Business start-ups and growth

How changing economic landscapes impact on start-ups and growth
Start-up Capital: Debt, equity and crowd funding, corporate venturing, micro-financing
Going global: The role of innovation in national and regional contexts
New Market Entrants and emerging technologies disrupting and transforming value propositions
Market and Customer Development: How to create Sustainable Futures in Science and Technology firms
Graduate and academic enterprises: The role of Universities (and other institutions) in start – ups
Lessons learned from business closure/failure

Networks and Innovation

Thriving in complex environments: the value of networks and relationships
Knowledge transfer and exchange through networks
Innovation and collaboration
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Science and Technology policy and practice
The role of the public policy in relation to innovation

Entrepreneurial incubators/accelerators/labs/hubs

Developing effective incubators/accelerators/labs/hubs
Best practice in incubators/accelerators/labs/hubs
Entrepreneurial innovation clusters
Stakeholder relationships in the development of incubators/accelerators/labs/hubs

Entrepreneurship policy and practice

Entrepreneurship at national, regional and local levels
Success and failure in entrepreneurship policy
Innovation policy
Support for high-growth start-ups
Entrepreneurship policy and support in developing/emerging economies
Alternative way to deliver business support: mainstreaming versus specialist provision
International comparisons of entrepreneurship policy
Effective entrepreneurship policy inrecessionary environments
University/government/business collaboration

Enterprise Education

Good practice in enterprise education
The changing nature and role of entrepreneurship education
Creative approaches in the teaching and delivery of entrepreneurship education
Action and experiential learning in entrepreneurship education
Teaching entrepreneurship in non-business and professional disciplines, including science, technology and engineering.
Innovations in the assessment methods of entrepreneurship education
Utilising case-methods in entrepreneurship education

Technology Innovation, Transfer and Commercialization across Government, University, Industry domains

The role of the State and Public Policy with regards to SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Governmental and regional policies on entrepreneurship and innovation
Entrepreneurial Universities and Entrepreneurial Innovation Clusters
Entrepreneurship education
University-Industry collaboration
ICT and SME Regional competitiveness
SMEs and the role of the Innovation Zone (business centers and incubators)
Intangibles Valuation and Intellectual Property Rights
Innovative Supply Chain Management practices
Innovative Supply Chains
Information Technology proliferation in SMEs