The RENT XXI was held in Cardiff, UK on November 22-23 2007. It was hosted by University of Cardiff.

The theme for the conference was “Entrepreneurship and small business development – making the difference in local, regional and national economies". There were about 80 papers discussing the theme from various perspectives, such as enterprise education, rural entrepreneurship, innovation and technological entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, management strategies for SMEs and new approaches to entrepreneurship.

Doctoral Seminar was held on 21 November, in conjunction with the conference. It was chaired by Professors Poul Rind Christensen and Friederike Welter.

The Best Paper Award for a Junior Researcher Ceremony took place in the final plenary session. The award went to Francisco Jose Saez-Martinez & Angela Gonzalez-Moreno from University of Castilla - La Mancha, Spain, on their paper “Cooperation with Universities and Research Institutions for Corporate Entrepreneurship Activities in Low- and Medium-Technology Industries”. Congratulations for the winners!

The fourth Inter-RENT Publication “DIVERSITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP” was officially launched at the final plenary session. Moreover, the annual general meeting of ECSB was held in the closing session and was run by the President of ECSB, Friederike Welter.

For more information on the programme, papers and events please visit the Official Conference Website.