European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Engaged entrepreneurship research in Europe
ESU 2024 CONFERENCE & DOCTORAL PROGRAM “TECHNOLOGY FOR BETTER FUTURES” The Institute of Innovation Management at JKU Business School, Johannes Kepler University Linz – JKU invites you to join the ESU 2024 Conference and Doctoral Program from 16 to 20 September 2024. The aim of ESU is to strengthen European research traditions and networks in entrepreneurship […]
The 9th Effectuation Conference will be organised prior the RENT 2024 Conference on 12-13 November 2024 in nantes, France. The conference theme is “Effectuation: Bridging Research and Practice”. Effectuation has inspired a generation of researchers and practitioners to see entrepreneurship through a different lens. By focusing on means at hand, letting go of preconceived plans, […]
Professional Development Workshops (PDWs) were included in the programme of the RENT pre-conference day for the first time at RENT XXIX in Zagreb 2015. The concept proved to be successful and PDWs are now part of the pre-conference day. PDWs are workshops to share knowledge and expertise and foster practical, professional and intellectual skills of […]
The Multiple Faces of Entrepreneurship: Embracing the Diversity of Ambitions, Processes and Practices Worldwide From everyday entrepreneurs to acceleration and growth; from self-employment to collective effort; from the dark side of entrepreneurship to inclusive entrepreneurship; from profitability to sustainability: Let us examine entrepreneurship in its multiple guises and explore the tensions and varying outcomes of […]
We are thrilled to invite you to the first webinar of the ECSB SocChange SIG in which we discuss how we frame entrepreneurship for social change, and for whom and with what effects. We will further evaluate the potential of entrepreneurship for creating change for individuals, communities, and society with its transformative power that can […]
ECSB is launching a new initiative - ECSB Conference Goes Online! Why? Presenting one’s research and receiving feedback on it is important for advancing in our research. However, attending conferences in person is not always an option for all. For this reason, ECSB launches a new initiative – ECSB Conference Goes Online. The first edition […]
Negative experiences are inevitable in entrepreneurship. They can teach the most valuable lessons, but they can also be discouraging and cause students to retreat. So how can educators teach students how to navigate negative experiences, while keeping them engaged and motivated? This free workshop, led by Dr Eliana Crosina, Babson College, dives into the critical […]
We are excited to welcome you to the 2nd InsEnt SIG-ECSB Workshop to share insights, explore potential research, and foster collaborations to advance our understanding of the interplay between institutions and their influence on entrepreneurial activity, societal development, and economic performance. Participation in the 2nd InsEnt SIG-ECSB Workshop is free of charge. However, registration is […]
This interactive workshop taking place online on Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 14:00-16:30 CEST offers support on writing an abstract to RENT Conference to be organised in Enschede on 19-21 November 2025. About this event Do you want to submit to RENT in Enschede this year? And have you… already planned to submit, but need […]
How can the work of Karl Polanyi inform entrepreneurship research? Please join us for the ECSB SocChange SIG webinar on Polanyi and entrepreneurship for social change. We will explore how the work of Karl Polanyi can inform entrepreneurship research in a time of social and environmental crisis. Karl Polanyi's work builds on a critical analysis […]