
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 European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) and the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) are looking for candidate-organisers for the RENT "Research in Entrepreneurship" conferences in 2010 and 2011.
The bid should include information regarding the applicant's organisation and the proposed workshop location as well as the key person involved in the organisation of the conference. Also a preliminary conference theme and schedule should be included in the bid.
The bids should be addressed to
michelante
eiasm.be before March 1st, 2009.

RENT XXIII Conference will take place in Budapest, HUngary, on November 19-20, 2009. The conference will be hosted by Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary and co-organised by ECSB and EIASM. The main theme for the conference is “Entrepreneurial Growth of the Firm”.

The ICSB 2009 World Conference will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, in June 21-24, 2009. The conference is co-hosted by Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI), the ICSB Affiliate for Korea. The theme of the conference is "The Dynamism of Small Business".

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.