Putting research into policy and practice
The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) is a network for people and organisations involved in small business and entrepreneurship research, policy, education, support and advice.
ISBE’s members are its most valuable resource, offering vast reserves of knowledge and research. Through events and activities ISBE aims to disseminate this research to policy makers and business support organisations, where it can have genuine impact and inform change, and to share these resources with academics, researchers and educators. Through ISBE’s network and activities academics, policy makers and those who work in business support are able to connect and form beneficial working relationships.
RAKE Fund
ISBE 2024
Small business and entrepreneurship research has a significant role to play in addressing inequalities at local, national and global levels, but to date the potential impact of this collaborative research has not been fully realised. ISBE2024 will bring together in Sheffield a group of leading researchers, practitioners and policymakers to explore together how to ensure that our research has a tangible impact on this crucial area of global concern.
Upcoming Events
Feminist Futures: Women in Leadership
ECR Opportunities at ISBE 2024 – RMPI Track x ECR Forum
Unveiling the Complexity of Small Firms: A Lecture by Professor Paul Edwards Reflecting on 20 Years of CREME Research
FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2024, LANCASTER, UK
Special Interest Groups (SIGS)
ISBE’s specialist groups are central to our vision to connect our membership and their communities to pursue excellence in small business and entrepreneurship. The work of our committed team of COI and SIG Chairs is key to the Institute’s ongoing development and support of our membership and beyond.
Call for papers
ISBJ: Call for Special Issues
Call for Chapters: Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals: A global research perspective
News
Diverse and Inclusive Supply Chains – Survey Open
The Diverse and Inclusive Supply Chains project in collaboration with YouGov, aims to promote, diversity, equity, and inclusion in procurement...
Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary & Global Approach
David Deakins & Jonathan M. Scott -2nd Edition This popular and well received standard text on Entrepreneurship has been completely revised and up-dated...
Reasonable adjustments at doctoral level?
Interested in how universities support doctoral students with learning difficulties? Help me gather data on how they make reasonable adjustments...
Breaking taboos about unpaid carers and small business owners
ISBE member joins forces with ipse to better explore realities of how being an unpaid carer impacts small business owners and...
Challenging Myths of Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship Research Group led by Dr Spinder Dhaliwal, Reader in Entrepreneurship at Westminster Business School(WBS) hosted an event on...