Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector

Wendy D. Chen is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Texas Tech University. She is an award-winning scholar, and her expertise lies in public innovation and entrepreneurship, public policy, nonprofit management and leadership, as well as emerging technologies. Her work has been published in top-tier academic journals, such as Public Administration Review and has been featured by prominent media outlets such as NPR (National PublicRadio), as well as other leading public-facing publications around the world. She weaves storytelling into research and embraces an entrepreneurial mindset, breaking down silos between different sectors, domains, and research methods. Dr. Chen serves as an editor for Management Decision, the world’s oldest academic journal focusing on understanding management, and Public Administration and Development.

David B. Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, where he also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He is an Honorary Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Audretsch’s research has focused on the links between entrepreneurship, government policy, innovation, economic development, and global competitiveness. He is co-author of The Seven Secrets of Germany (Oxford, 2015), among other books. He is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal.