ICSB 2011 World Conference
Date: June 15-18, 2011
Venue: Stockholm, Sweden 
http://www.icsb2011.org

"Back to the Future: Changes in Perspectives of Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation"

Join well-known researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and business service providers from around the world to the 56th annual International Council for Small Business, ICSB!

Online registration is due to open in November 2010

Key Dates

  • 15 Nov 2010 Online Submissions opens
  • 15 Jan 2011 Extended abstract submission deadline
  • 15 Feb 2011 Notification of abstract acceptance
  • 18 April 2011 Submissions of full paper or workshop summary for proceedings are due

We invite you to submit papers, case studies, workshop and/ or symposia proposals that deal directly or indirectly with the subtopics of the conference.

The subthemes for the ICSB 2011 Conference in Stockholm are:

  • Emerging Forms of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    - Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector
    - Service Innovations and Entrepreneurship
    - Cultural Entrepreneurship
    - Innovation Economy
  • Creative Environments
    -The Importance of Knowledge Spillovers
    - Urban/Metropolitan Entrepreneurship
    - Challenges for Sparsely Populated Areas
    - Incubators, Clusters & Innovation Systems
  • Globalization and its Impact on Entrepreneurship and SMEs
    - Challenges for Small Firms´Internationalization
    - Handling the Crisis/Positive Spin-Offs from Crisis?
    - Born Globals and Glocal Strategies
  • Soci(et)al Entrepreneurship
    - Entrepreneurship Education and Internship Models
    - Institutional Entrepreneurship
    - Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    - Green Entrepreneurship
    - Challenges in Family Businesses (e.g. generation shift, alliances, mergers & acquisitions)
    - The True Identity of SMEs
  • Gender and Entrepreneurship
    - Gender Labelling of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Industries
    - Male Entrepreneurs in Female Dominated Sectors
    - Public Sector Outsourcing and Female Entrepreneurship
    - Gender in Family Businesses
    - Women´s Academic Entrepreneurship: Support and Obstacles

ICSB International Office

The George Washington University School of Business
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Washington, DC 20052 USA
Phone: +1 202 994-0704
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