Announcing 2016 7th Annual ICSB Global Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Conference Online Proceedings on SSRN

In cooperation with George Washington University, the Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN) is pleased to announce 2016 7th Annual ICSB Global Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Conference Online Proceedings. These proceedings are available to all users at no charge and contain abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

On October 13-14, 2016, the World Bank Group and the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) at The George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) hosted the seventh GW October Annual Entrepreneurship Conference in Washington, DC USA.

The theme of the conference was 'Promoting SMEs to Drive Growth,' and distinguished participants in attendance included The Honorable Maria Contreras-Sweet (Administrator of the US Small Business Administration (SBA)), Ms. Anabel González (Senior Director, Trade & Competitiveness, World Bank Group), Dr. Luca Iandoli (President of the International Council for Small Business) and many more.

View Papers: http://www.ssrn.com/link/2016-7th-GWU-ICSB.html
Conference URL: http://www.gwoctober.com/

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