The second edition of the ECSB Conference Goes Online will be held on 18 February 2026 between 10.00 and 14.00 CET.
Programme
10.00 Conference opening – moderator Professor Martina Battisti, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
- Welcome by ECSB President, Professor Mirela Xheneti, University of Sussex, UK
- Keynote by Professor Kim Klyver, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark: “Rethinking entrepreneurship in causally entangled crises: Towards a poly-crisis perspective”
*short 5 min break*
11.00 Parallel sessions
| Room 1: Entrepreneurship Under Crisis and Uncertainty Chair: Kim Klyver | Room 2: Learning and Strategic Capabilities for Innovation Chair: David Higgins | |
| 11.00-11.30 | From Succession to Regeneration: Embedding External Leadership Transitions in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems | The Effectual Learner: A New Theoretical Model |
| Author: Christian Neusseur | Authors: Cynthia Zabel, Sophia Braun, René Mauer | |
| 11.30-12.00 | How Social Capital Enables Women’s Entrepreneurial Survival During Poly-Crisis: Evidence from the Gaza Strip | The Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Mindset: A Two-Decade Cohort – Analysis of Indian Students (2001–2023) |
| Author: Nahed Ahmed | Author: Vikrant Yadav |
*15-minute break*
12.15 Parallel sessions continue
| Room 1: Ecosystem Dynamics and Governance | Room 2: Drivers of Innovation | |
| Chair: Pierluigi Rippa | Chair: Sílvia Costa | |
| 12.15-12.45 | Beyond the Green Paradox: How Digitalisation in Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Creates Paradoxes for Sustainable Entrepreneurs | Steve Job Syndrome: Entrepreneurs’ Dark Triad Traits and Firm Innovation |
| Authors: Selma Fitri Ayuanshari, Aki Harima, Merle Küttim | Authors: Ngoc Luu, Deema Sonbol | |
| 12.45-13.15 | Role of Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (ESOs) in facilitating Venture Scaling | What Drives Open Innovation in Vietnamese Manufacturing Firms? Adaptive Capacity at the Nexus of Strategy and Orientation |
| Author: Prakash Raj Paudel | Authors: Tarlan Ahmadov, João Carlos Correia Leitão | |
| 13.15-13.45 | Bound Apart Together: How Fragmented Interdependencies Smother Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Authors: Jan Terentjev, Aki Harima, Merli Reidolf, Merle Küttim |
13.45 Closing of the ECSB Conference Goes Online
Registration:
Participation is free for existing ECSB members, but registration is required by 12 February 2026.
Your membership will be verified in advance.
Register: https://link.webropol.com/ep/ecsb-conference-goes-online-2026
If you do not have a valid membership, please join at ecsb.org/join-ecsb/.
