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Zoltan J. Acs (born 1947) is an American economist, author, writer, and scholar. He is Professor of Management at The London School of Economics (LSE),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/management/people/zacs.aspx )〕 and a professor at George Mason University, where he teaches in the School of Public, Governmental and International Relations (SPIGIA) and is the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://spgia.gmu.edu/research/research-publications/research-centers/center-for-entrepreneurship-and-public-policy/ )〕 He is also a visiting professor at Imperial College Business School in London〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/research/innovation-and-entrepreneurship/people/visiting-professors/ )〕 and affiliated with the University of Pecs in Hungary. He is co-editor and founder of ''(Small Business Economics Journal )'', a leading academic journal. Dr. Acs was previously Research Scholar at the Entrepreneurship Growth and Public Policy Group at the Max Planck Institute for Economics in Jena, Germany. He has also served as Chief Economist at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); Research Fellow at the U.S. Bureau of the Census; Associate Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research; Research Associate at the Institute on Western Europe at Columbia University; and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kauffman Foundation. A leading advocate of the importance of entrepreneurship for economic development, Acs is the founder and President of (The GEDI Institute ), a global think tank based in Washington, D.C.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thegedi.org )〕 Along with Dr. Laszlo Szerb, Acs is the creator of the ''(Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index )'' (GEDI) that is the first roadmap and compass to track the global entrepreneurship ecosystem. He has published more than 200 articles and 35 books. His most recent book, ''(Why Philanthropy Matters: How the Wealthy Give, and What it Means for our Economic Well-Being )'' (2013), was a finalist for the Academy of Management George R Baker Prize for the best book in management in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9964.html )〕 ==Personal life== Zoltan Acs was born in Villach, Austria, to Hungarian parents. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in the 1950s and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, He attended (St. Michael High ) in Cleveland, graduating in 1968. His father worked and struggled to find his way in a drastically different world than that of Central Europe in the 1950s, and his mother raised her children at home. Being an immigrant was one of the driving motivators that led Acs to study economics. His and his family's lives were disrupted by the advent of communism and socialism in their home country, which left the Acs family with little choice but to flee to America. Acs wanted to understand the economics behind these changes and how economics influences the workings of the world. He attended his hometown university of Cleveland State for his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, which he earned ''cum laude'' in 1972. Between the end of his undergraduate career and beginning of his graduate studies, he met his future wife, Jane, and they moved to New York City where Acs completed his Ph.D in Economics in 1980. They were married in 1976 and have two children, Ashley and Annabel. Ashley recently earned his Ph.D in Politics from Princeton University, and Annabel is a pharmaceutical epidemiologist in New York City. Acs's hobbies include cooking, skiing, biking across America, and driving fast cars. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zoltan Acs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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