Michael Fritsch

Who is Michael Fritsch?

Michael Fritsch is a German economist. He holds the Chair of Business Dynamics, Innovation, and Economic Change at the University of Jena.

Fritsch was awarded his master in economics in 1977, his doctoral degree in economics in 1982 and later his Habilitation in economics in 1989 at the Berlin Institute of Technology.

From 1992-2006 he was Professor of Economics and Chair of the Economic Policy at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. Since 2006 he is Professor of Economics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He holds the position of Research Professor at the German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, and Research Professor at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena. Michael Fritsch is an associate editor of Small Business Economics. Michael Fritsch is listed in the ranking of the Handelsblatt for economics.