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Zoltan Acs
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Villach, Austria
NationalityAmerican and Hungarian
Academic career
InstitutionLondon School of Economics, George Mason University
School or
tradition		Keynesian economics
Alma materThe New School

Zoltan J. Acs (born 1947) is an American economist. He is Professor of Management at The London School of Economics (LSE),[1] and a professor at George Mason University, where he teaches in the Schar School of Policy and Government and is the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.[2] He is also a visiting professor at Imperial College Business School in London[3] and affiliated with the University of Pecs in Hungary. He is co-editor and founder of Small Business Economics.

Acs was previously Research Scholar at the Entrepreneurship Growth and Public Policy Group at the Max Planck Institute for Economics in Jena, Germany. He has also served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); Research Fellow at the U.S. Bureau of the Census; associate director of the Center for International Business Education and Research; Research Associate at the Institute on Western Europe at Columbia University; and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kauffman Foundation.

Acs advocates the importance of entrepreneurship for economic development. He is the founder and President of The GEDI Institute, a global think tank based in Washington, D.C.[4] Together with Laszlo Szerb, Acs created the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI).

He has published more than 200 articles and 35 books. His most recent book, Why Philanthropy Matters: How the Wealthy Give, and What it Means for our Economic Well-Being (2013), was a finalist for the Academy of Management George R Baker Prize for the best book in management in 2014.[5]

Personal life

Acs was born in Villach, Austria, to Hungarian parents. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in the 1952 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.

Research

Acs's primary contributions to his field have been in the areas of Innovation, Regional Knowledge Spillover, Incentives and Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurship and Technology.

Publications

Books

Selected articles

References

  1. ^ "Professor Zoltan Acs". London School of Economics Department of Management. London School of Economics.
  2. ^ "Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy". George Mason University.
  3. ^ "Visiting Professors and Researchers". Imperial College Business School. Imperial College Business School of London.
  4. ^ "The GEDI Institute". Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute.
  5. ^ Why Philanthropy Matters: How the Wealthy Give, and What It Means for Our Economic Well-Being. Princeton University. February 24, 2013. ISBN 9780691148625. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "The GEDI Institute". The GEDI Institute.
  7. ^ Ács, Zoltán J. (2013). Why Philanthropy Matters. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691148625.
  8. ^ Acs, Zoltan (October 2014). Identifying the Obstacles to High Impact Entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean. George Mason University. ISBN 978-1502559210.
  9. ^ "The GEDI Institute". The GEDI Institute.
  10. ^ "The GEDI Institute". The GEDI Institute.
  11. ^ The GEDI Institute. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2012. ISBN 9781781001158 – via Google Play.
  12. ^ Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction. International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship. SpringerLink. 2010. ISBN 9781441911902.
  13. ^ Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction. International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship. SpringerLink. 2010. ISBN 9781441911902.
  14. ^ Acs, Zoltan. "Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy". Academic. Cambridge University Press.
  15. ^ Acs, Zoltan. "Obesity, Business, and Public Policy". Edward Elgar Publishing.
  16. ^ Acs, Zoltan. "Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, with David B. Audretsch and Robert Strom". Academic. Cambridge University Press.
  17. ^ Acs, Zoltan (2008). Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy. International Studies in Entrepreneurship. Springer Link. ISBN 9780387726625.
  18. ^ Acs, Zoltan (2008). Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy. International Studies in Entrepreneurship. Springer Link. ISBN 9780387726625.
  19. ^ Acs, Zoltan. "Obesity, Business, and Public Policy". Edward Elgar Publishing.
  20. ^ Acs, Zoltan. "Entrepreneurship, Geography, and American Economic Growth". Academic. Cambridge University Press.
  21. ^ Acs, Zoltan and David Audretsch (2010). Acs, Zoltan J; Audretsch, David B (eds.). Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research. SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1191-9. ISBN 978-1-4419-1190-2.
  22. ^ Acs, Zoltan and David Audretsch (2010). Acs, Zoltan J; Audretsch, David B (eds.). Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research. SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-1191-9. ISBN 978-1-4419-1190-2.

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