The organisers invite you to submit papers and/or workshop proposals that deal with the subtopics of the conferenc. It is also recommended to put forward poster proposals as a special poster corner wll be arranged in the conference venue for researchers with an interest to present his/her research visually. Please see the submission guidelines further down on this page before submitting your paper.

The main themes of the conference is “Back to the Future — Changes in Perspectives of Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation". All submissions are encouraged to show a link to this theme.

There are six subthemes for ICSB 2011, which are listed below. All submissions should deal with at least one of the subthemes.

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 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth
- 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

Date:
From: 15 June 2011
To: 18 June 2011