Dr Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada

Lecturer

December 2007: PhD in Economics (Dr. rer. pol, summa cum laude), University of Goettingen, Germany Dissertation Title: ‘Essays on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development’
1997- 2002: Integrated B.Sc. (Honours) M.Sc. (Mathematics), Sri Sathya Sai University, Prashanti Nilayam, India

Since October 2009: Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Economics, Aston Business School
Since June 2009: External affiliate, Center of India and Global Business, University of Cambridge
October 2007-September 2009: Senior Research Fellow, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany
January-August 2009: Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School and the Faculty of Economics, Harvard University
September- October 2008: Visiting Fellow, Department of Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
September 2004- September 2007: Research Fellow, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany
April 2004- September 2007: Doctoral Candidate, Chair for Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
July 2002- October 2003: Research Scholar and Tutor, Faculty of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Small Business Economics, Theory of Firm, Business Strategy

Otto-Hahn Medal, Max Planck Society, Germany, 2009
Inaugural Best Dissertation Award, Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics, Denmark, 2008
Selected young economist, the Second Lindau Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Economic Sciences, 2006
PhD Scholarship, Max Planck Institute of Economics (2004-2007)
Goettingen University International Office Scholarship (2004)
The Max Planck Society conference grants for organizing the Max Planck-Indian Institute of Science International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, 2006, 2007
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Research Scholarship, Government of India and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2002-2003)

Tamvada JP. Essays on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Department of Economics, University of Goettingen, 2007

Keilbach M, Tamvada JP, Audretsch D (eds). Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Lessons in Policy and Industry Innovations from Germany and India. Springer, New York, 2008

Tamvada, JP. Entrepreneurship and Welfare. Small Business Economics. 2010, Vol (1), 65-79.
Coad, A and Tamvada, JP. The Growth and Decline of Small Firms in Developing Countries. Max Planck Institute of Economics, Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 08, 2008 (forthcoming, Small Business Economics)
Tamvada, JP and Audretsch, D. The Distribution of Firm Start-Up Size Across Geographic Space. (revise and resubmit, Economic Geography)
Audretsch, D, Boente, W, Tamvada, JP. Religion and Entrepreneurship, Center For Economic Policy Research, London. CEPR Discussion Paper No 6378, 2007 (under review)
Tamvada, JP. The Geography and Determinants of Entrepreneurship. Max Planck Institute of Economics and University of Jena, Jena Economic Research Papers Paper No. 26, 2008 (under review)
Tamvada, JP. The Dynamics of Self-employment in a Developing Country: Evidence from India. University of Munich, MPRA Paper 20042, 2010

Tamvada, JP. What Determines Self-employment Choice in India? In: Keilbach, M, Tamvada, JP and Audretsch, D (eds.), 'Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Lessons in Policy and Industry Innovations from Germany and India', Springer, New York, 2008
Tamvada, JP. Comparative Perspectives on Entrepreneurship in Germany and India. In: Keilbach, M, Tamvada, JP and Audretsch, D (eds.), 'Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Lessons in Policy and Industry Innovations from Germany and India', Springer, New York, 2008