ISBE 2023 BEST PAPER FINALISTS

Business Creation, Early Stage Development and Business Closure

Can Green Entrepreneurs, Operating in a Circular Plastics Economy, Catalyse the Recycling of Low Grade Laminated Flexible Plastic Film Waste into Durable Products?
Moshe Kinn

The Impact of Prior Pay on the Entrepreneurial Decision at Different Life Stages
Benjamin Bolger, Justin Doran, Bernadette Power, Frank Crowley & Noirin McCarthy

The Impact of Affordable Loss on Entrepreneurial Commitment among Student Entrepreneurs in Thailand
Wipavadee Amsungnoen, Mullika Sungsanit & Sahattaya Achtzehn

Business Support, Strategies and Practice 

Supporting Opportunity-Driven Entrepreneurship through Organisational Needs Analysis
Nan Jiang, Ainurul Rosli, Doyin Olorunfemi, Ana Carolina Aranda Jan & Shamsuddeen Aujara

Entrepreneurial Alertness and Environmental Dynamism as Determinants of the Corporate Entrepreneurship Process
Ana M Romero-Martinez & Naiara Fernandez-Bravo

A new conceptual framework for sustainable growth of SMEs in developing countries
Humera Tariq Mahmood

Creative Industries Entrepreneurship 

Case Darkfield: Digital Transformation in a Small Performing Arts Enterprise
Kadja Manninen & Chris James Carter 

Opportunities and Challenges in the Wanghong Industry: an emerging Industry for female entrepreneurs
Qianyu Wang

Intrapreneurship in Museums: The Embedded ‘Culturepreneur’ Seeking Sustainable Growth in Unexpected Places
Julia Thomason, Charlotte Carey & Richard Oddy

Enterprise Education 

Financial Capability and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Case Study of University Students
Nurdilek Dalziel, Tolu Olarewaju, Peter McLuskie, & Hoa Do

Thinking with the Doughnut – Introducing Planetary Boundaries to Enterprise Education
Catherine Brentnall & John Lever

Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Capabilities of Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Ireland through Entrepreneurship Education and Training (EET)
Toluwanimi Akaehomen, Sukanlaya Sawang, & Andreas Walmsley

Entrepreneurial Finance 

Converging Trajectories: Exploring the Nexus between Innovation Financing and Corporate Financial Performance in Mixed Syndication
Jonathan Labbe, Richard Fairchild, David Greenwood & Elen Riot 

Exploring the impact of geographical disparities on the demand for external finance by UK green SMEs
Sylvia Gottschalk & Robyn Owen 

Public direct investment: Lessons from Bpifrance Venture capital funds
Catherine Deffains-Crapsky, Jesus Herell Nze Obame & Robyn Owen

Entrepreneurial Practitioner Learning 

Small Business Response to Covid-related regulatory communication
Matilda Fitzmaurice, Simon Down, Paul Richter, Fiona Whitehurst, Neil Alderman & Andrew Fairley

Stick or Twist? Evaluating Small Business opportunity for sustainable growth
Marian Evans

Exploring Entrepreneurial Action among the Underdog Entrepreneurs: A Proposed Framework from Success Story and Theory Integration
Reuel Dakung, Laura Orobia, Lemun Yatu, Kasmwakat Dakung & Meshach Goyit

Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups 

Navigating the Opportunity Maze: The Experience of Women Enterprising in the Context of Forced Internal Displacement and Migration
Kassa Woldesenbet Beta, Meskerem Abi & Natasha Mwila

Transnational Embeddedness and Sustainable Growth: The Birmingham Experience,
Xiping Shinnie, Thomas Domboka & Charlotte Carey

Marginalised Founders and Entrepreneurial Agency: The Case for Relational Interdependence,
Michelle Richey & Angela Dy

Family and Community Business 

Family Firms in Government Lobbies
Adah-Kole Onjewu & Vahid Jafari-Sadeghi

Double Earnings, Double Trouble: The Impact of Dual-Income Self-Employed Couples on Marital Stability
Sukanlaya Sawang, Koyin Chang & Rob Kivits

Responsible entrepreneurship in a family business context: Is your child the golden ticket?
Bridge Irene, Tammy Mudd, Joan Lockyer, Siona Ndeh, Kemi Chukwuma-Nwuba, Okeoghene Enebeli & Maria Aina

Gender and Enterprise

Entrepreneurial ecosystems for underrepresented groups in peripheral regions: Success and precarity in Devon and Cornwall, Southwest England
Carol Ekinsmyth

Mothers and Martyrs: a gendered analysis of UK government Policy support for women entrepreneurs pre and post Covid-19
Susan Marlow & Lorna Treanor

Exploring gender and STEM university entrepreneurial ecosystems in Scandinavia: The promise of feminist engaged scholarship
Sally Jones & Karen Williams Middleton

