The official IECER webpages: www.iecer.fr (Montpellier Business School) & www.iecer.eu (HTW Chur University)

Founded in 2003 by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmude (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich) and Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling (University of Regensburg), its mission is to advance interdisciplinary entrepreneurship research in Europe. IECER has become one of the leading conferences on entrepreneurship research in Europe, providing researchers from a variety of disciplines the opportunity to present and discuss their latest research advancements. Conceived as a high quality forum of entrepreneurship debate, the conference is held every year between February and March selecting on average 45 research papers.

The hosting institutions in the past were the University of Regensburg (GER), University of Amsterdam (NL), Montpellier Business School (FR), the Technical University of Lisbon (PT), the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich (GER), the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Brescia (IT), and the HTW Chur University (SUI).

Since 2007, the best conference contributions are published in special issues of the International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business.

Academic coordinators: Prof. Dr. Frank Lasch (Montpellier Business School, FR) and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Wagner (HTW Chur University, SUI)

Impressions of the 2013 and 2014 IECER conferences

Upcoming IECER conference

In 2015, the 13th edition of the IECER conference will be hosted by Montpellier Business School at February 25-27. The Keynote speaker is David Audretsch (Indiana University, US).

Consult the IECER 2015 webpage for more information about the call for papers (posted in June 2014), practicalities (registration, travelling, accommodation, useful information about Montpellier, etc.) and the final program (to be posted in January 2015).

Past IECER conferences (coming soon)

IECER publications: special issues and books (coming soon)

The IECER Reviewer board

Frank Bau (HTW Chur University, SUI)
Michael Beier (HTW Chur University, SUI)
Jörn Block (University of Trier, GER)
Léo-Paul Dana (Montpellier Business School, FR)
Michael Dowling (University of Regensburg, GER)
Katherine Gundolf (Montpellier Business School, FR)
Calin Gurau (Montpellier Business School, FR)
Christian Hauser (HTW Chur University, SUI)
Marcel Hülsbeck (University Witten/Herdecke, GER)
Annabelle Jaouen (Montpellier Business School, FR)
Frank Lasch (Montpellier Business School, FR)
Karim Messeghem (University of Montpellier, FR)
Petra Moog (University of Siegen, GER)
Simon Parker (University of Western Ontario, CA)
Nina Rosenbusch (Wilfrid Laurier University, CA)
Roy Thurik (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL & Montpellier Business School)
Jürgen Schmude (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, GER)
Olivier Torrès (University of Montpellier, FR)
Kerstin Wagner (HTW Chur University, SUI)
Arndt Werner (University of Siegen & IfM Bonn, GER)
Peter Witt (University of Wuppertal, GER)