Awards
2025 J.M. Veciana Best paper Award for a Junior Researcher
Following the tradition, there will be an Award for the best paper written and presented by a junior researcher at the RENT conference. The award has been named in honour of Professor José Maria Veciana, ECSB’s First Fellow and long time member who was a dedicated supporter of junior researchers throughout his professional life.
To be eligible for this award, the paper must be authored by a student, a phd student or a junior researcher who has finalised his/her phd thesis within the past five years preceding the conference. Only papers which have been presented at the RENT conference will be considered. Preferably, papers are solely authored or co-authored with one or two junior researchers. In the case of co-authorship with a senior researcher, the junior researcher will have to be lead author and sole presenter.
The Scientific Committee will be responsible for selecting finalists and identifying the best paper(s). The award may be split between two prize-winning papers.
Please mention if you are qualified for the award when submitting the final paper and registering
ISBJ Best paper award - http://isb.sagepub.com/
The International Small Business Journal (ISBJ) gives an award for the best paper challenging the conventional wisdom in Entrepreneurship.
The award prize is 250 euro.
The award may be split between two prize-winning papers.
Please mention if you want to compete for the ISBJ award when submitting the final paper.
ERD Best Paper Award in honour of Alistair Anderson
As a leading entrepreneurship scholar, former editor of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development and an ISBE fellow, Alistair Anderson promoted a perspective on entrepreneurship strongly attached to a social science perspective of entrepreneuring - conceptualized as a socially embedded process and a set of practice(s). To celebrate Alistair’s legacy, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Journal offers a Best Paper Award to honour his contribution to the field of entrepreneurship. To be eligible for this award, the paper must be lead authored by an early-career researcher, who has either recently completed the PhD or is about to complete their degree. The article submitted and presented at RENT Conference will be influenced by Alistair’s work, and will offer a strong theoretical contribution to our understanding of entrepreneurship as a social phenomenon. The Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Editorial board will select the finalists and the best paper winner. The prize-winning paper will be offered a fast-track opportunity for publication in ERD and mentoring from the ERD editorial team.
Best Reviewer Nominees
Based on the review reports three reviewers will be selected for the award “Best Reviewer Nominee RENT 2025”
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RENT 2025 AWARDS
ECSB Best Doctoral Proposal Award
“Exploring the Socio-cultural Dynamics of Women’s Entrepreneurship in a Non-Western Cultural Context“
Nasreen Hasan (University of Strathclyde)
Prize: 1000€ grant for attending USASBE. Or free participation in RENT or 3E Conferences within two years of the award
José Maria Veciana Best Paper Award (for a young researcher)
‘Tackling grand challenges together: The role of intermediary organizations’
by Georgios Polychronopoulos (IMD)(with Sophie Bacq)
Prize: Free participation in RENT or 3E Conferences within two years of the award (not including a free membership). Prize money paid by ECSB: 250 EUR
Nominees:
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Empowered by Technology, Constrained by Tradition: The Dual Impact of Digitalization on Rural Saudi Women Entrepreneurs |
Nasreen Hasan Ashkanani (Strathclyde University) |
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Racing the rivals: How workaholism among entrepreneurs impacts action aggressiveness |
Lennard Lang (RWTH Aachen University) |
International Small Business Journal (ISBJ)’s Best Paper Award challenging the conventional wisdom in Entrepreneurship
The Elite Family Paradox: Why Women in Chinese Elite Families Do Entrepreneurship
by Anna-Katharina Schaper (Technical University of Munich), Shuang L. Frost (Aarhus University) and Friederike Welter (University of Siegen; Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn)
The Prize paid by ISBJ: 250 pounds
Nominee:
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Artificial Intelligence and the Sociomaterial Reconstitution of Entrepreneurial Agency: Shifting Norms of Who Acts, What Acts, and How in New Venture Creation |
Kisito F. Nzembayie, Pierluigi Rippa, André Van Stel & David Urbano |
Best Paper Award in honour of Alistair Anderson
Trojan Mice: Prefiguring Alternative Imaginaries through Entrepreneuring –
by Niki Khorasani & Madeline Toubiana
Prize: a fast-track opportunity for publication in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development and mentoring from the ERD editorial team
Nominees:
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Moving forward instead of moving on: Entrepreneurial strategies in a changing place |
George Redhead & Zografia Bika |
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Towards a Meaning-Based View on Entrepreneurship |
Christin Eckerle & Andreas Kleinn |
Best Poster session Award
“Alternative Exit Pathways in Times of Uncertainty: Exploring Entrepreneurial Relocation as an Emerging Exit Strategy”
Alija Ibrahimovic and Edwin Weesie (HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht):
Prize sponsored by EIASM: 200 EUR
Best Reviewer Nominees RENT 2025 (for the recognition of their work)
Paula Englis
Christian Neusser
Canan Keles
22nd ECSB Fellow
Professor Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh, IÉSEG School of Management