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THE CONFERENCE THEME: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INSTITUTIONS AND COMPETITIVENESS

The 27th RENT conference will explore the interaction between entrepreneurship, institutions and competitiveness. We will highlight how formal and informal institutions, evolving over time, impact entrepreneurship development and entrepreneurial behaviour and, ultimately, contribute to sectorial, national and regional competitiveness. In addition, we will explore the opposite effect i.e. how business, social, policy and academic entrepreneurs by way of novel ideas and persistence influence and change institutions, which in turn enhance competitiveness at different levels. We believe these issues are relevant not only to countries with less experience in the entrepreneurship policy, education and practice, but also to a vast majority of them across continents.

Sub themes:
 

1. Entrepreneurship and Institutions
2. Entrepreneurship, Growth and Competitiveness
3. Entrepreneurship and regional development
4. Policy Entrepreneurship
5. International entrepreneurship
6. Corporate and Strategic Entrepreneurship
7. The role of universities in fostering entrepreneurship
8. Spin off processes and knowledge transfer
9. Entrepreneurial finance and venture capital
10. Innovation and technological entrepreneurship
11. Entrepreneurship and governmental support
12. Social and community entrepreneurship
13. Green entrepreneurship
14. Entrepreneurial culture
15. Entrepreneurship and gender
16. Entrepreneurial learning and communities of practice
17. Studies of new businesses
18. Studies of business survival
19. Entrepreneurship and ethnic minorities