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European Entrepreneurship in the Globalizing Economy:
Preparation of New Generation of Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

4th International Conference
3 - 6 June 2012

Sozopol, Bulgaria

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Mission of the Conference

The Conference’s mission is to bring together leading European and world ‘players’ in the field of entrepreneurship to discuss and share their results and opinions in the context of a United Europe: competitive through preparation of new generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Objectives

  • To discuss the strengths and the weaknesses of European entrepreneurship in the context of globalisation, knowledge-based economies and multicultural business environment;
  • To analyse the role and development of human capital as an engine for entrepreneurial competitive behaviour;
  • To present recent entrepreneurship research and developments in entrepreneurship training in a united Europe;
  • To discuss the ways and forms for preparations of new generation of entrepreneurs (successors) and managers in family and non-family firms;
  • To discuss current and potential projects and develop networks between researchers and teachers, consultants, entrepreneurs and policy makers from Europe and the other regions of the world;
  • To observe how European entrepreneurship could contribute to the success of a new European strategy for development until 2020.

 

Who should attend this conference?

  • Researchers

  • Teachers

  • Doctoral students

  • Consultants

  • Entrepreneurs

  • Policy-makers

Topics

General (panel) and specific (in sessions) topics will be discussed during the Conference. Among them will be:

  • Trends in development of the European entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs
  • The European entrepreneurship in global business networks: partnerships, competition, problems
  • New technologies and new generations of business leaders
  • The development of human capital in European entrepreneurial firms
  • Entrepreneurship training and formation of new business (entrepreneurial) culture
  • Family business in Europe: features, condition, development trends
  • Management of succession process in family firms
  • Preparation of managers’ successors at different levels in non-family firms (with focus on middle level managers)