Zoltan Acs
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Zoltan J. Acs is a professor at George Mason University
George Mason University
George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

 where he teaches in the School of Public Policy
Public policy
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 and directs the Center for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
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 and Public Policy. He is a Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Economics in Jena
Jena
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, Germany
Germany
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, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kauffman Foundation. A leading advocate
Advocate
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 of the importance of entrepreneurship for economic development
Economic development
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, he is co editor and founder of Small Business Economics, an entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...

 and small business publication. He has published more than 100 articles and 20 books, including articles in the American Economic Review
American Economic Review
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, Review of Economics and Statistics, Kyklos, Journal of Urban Economics, Economica, Research Policy and Science Policy.

Dr. Acs received the 2001 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research, on behalf of The Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK). He has also been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Pecs
University of Pécs
The University of Pécs is the Hungarian university with the largest number of students and faculties.-History:...

. Dr. Acs has served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Small Business Administration
Small Business Administration
The Small Business Administration is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses...

.

External links

  • http://www.fsf.se/fsf-nutek-award/papers/Paper_Acs.pdf
  • http://logec.repec.org/RAS/pac17.htm
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