With thanks to all our ISBE Track Chairs and their Teams.
The Best Paper in the Business Creation, Early-Stage Development and Business Closure Track
Do Founders Care? Governance Practices and Maturity in Early-Stage Angel and Private Equity Funded Startups
Daniel Doiron, Greg Fleet
The Best Paper in the Business Support, Strategies and Practice Track
Exploring Knowledge and Relational Capabilities Development in Rural-Peripheral Innovation Intermediaries
Sandeep Rawat, Barry Quinn, Kristel Miller
The Best Paper in the Creative Industries Entrepreneurship Track
Entrepreneurial Imagination: A Processual Perspective of Artisan Entrepreneurs
Tobias Pret, Aviel Cogan
The Best Paper in the Enterprise Education Track
Could Apprenticeship Reduce Youth Unemployment? Programmatic Evidence from Nigeria
Abiodun Egbetokun, Olajumoke Adeyeye, Adedayo Olofinyehun, Michael Olomu, Adekemi Oluwadare, Monica Orisadare, Maruf Sanni
The Best Paper in the Entrepreneurial Finance Track
The connectivity and Leadership of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Actors: A Case Study of Reading
Keith Arundale, Maksim Belitski, Colin Mason, William Kilgallon
The Best Paper in the Entrepreneurial Practitioner Learning Track
Looking Forward, Looking Back: The Duality of a Start-Up Entrepreneurial Mindset
Marian Evans
The Best Paper in the Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups Track
Refugees Navigating Barriers to Entrepreneurship in Pursuit of Resettlement in New Zealand: The ‘Trio Embeddedness’ of refugee entrepreneurs
Kola Fatokun, Paresha Sinha, Jonathan Scott
The Best Paper in the Family and Community Business Track
Place and custodianship in the shadow of a community-based enterprise
Andreas Georgiou, Maria Daskalaki, Daniel Arenas
The Best Paper in the Gender and Enterprise Track
Hybrid Entrepreneur Work Transitions: Critically Evaluating Resource-Demand Explanations from a Household and Gendered Perspective
Dilani Jayawarna, Susan Marlow
The Best Paper in the International Entrepreneurship Track
Beyond Survival: Tracing the Processual Arc of Well-Being Among Disabled Entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan
Shumaila Yousafzai, Rana Zayadin, Mohammad Abdullah, Aigerim Tarbagataeva
The Best Paper in the Networks, Innovation and Policy Track
Open for Innovation: What Factors Drive the Openness of Start-up Firms?
Andrew Johnston
The Best Paper in the Research Methods, Practice and Inquiry/Impact (RMPI) Track
Armchair Theorising as Research Method: Viewing New Business Survival from the Veranda
Oswald Jones
The Best Paper in the Rural Enterprise Track
The Web of Ties: How Non-Profit Organizations Shape Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Josefina Jonsson, Hanna Astner, Erik Melin
The Best Paper in the SME Growth and Performance: quantitative perspectives Track
Impact of business incubation and acceleration on startup innovation and growth in developing countries: evidence from two programmes in Nigeria and Ghana
Abiodun Egbetokun, Deji Olagboye, David Botchie, Milou Derks
The Best Paper in the Social, Environmental and Ethical Enterprise Track
Religion and Spirituality in Shaping Entrepreneurial Motivation and Process: A Systematic Review
Wahyu Saripudin
The Best Paper in the Technological Entrepreneurship (TE)
Investigating Digital Divide and SME Growth: The Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology Among SMEs in Rural and Urban Areas
David Dowell, Wyn Morris, Robert Bowen
The ISBE President’s Best Early Career Researcher Paper Award & IJEBR Award for Best Paper
Focusing on Entrepreneurial Behaviour
Place and custodianship in the shadow of a community-based enterprise
Andreas Georgiou, Maria Daskalaki, Daniel Arenas
The Alistair Anderson ERD Publication Prize for an ECR
The Web of Ties: How Non-Profit Organizations Shape Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Josefina Jonsson, Hanna Astner, Erik Melin
The Best Research and Knowledge Exchange Paper
‘Otherness’: An Exploration of Marginalisation in Entrepreneurial Discourses
Bridget Irene, Joan Lockyer, Isaiah Joseph, Olamide Falehin
ISBJ Best Paper Award for Pushing the Boundaries of Research
Beyond Survival: Tracing the Processual Arc of Well-Being Among Disabled Entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan
Shumaila Yousafzai, Rana Zayadin, Mohammad Abdullah, Aigerim Tarbagataeva
Best Conference Paper 2025
Beyond Survival: Tracing the Processual Arc of Well-Being Among Disabled Entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan
Shumaila Yousafzai, Rana Zayadin, Mohammad Abdullah, Aigerim Tarbagataeva
