Thank you to Chérine Zgaya Bouzouita, Director of EDCube and Assistant Professor at EDC Paris Business School, for hosting a wonderful pre-conference event in Paris. 🇫🇷 Big ideas. Bold voices. Game-changing conversations. Experience the Forum live from Paris!

Lai-Chong Au, Group Chief Executive Officer of Delta Asia Financial Group, China. A wonderful conversation at EDC Paris Business School about how AI is reshaping the banking industry, on the eve of the SME World Forum in Paris. paris.icsb.org/onstage

Live from EDC Paris Business School! Dr. Jeff Alves, incoming Chair of ICSB, introduces the new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Review (IER) journal at the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 pre-conference event. Students, practitioners, and policymakers are joining in.

Rico Baldegger, Co-Chair of the ICSB x OECD SME World Forum 2026, has arrived at OECD headquarters in Paris! Final preparations are underway for three days of global dialogue, and tonight he welcomes attendees to the opening reception. #SMEWorldForum

Rico Baldegger, Co-Chair of the ICSB x OECD SME World Forum 2026, has arrived at OECD headquarters in Paris! Final preparations are underway for three days of global dialogue. Tonight: the opening reception. Paris, we're ready! #SMEWorldForum

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Great science doesn't automatically create great businesses. How do we turn breakthrough discoveries into entrepreneurial impact? Join leading voices at the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum in Paris, October 22, for Deeptech Entrepreneurship and Incubation. 🌐 paris.icsb.org/

France scores above the median of 43 economies on every entrepreneurship measure in the HCE Index, and below it on every flourishing measure. Only 8% of employees are engaged at work (Europe: 12%). Published before the student protests began. icsb.org/central/france-beyo… #HCEIndex

What if growth is no longer enough? We measure entrepreneurship through revenue, investment & business creation. But are we measuring what matters most? Growth matters. Yet its greatest purpose is realized when people flourish. icsb.org/central/what-if-gro…

Something interesting happened when we opened the conversation to the world. 5 signals emerged on AI, finance, ecosystems, opportunity, and human flourishing. The ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 Preliminary Program is LIVE! Paris, Oct 21–23 🇫🇷 paris.icsb.org/program

Open Access has arrived at ICSB. The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Review (IER) is officially live, published with Taylor & Francis and led by Ayman ElTarabishy, Eric Liguori & Katia Passerini. A new chapter for innovation and entrepreneurship research. icsb.org/central/ierjournal/

Big news for ICSB: the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Review (IER) is officially live with Taylor & Francis — our first fully Open Access journal. icsb.org/sunday-times/centra… Rigorous. Global. Accessible. Open Access has arrived at ICSB. 🌍 #ICSB #OpenAccess #Entrepreneurship #Innovation

write me a linkedin ☕ Pour yourself a double cortado and settle in. This week at ICSB, we’re looking at what it takes for SMEs to thrive in a world of constant change. icsb.org/sunday-times/centra… The September 30 deadline is approaching for research submissions to the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 in Paris. We also explore why today’s leaders must be able to manage today, lead people, and create tomorrow, and feature new research showing how digital adoption, experience, and policy awareness can shape small-business survival, growth, and formalization. #ICSB #SMEs #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #OECD #SmallBusiness #Research #Paris2026

ICSB is at #UNGA81! 🌍Today, Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB Immediate Past Chair & Board Member, joins the UNGA 81 Side Event:Crisis Resilience: Anticipate, Adapt and AdvanceBringing the voice of entrepreneurs and MSMEs to the global conversation on resilience. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k1… #ICSB #MSMEs #Entrepreneurship #Resilience #UNGA

🌊 ONE WEEK TO GO. In Permanent White Water, leaders need more than knowledge. They need the agility to know when to think differently. icsb.org/icsb-certificates/e… The ICSB Entrepreneurial Leadership Certificate begins October 2. icsb.org/icsb-certificates/e… 💡 Manage Today. 👥 Lead People. 🚀 Create Tomorrow. Know How You Think. Expand How You Lead.

⏰ REMINDER: Paris is calling! 🇫🇷 The deadline to submit your research paper for the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 is September 30. 📍 Paris | October 21–23 paris.icsb.org/ 📝 Max. 1,500 words + a clear policy recommendation SMEs at Frontier Speed. See you in Paris! #ICSB2026 #OECD #SMEs #Entrepreneurship #Paris2026

Managers think about execution. Leaders think about direction. Entrepreneurs think about possibility. icsb.org/sunday-times/centra… Today’s organizations need all three: Manage Today. Lead People. Create Tomorrow. And at the national level, we should ask: Are the people creating economic progress actually flourishing?

Do you know the difference between Management, Leadership & Entrepreneurship? icsb.org/icsb-certificates/e… More importantly, do you know how each thinks? Learn to think differently—and lead what’s next. ICSB Entrepreneurial Leadership Certificate Oct. 2–4 | Online 🌎 #ICSB #Leadership #HBDI

🎓 ICSB congratulates Professor Herman Aguinis on receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)! 🇬🇷 A well-deserved recognition of his global impact on management research and education. Congratulations, Herman! 👏 #ICSB #AUEB

Shaping MSME impact from Capitol Hill. #ICSBWorldCongress2026 – at District of Columbia, USA