Celebrating Excellence & Global Impact at the ICSB World Congress — 70th Anniversary Edition
As ICSB marks its 70th Anniversary, we are honored to recognize extraordinary leaders, scholars, educators, and institutions whose work continues to shape entrepreneurship as a global force for innovation, dignity, and opportunity.
At this historic Congress in Cairo, we proudly celebrated achievements that reflect 7 decades of advancing small business and human-centered entrepreneurship worldwide.
Please join us in congratulating this year’s distinguished awardees:
📚 Best Paper Awards
Recognizing groundbreaking research leading the next era of entrepreneurial thinking:
• Toward an Integrative Framework of the Pursuit of Social Entrepreneurship to Tackle Grand Challenges
Decision Affect & Prospect Theory Perspective — LaKami T. Baker
• Dynamic Capabilities and Supply Chain Resilience in SMEs Confronting Systemic Crises
A Systematic Review & Research Framework — Julien Bazile
• Lessons or Losses?
A Meta-analysis on Organizational Failure & Future Performance — Dirk Libaers
• The Innovation Approach
Overcoming the Limitations of Design Thinking and the Lean Startup — David Roach
• Early New Venture Development in Light of Panel Research — Reinhard Schulte
• Family Entrepreneurship — Curse or Blessing?
Family Ownership, Financial Goals & Performance — Kilian Kloesel
• A “New Dark Age” or Age of Opportunity?
Digital Transformation Opportunities for Ethnic Migrant Female Businesses — Tendai Chikweche
🌐 Entrepreneurship Center Global Impact Award
Honoring a center driving regional and global transformation:
🏅 AAST Entrepreneurship Center
Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), League of Arab States
Directed by Dr. Heba Alashry
🎓 Undergraduate & Graduate Education Excellence Awards
Undergraduate Program Finalist
🏅 ORSÙ Innovation Lab – Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (Italy)
Led by Mario Carrassi
Graduate Program Award
🏅 Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) – School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
Led by Carol Tan & Dr. Saniyat Islam
👩🏫 Entrepreneurial Educator Excellence Award
Honoring excellence in entrepreneurship teaching and leadership:
🏅 Dr. Nabil Shalaby
Arab Entrepreneur House (Egypt)
🎖️ Fellows Award
Celebrating leaders who exemplify ICSB’s 70-year mission of service, innovation, and global impact:
- Magdy Wahba
- KiChan Kim
- Winslow Sargeant
- Ayman El Tarabishy
- Rico Baldegger
- Norris Krueger
- Amr Gohar — Founder, MCSBE (ICSB Egypt)
- Amr AbouAzem — ICSB Egypt Former Chair & ICSB Past Board Member
- Samar Baraq — First woman from Kuwait & the GCC; 9 years with ICSB across Cairo, DC, and more
- Perihan Tawfik — ICSB member since 2010; currently with the ILO
- Ahmed Osman
✨ Congratulations to all our remarkable awardees!
Your dedication and impact honor ICSB’s 70-year legacy and pave the way for the next generation of human-centered entrepreneurial leadership.