The 2021 Conference Main Theme is “Inclusive Entrepreneurship”. Inclusive entrepreneurship aims to contribute to social inclusion to give all people an equal opportunity to start up and operate businesses. However, there are many socio-economic and structural barriers for individuals into...

The central theme of the Workshop is ‘Family Firms between local and global challenges’, but we welcome all research papers contributing at expanding the frontiers of family business research. For example, we welcome paper exploring the intersection between family business and Innovation,...

Due to the corona pandemic it is at this time unclear whether we will be able to go ahead as planned. We remain hopeful that the situation improves quickly, however please be aware that the conference can take place only if it is safe to do so and may be held entirely online. The conference aims...

The focus for this year’s event is placed on the interaction between organisational change factors which are internal and external to the organisation, we actively encourage a wide range of contributions which directly address issues relating to organisational change and development. In the...

Quantitative, qualitative and conceptual papers are welcome for the following theme tracks: CONFERENCE THEME: Entrepreneurship in the digital era; SPECIAL ISSUE THEME: How to develop entrepreneurial skills? The role of education; - Opportunity generation and early business development; - Business...

Topics: - Firms adjustment margins in the face of large adverse shocks; - Trading firms’ behavior in an increasingly uncertain environment with rising protectionism, bilateralism, sanctions and global re-shuffling; - The role of financial, institutional, informational, and other frictions in...

Due to the current international circumstances the main conference is postponed to 2021. The Emerging Scholar Programme will be held online on September 9th 2020, in the morning. Emerging scholars are invited to submit a research proposal (including a literature review, research questions and...

The conference aims to create a forum for discussion on issues related to the recent patterns of firms activity, the organization of production and financing decision, as well as their determinants, consequences and implications for policymaking. Topics: - The evolution of firm market power and...

Quantitative, qualitative and conceptual papers are welcome for the following theme tracks: 1. CONFERENCE THEME: Uncertainty and entrepreneurship 2. SPECIAL ISSUE THEME: Concepts & Facets of entrepreneurial diversity 3. Opportunity generation and early business development 4. Business models...

Theme: Insights into Organisational Change and Development: The Lenses of the Past, Present and Future. Topics: - the influence of research paradigms and philosophy on approaches to organisational change and development ; - resistance to change as a psychological and/or systems phenomenon. - the...