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. ECSB facilitates the creation and distribution of new knowledge through research, education and the open exchange of ideas between professions and across national and cultural boarders. ECSB provides its members access to high-quality conferences, such as the RENT conference, in order to facilitate and enhance the exchange of knowledge within the ECSB membership.
Odd Jarl Borch
Thomas M. Cooney (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
The key note speakers will be: Professor Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, USA.
RENT 2011 The main theme for the 25th Annual RENT conference is: The 25th RENT-conference will highlight the interplay between the entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial firm and the society. We will emphasize how new firms are a result of entrepreneurs interacting with stakeholders in their environment, not only in the market but also with interest groups and government institutions. In addition to business entrepreneurship we will highlight community and social entrepreneurship where the entrepreneur is working at community level to create social change and welfare, where success is measured in terms of the effect on the society. Submissions of any aspect of entrepreneurship and small business development are welcome, but preferably concerning the following issues: 1. Entrepreneurship & growth NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE SENT AT THE END OF JULY
Following the tradition, there will be an Award for the best paper written and presented by a junior researcher at the RENT conference. The award has been named in honour of Professor José Maria Veciana, ECSB’s First Fellow and long time member who was a dedicated supporter of junior researchers throughout his professional life.
• Researchers, educators and practitioners in entrepreneurship from all over the world, who want to present their researches and discuss their findings with other experts
This fee includes automatically the 2011-2012 ECSB membership of 85 EUR. As member of ECSB, you are automatically a member of ICSB, you receive the quarterly Journal of Small Business Management, you have access to the ECSB website (including the complete ECSB membership directory), you are also entitled to receive the ICSB Bulletin and discount rates for other conferences (including the ICSB World Conference).
As usual, the fee includes participation to the conference (and eventually the Doctoral seminar), documents, lunches, morning and afternoon refreshments, the welcome reception and the Conference dinner. Cancellations made before October 20, 2011 will be reimbursed minus 20 % of the total fee. The special price of EUR 440 is offered to the people coming from Eastern Europe or from one of the " Emerging or Developing Economies" (list downloadable HERE) . In case you are coming from one of these countries and want to participante to the RENT conference - please create your profile on line (www.eiasm.be) (in case you are not yet in our data base) - download the registration form HERE, fill it in and send it back to michelante@eiasm.be In case you are one of the accepted participant of the Doctoral Seminar you are qualified for a significant reduction of the official conference fee (50% sponsored by EIASM) - please create your profile on line (www.eiasm.be) (in case you are not yet in our data base) - download the registration form HERE, fill it in and send it back to michelante@eiasm.be REGISTRATION : ADMINISTRATION : Ms. Graziella Michelante - EIASM Conference Manager
The local organizers have made a list of hotels in the city centre. All three hotels are in a 5 minute walking distance from each other. Thon Hotel Nordlys click here to view the hotel:www.thonhotels.com/hoteller/land/norge/bodo/thon-hotel-nordlys--/ Skagen Hotel to view the hotel click here:www.skagen-hotel.no/ Click here to view the hotel: http://gamlesalten.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28 Room at Gamle Salten can be booked either by mailing this address: booking@gamlesalten.no or by phone +47 991 69 551 Conference price: NOK 850 per night (breakfast included)
Bodø is easy accessible for foreign travelers via Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL), the main airport in Norway. There are 10 daily non-stop flights from Oslo Airport Gardemoen to Bodø. Oslo Airport Gardermoen has connections with all major airports in Europe. The flight time from Oslo to Bodø is 75 min. Two major carriers are recommended; SAS and Norwegian.
November 17th
Bodø is the administrative center for Nordland County. With its 47.000 residents it is the second largest town in Northern Norway with excellent communications and fully modern facilities. The town originally started as a place where herring was landed and traded, later it became an administrative town, and it was almost totally destroyed during WW II, during the cold war its airport became crucial for the Western allied. It is now a growing university town. Bodø is surrounded by nature’s beauty; the world’s strongest maelstrom; Saltstraumen, mountain peaks, Landegode Island and Fugløya (Bird island), the Sulitjelma mountains massive (on the boarder to Sweden) and the glacier “Blåmannsisen” (Blue man’s glacier). Bodø is the gateway to Lofoten Islands. In spite of being situated above the Arctic Circle, the winter temperature is quite the same as in Glasgow or Copenhagen; this is due to the costal climate. Although it can be wise to bring warm clothing and a rain coat! Each year more than 1.5 million people travel to and from Bodø by air, railway, bus, express boat or coastal steamer. The people of Bodø are known to be cheerful, pleasant, straight to the point, and very hospitable. We also enjoy entertaining guests and it is difficult for us to hide our pride when we take visitors to Saltstraumen, to Kjerringøy Trading Post, to the Norwegian Aviation Museum or in a fast going rib boats to watch for the white tailed sea eagles. If you would like to experience a rib boat trip (sea rafting) during your stay in Bodø, please contact: www.stella-polaris.no/no
"Building post-doc networking in entrepreneurship and small business management research" Bodo Graduate School of Business and Nordland Research Institute, Bodo, Norway Organised by
Researchers interested in participating should apply to Friederike Welter (wefr@ihh.hj.se) no later than The application should include a one-page CV and a short abstract of the paper draft you plan to submit (please note that we do not accept articles already under review for a journal!). Also send us questions, issues and topics you would like to have addressed during the workshop. The number of participants is limited to 12 researchers so we encourage early submission. You will be notified of acceptance within two weeks after submission closes.
Best paper wins trip to USASBE Conference in 2012 Bodö, November 16, 2011 Associate Professor Helle Neergaard, Aarhus Univerisity, hen@asb.dk The Doctoral Seminar has a successful tradition at RENT. It represents a unique opportunity for doctoral students to present their thesis proposals and obtain useful insight into how their work can be improved and progressed as well as an opportunity for bouncing ideas off on experienced faculty. The workshop also facilitates the exchange of research experiences and new ideas in the fields of entrepreneurship and small business. The ECSB Doctoral Seminar is truly a meeting place for both new and experienced researchers from all over Europe and an ideal place to start networking. We particularly encourage students in the early stages of their research to participate as a way of launching themselves into the international research community. The seminar is organized with a morning and an afternoon session. The morning session is a round table plenary session discussing common challenges and the afternoon session discusses individual student proposals in 4-5 tracks based on the proposals received from the doctoral students. One or two senior faculty experienced in the specific topic addressed will discuss each proposal. Doctoral candidates interested in attending and presenting their research proposal (not the result of completed research) should send a two page abstract including information on when they commenced their Ph.D. study and when they expect to complete. Participants in the doctoral consortium are the finalists in the ECSB Doctoral Competition for a place on USASBE’s doctoral consortium in January 2012. The award is worth $1,000 and is based on the best doctoral thesis proposal submitted to the RENT doctoral consortium. The number of participants is limited to 20 students, so early application is encouraged. Students will be notified of acceptance of their proposal no later than July 1, 2011. Immediately following receipt of acceptance, students are required to register formally for the Conference. No fee is charged for participation in the Doctoral Seminar. However, participation in the RENT Conference is compulsory. Please note though that students need not present a paper at the Conference itself to participate, although this is encouraged. Upon acceptance to the Doctoral Seminar students qualify for a significant reduction of the official conference fee, sponsored by EIASM. The fee includes one year’s full membership of ECSB. Further information on the Doctoral Seminar will be forwarded together with the letter of acceptance. For further information on the RENT Conference itself, please see www.ecsb.org. This is also the place to become familiar with the ECSB organization and the advantages this offers.
Wednesday, November 16th there will be a joint Entrepreneurship day and Policy Forum on the theme “The greening of entrepreneurship: the strive for clean technology and renewable energy”. The day starts with a joint session and will continue after lunch with two specialized sessions. The participant fee will be 50 Euro, lunch included. Key note speakers include representatives from international energy companies, clean technology suppliers, investors, Government, and the EU Commission. University key note speakers will be Professor Rolf Wüstenhagen, University of St. Gallen and Professor Ove Jacobsen, Centre for Ecological Economics and Ethics, Bodø Graduate School of Business, University of Nordland. Click her for registration and payment: www.deltaker.no/rent2011
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