International Entrepreneurship

Investigating the role of Entrepreneurial Activity in the International Trade in Cultural Goods: A fuzzy clustering analysis
Malcolm Beynon, David Pickernell & Paul Jones

Determinants of Resilience, Innovation and Export Intensity: A Strategy-Creation and Dynamic Capability View
Adah-Kole Onjewu, Victor Atiase & Salima Paul

Survival instincts of Chinese entrepreneurs in the UK: adaptation or hibernation
Daniel Prokop, Saloomeh Tabari & Wei Chen

Networks, Innovation and Policy 

A Systematic Literature Review of the relationship between Entrepreneurial Leadership and Employee Creativity
Uola Alsaaidi, Lola Dada & Mark Freel

University-Industry Collaboration: A Micro Firm Perspective
Andrew Johnston & Daniel Prokop

SME performance in core and peripheral UK regions: Exploring the role of innovation and firm networks during times of financial distress
George Saridakis, Bochra Idris, Yazid A Abdullahi, Tapas Mishra & Mamata Parhi

Research Methods, Practice and Inquiry/Impact (RMPI) 

The responsible research agenda: challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurship scholars
Steve Johnson

The ‘Immersive Practitioner Inquiry’ Method: Unveiling Educators’ Experiences in Fostering Entrepreneurial Capacity
Felicity Healey-Benson

Can Academic Research Catalyse Small Firm Growth? Examining the Benefits of Research Informed Impact
Oswald Jones, Benito Giordano, Richard Holloway

Rural Enterprise

Exploring the Echo Chambers as Context in Entrepreneurship
Josefina Jonsson & Hanna Astner 

Understanding Rural Business Resilience during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Thao Nguyen, Maria Wishart, Stephen Roper, Matthew Gorton & Jeremy Phillipson

Revisiting research on innovation for rural businesses: A bibliometric study
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos

SME Growth and Performance: quantitative perspectives

What kind business of business advice supports small business productivity?
Andrew Henley

Who dares wins? Loss aversion, entrepreneurial orientation and SME participation and success in public procurement
Timo Tammi, Jani Saastamoinen, Helen Reijonen

Language Operating Capacity- Does it matter in International Business? Linguistic competence and organisational international performance: the missing link
Ankita Tibrewal, Ad de Jong & Geoff Parkes

Social, Environmental and Ethical Enterprise 

How do fund managers integrate ESG metrics in women-led businesses toward the realization of the SDGs? A stakeholder and Agency theoretical perspective
Richmond Lamptey, Jewel Lamptey & Mary Tetteh

Twists and Turns around Technocentric Convictions: Critical Insights from UNDP Accelerator Labs
Hande Sinem Ergun & Seray Begum Samur-Teraman

Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: A Reality or Myth?
Sharmin Nahar & Faria Wahab

Technology Entrepreneurship

Privacy is The New Global Currency. Does Consumer Risk Perception Impact the Behaviour of Marketers Towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence?
Hui Wang, Andrew Salmon & Sepideh Zahiri

Generative AI Platforms: Unleashing a Wave of Digital New Ventures
Kisito F Nzembayie

Fostering Female Entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean: Transformative Prospects through Digital Technologies
Beverley Best

The ISBE President’s Best Early Career Researcher Paper & Alistair Anderson ERD Publication Prize for an ECR – Finalists

The Impact of Prior Pay on the Entrepreneurial Decision at Different Life Stages
Benjamin Bolger, Justin Doran, Bernadette Power, Frank Crowley & Noirin McCarthy  

Thinking with the Doughnut – Introducing Planetary Boundaries to Enterprise Education
Catherine Brentnall & John Lever

Responsible entrepreneurship in a family business context: Is your child the golden ticket?
Bridge Irene, Tammy Mudd, Joan Lockyer, Siona Ndeh, Kemi Chukwuma-Nwuba, Okeoghene Enebeli & Maria Aina

 A Systematic Literature Review of the relationship between Entrepreneurial Leadership and Employee Creativity
Uola Alsaaidi, Lola Dada & Mark Freel

Research and Knowledge Exchange

The Motives of Inbound Foreign Direct Investors in the UK Creative Industries
Jonathan Jones & Sara Maioli

Examining perceptions of the tripartite relationship in Higher Education Apprenticeship Programmes
Marian Evans & Martin Cloutier

Public direct investment: Lessons from Bpifrance Venture capital funds
Catherine Deffains-Crapsky, Jesus Herell Nze Obame & Robyn Owen

Best Conference 2023 Paper

Marginalised Founders and Entrepreneurial Agency: The Case for Relational Interdependence
Michelle Richey & Angela Dy

Entrepreneurial ecosystems for underrepresented groups in peripheral regions: Success and precarity in Devon and Cornwall, Southwest England
Carol Ekinsmyth

Who dares wins? Loss aversion, entrepreneurial orientation and SME participation and success in public procurement
Timo Tammi, Jani Saastamoinen, Helen Reijonen