Michael Fritsch

Michael Fritsch is professor (emeritus) of Economics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena,[1] Germany.

From 1990 to 1992 Michael Fritsch acted as Interim Chair of Economic Policy at Technische Universität Berlin.

Further research of Michael Fritsch deals with the contribution of creativity, particularly artistic activity, to economic development.

Recent research by Michael Fritsch is focussing on the role of knowledge, entrepreneurship, and cultural factors in long-term regional development trajectories.

His textbook Entrepreneurship - Thorie, Empirie, Politik ('Entrepreneurship - Theory, Empirics, Policy') with Matthias Menter and Michael Wyrwich is in the 4th edition.