Conference Theme

The Globalisation and Internationalisation of SMEs AND New Ventures:
Travels with Eclectic Charlie, Digital Mary, Networked Nadia and Impactful Shona.

This year's IEF Conference sets a challenge to all researchers, policy makers and practitioners to ask critical questions and seek a range of answers about the uneven global landscape of SME internationalisation and how entrepreneurship and innovation connects the local with the global; the evolving international markets with social sustainability agendas; and acceptance of diversity with the rejection of reductionist exclusivity.

Conference Sub-Themes

The conference sub-themes are being organised broadly around six principal categories that help us to obtain a critical understanding of globalisation and internationalisation and the role and function of and the leverage for SMEs and new ventures in a changing world.
Delegates submitting papers are free to choose any topic under these categories:
Category 1: Innovation and Internationalisation
Category 2: Networked Enterprises
Category 3: The Global Digital Landscape
Category 4: Impact and Sustainability
Category 5: Gender and Internationalisation
Category 6: Socially Driven International Ventures

We expect papers to address issues of opportunity development, the mobilisation of resources for new venture creation, technological, organisational and social innovation, economic, social and personal value creation, networks of ideas and resources, sustainability and social impact in each of the categories.

All submissions should be made to iefsubmissions@gmail.com using the abstract and full paper templates available on the conference web site: www.essex.ac.uk/conferences/ief