Managing Complexity and Change in SME'S

RENT XVIII - Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Onsdag, 24 november, 2004 - 09:00 to Fredag, 26 november, 2004 - 17:30

LOK Research Center (

Management, Organization and Competence) is hosting this year’s RENT conference (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business).

The conference will take place on November 24-26, 2004 in the conference facilities of the Copenhagen Business School. November 24 is dedicated to a doctoral seminar. On November 25-26, discussions in workshops and speeches from invited keynote speakers from both academia and business will take place, addressing the following themes:

  • Managing and Developing Human Resources in SMEs

  • Change and Renewal in SMEs

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  • Interorganizational Perspectives on Competence Building and Internationalisation

  • Knowledge Management and Managing Knowledge Processes in SMEs

  • The New Challenge for SMEs and Entrepreneurship Research

  • The Entrepreneurship and Knowledge-based Economy and Society

  • Minorities Entrepreneurship (female, rural, ethnic)

  • Regional Advantages of Entrepreneurship

  • The Role of SMEs in Building Social and Economic Cohesion in Europe

  • High Technology SMEs

  • Family Business

  • Corporate Venturing

  • Entrepreneurship Education

  • The Role of Small Business for Integration and Growth in the European Community – special track for research oriented consultants as bureaucrats as well as researchers inside the theme

Sidst opdateret: Communications // 25/11/2004