 Fritsch moved to the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena to take the chair for corporate development, innovation and economic change. After retiring in spring 2018, he continues to work there.

research

Michael Fritsch's research focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation . In the area of ​​entrepreneurship, he primarily deals with the determinants of start-up activities and the effects of business start-ups on economic development . In the field of innovation research, research focuses on the functioning of regional innovation systems , in particular on cooperative collaboration within the framework of innovation processes. In this context, Michael Fritsch also analyzed the importance of universities in regional innovation systems. Further works by Michael Fritsch deal with the market failure as a reason for state intervention as well as with the importance of artistic-creative activities on economic development.

More recent works analyze the importance of knowledge, entrepreneurial independence and cultural factors in the context of long-term regional development paths.

Works

Fritsch is the author of more than 15 books and extensive studies and has written more than 130 articles in scientific journals and more than 140 articles in edited volumes. He was the editor of more than 20 books and special issues of scientific journals. His textbook “Market Failure and Economic Policy” is now in its 10th edition.

Books (selection)

  • Regional Trajectories of Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Growth ― The Role of History and Culture. Cham: Springer 2019.
  • Entrepreneurship - theory, empiricism, politics . second revised and updated edition, Berlin / Heidelberg 2019: Springer.
  • Market Failure and Economic Policy: Microeconomic Foundations of Government Action . 10th revised and expanded edition, Munich 2018: Franz Vahlen.
  • Universities, innovation, region - knowledge transfer in a spatial context . Berlin: edition sigma 2007 (with Tobias Henning; Viktor Slavtchev; Norbert Steigenberger).
  • Workplace development in industrial companies - Drafting a theory of workplace dynamics and empirical analyzes on a microeconomic level . Berlin / New York 1990: de Gruyter (habilitation thesis).
  • Economic approaches to the legitimation of collective action . Berlin 1983. Duncker & Humblot (dissertation).

Article (selection)

  • Self-Employment and Well-Being across Institutional Contexts. Journal of Business Venturing , 34 (2019), 105946 (with Alina Sorgner and Michael Wyrwich). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2019.105946
  • New Business Formation and the Productivity of Manufacturing Incumbents: Effects and Mechanisms. Journal of Business Venturing , 32, 237-259 (with Javier Changoluisa). [1]
  • The Effect of Entrepreneurship for Economic Development — An empirical analysis using regional entrepreneurship culture. Journal of Economic Geography , 17 (2017), 157-189 (with Michael Wyrwich). [2]
  • The Long Persistence of Regional Levels of Entrepreneurship: Germany 1925 to 2005. Regional Studies , 48 (2014), 955–973 (with Michael Wyrwich). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2013.816414
  • Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context - Historical Roots and Recent Developments. Regional Studies , 48 (2014), 939-954 (with David Storey). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2014.892574
  • The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth. Labor Economics , 18 (2011), 755–766 (with Oliver Falck and Stephan Heblich). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2011.06.004
  • Creative Class and Regional Growth - Empirical Evidence from Seven European Countries. Economic Geography , 85 (2009), 391-423 (with Ron Boschma).
  • New Business Formation by Industry over Space and Time: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis. Regional Studies , 41 (2007), 157-172 (with Oliver Falck). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400600928301
  • Innovation, regional knowledge spillovers and R&D cooperation. Research Policy , 33 (2004), 245-255 (with Grit Franke). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00123-9
  • Effects of new business formation on regional development over time. Regional Studies , 38 (2004), 961–975 (with Pamela Mueller). https://doi.org/10.1080/0034340042000280965
  • Growth regimes over time and space. Regional Studies , 36 (2002), 113-124 (with David B. Audretsch). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400220121909
  • Who cooperates on R&D? Research Policy , 30 (2001), 297-312 (with Rolf Lukas)

Edited volumes or special issues of scientific journals (selection)

  • Economic geography . 2nd, completely revised edition, Munich 2020: Vahlen (with Johannes Bröcker).
  • Shrinking regions - dynamic universities. University strategies in demographic change . Wiesbaden 2015: Springer VS (with Peer Pasternack and Mirko Titze).
  • Special Issue “Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context”, Regional Studies , Vol. 48 (2014), No. 6 (with David J. Storey).
  • Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: National and Regional Perspectives . Editor, Cheltenham 2011: Elgar Publishing.
  • Special Issue “The Effects of New Businesses on Economic Development”, Small Business Economics , Vol. 30 (2008), No. 1.
  • Entrepreneurship in the region , Editor, New York 2006: Springer (with Jürgen Schmude).
  • Special Issue “Regionalization of Innovation Policy”, Research Policy , Vol. 34 (2005), No. 8 (with Andreas Stephan).

Web links

Commons : Michael Fritsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uiw.uni-jena.de/
  2. ↑ http://www.iwh-halle.de/?lang=e/
  3. ↑ http://tu-freiberg.de/en/
  4. ↑ http://www.uiw.uni-jena.de/
personal data
SURNAME Fritsch, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin