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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.
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. Hans Landstrom (University of Lund, Sweden)
Asko Miettinen (Tampere University of Technology)
Antti Paasio (Turku School of Economics, Finland)
David Smallbone (Kingston University, U.K.)
Mario Raffa (Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Roy Thurik (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Gerry Van Dyck (EIASM, Brussels, Belgium) 
José M. Veciana (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

Mario RAFFA
(Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)

Mario RAFFA  (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Giovanni PASTORE (Project coordinator – ODISSEO-DIEG, Univ. of Napoli Federico II)

Dept. of Business and Managerial Engineering


Centre for Organization and Technological Innovation

After the eighteen previous Workshops (in Brussels 1987, Vienna 1988, Cologne 1989, Durham 1990, Vaxjo 1991, Barcelona 1992, Budapest 1993, Tampere 1994, Piacenza 1995, Brussels 1996, Mannheim 1997, Lyon 1998, London 1999, Prague 2000, Turku 2001, Barcelona 2002, Lodz 2003, Copenhagen 2004) the RENT 2005 conference will take place in Napoli (Italy). The University of Napoli Federico II will host it.

In line with traditions, RENT XIX will be organised in order to stimulate dialogue and reflections on progress in the field of entrepreneurship. However, the organisers also want to take the opportunity to promote dialogue on theory and practice in entrepreneurship and small business between the community of researchers and consultants serving policy bodies in the European Community and the European nations.

The field of entrepreneurship and small business studies has prospered and grown considerably during the past few years in all European countries. Remarkable development has taken place in the research frameworks and methodologies respectively. The fundamental scientific discussion continues with entrepreneurship theory and discipline. Simultaneously we have witnessed entrepreneurship research enter into new emerging fields with specific features.
Progress in the field of entrepreneurship is not only triggered by the exchange of ideas and new analyses inside the research community. It is also triggered by the growing emphasis on entrepreneurship in policy agendas and business communities all over Europe. It has stimulated dialogue between the research community and communities of practice.

Exceptionally this year, we have 2 winners of the traditional Award for the best paper presented at the conference.

They are :

Jonas Gabrielsson (Assistant professor in Business Administration at CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden)
and
Diamanto Politis (Researcher at the Department of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden)

With the paper entitled :

"Prediction or Control?
Exploring the Influence of Career Experience and
Career Motives on Entrepreneurial Decision Making"

AND

Frits H. Wijbenga (Lecturer at Durham Business School, Durham University, U.K.)
Theo J. B. M. Postma (Associate Professor, Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
Rebecca Stratling (Lecturer at Durham Business School, Durham University, U.K.)

With the paper entitled :

"The influence of the venture capitalist’s governance activities on the entrepreneurial firm’s control systems and performance"

To download the conference programme, please click HERE

The Doctoral Seminar has a successful tradition at RENT and hence will be continued in Napoli. It will take place on November 16.

Students in early stages of their research are encouraged to participate. Research proposals presented will be discussed by senior researchers as well as by younger researchers experienced in the specific field of research presented. The Doctoral seminar will be chaired by Professor Mario Raffa and Professor Poul Rind Christensen (Centre for Small Business Studies, University of Southern Denmark).

For further information, please contact : Mario Raffa info@rent2005.unina.it

There are no extra fee  for participation in the Doctoral Seminar but participation in the
RENT conference is compulsary !!!