Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Performance

David Urbano is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and ICREA-Academia Research Fellow. He is also the Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at the School of Economics and Business (UAB). David Urbano is Associate Editor of Small Business Economics , and sits on the Editorial Board of journals such as International Small Business Journal , Entrepreneurship and Regional Development , International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal , among others. As a member of the Board of Directors in the European Council of Small Business (ECSB), he is in charge of publication outlets, and cooperation with other academic organizations.His research focuses on the analysis of factors affecting entrepreneurship in different contexts, using the institutional approach as a theoretical framework, and combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies. He participates in several international research projects (e.g. GEM, PSED, GUESSS) and also regularly visits Haas School of Business (University of California Berkeley).

Sebastian Aparicio is an Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship at Durham University Business School. In addition, he is a Research Fellow at the Centre for University Entrepreneurship (CIEU-UAB-);a Junior Research Fellow in the Institute for Development Strategies at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IDS-SPEA, Indiana University); and an External Researcher at Fundación ECSIM (Medellin, Colombia). He has participated in different research and consulting projects at UAB (e.g. GUESSS-UAB - Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey), and The World Bank, among others. Sebastian Aparicio sits on the Editorial Board of the journal Cogent Business & Management . His research focuses on the effects of entrepreneurial activity and innovation on economic growth and development under the institutional lenses.

David B. Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University. He is also the Director of the Institute for Development Strategies (IDS) at SPEA, and the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Economics . David Audretsch sits on a variety of journals' and book series' editorial boards related to areas such as entrepreneurship, innovation, regional studies, economics, planning and development, among others. He was awarded the 2001 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research. And in 2011 he was awarded the Schumpeter Prize from the University of Wuppertal. In terms of teaching, David Audretsch received the Academy of Management (Entrepreneurship Division) Mentor Award in 2015. He has several scholarly international publications analyzing the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development and global competitiveness.