The European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to advance the understanding of entrepreneurship and to improve the competitiveness of SMEs in Europe. The ECSB is an affiliation to the ICSB (International Council for Small Business).
The RENT XXIV conference will take place Maastricht, the Netherlands, in November 18-19, 2010. It is hosted by the Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics.
The theme for the conference is
“The Entrepreneurial Process in A Changing Economy”. The 24th RENT conference aims to discuss issues related to the entrepreneurial process. How do entrepreneurs discover or create new opportunities in a time of (or beyond) crises, and which business models and innovation methods are used to exploit these opportunities. Which are the challenges entrepreneurs face with regards to leadership, social issues and attracting capital? Both theoretical and empirical research papers can be submitted, but the organizers specifically welcome studies that emphasize longitudinal research issues. Besides the conference theme, researchers and practitioners will have the opportunity to share their ideas on general topics from entrepreneurship, focusing on a great variety of interesting questions and current issues that are pertinent to the different tracks.
ECSB Members area includes several features which are only available for the members of ECSB. For example you can you use
ECSB Database to search researchers wordwide, edit
your profile and personal data. Also included are
News and Newsletters for members and
discussion forums to exchange your ideas.
ECSB announces the activation of a new
wiki dedicated to entrepreneurship and small business scholars and practitioners. This is a first step to exploit the potential of internet enabled collaboration to foster interaction among ECSB members and build the world richest on-line community on entrepreneurship and small business studies.
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