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ICSB Sunday Times Editor’s note:
Pour yourself a doppio espresso, because this week’s ICSB Sunday Times reflects on the excellence from Cairo, where ICSB marked its 70th Anniversary at the World Congress. We lead with the announcement of the 2025 Best Paper Awards, celebrating scholarship that advances both academic rigor and real-world impact, alongside global recognition for excellence in entrepreneurship education with awards to RMIT University and ORSÙ Innovation Lab. This edition also spotlights forward-looking developments, including the expansion of JICSB article formats beginning in 2026, a powerful keynote by Dr. KiChan Kim on people-centered trade and MSME inclusion, and Dr. Rico Baldegger’s new open-access book on managing complexity. From cutting-edge research to human-centered leadership, this week captures the spirit of ICSB’s mission: advancing entrepreneurship that puts people, dignity, and impact first.
— Dr. Ayman ElTarabishy
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ICSB Announces 2025 Best Paper Awards in Cairo, Egypt
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As the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) marked its 70th anniversary at the World Congress in Cairo, Egypt, the academic program reflected both the legacy and the future of entrepreneurship research. Scholars from around the world convened to explore how entrepreneurship responds to grand challenges, systemic shocks, technological disruption, and evolving social realities.
Among an exceptionally competitive pool of submissions, the following papers were recognized as the Best Papers of the ICSB 70th World Congress, distinguished by their theoretical rigor, methodological depth, and relevance to real-world entrepreneurial practice.. (read more).
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RMIT Master of Entrepreneurship wins ICSB 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Graduate Excellence Award
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RMIT’s Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) program has been awarded the 2025 Global Graduate Entrepreneurship Education Excellence Award by the International Council for Small Business (ICSB). The recognition places the Melbourne-based program among a select group of educational models shaping the future of entrepreneurial learning worldwide. A Classroom That Extends Into the City. At the center of the program’s success is a distinctive educational approach. Students do not learn entrepreneurship solely through lectures and case studies. Instead, the city itself becomes part of the curriculum.
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ICSB GlLOBAL AWARD
ORSÙ Innovation Lab at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy), wins the ICSB 2025 Undergraduate Global Education Entrepreneurship Award
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ORSÙ Innovation Lab at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) as the recipient of the ICSB 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Education Excellence – Undergraduate Award—an international honor celebrating transformative leadership in undergraduate entrepreneurship education. Founded and led by Prof. Mario Carrassi, Orsù exemplifies what human-centered, experiential, and impact-driven entrepreneurship education looks like in practice.
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CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH
Shaping the future of small business scholarship: Research notes, research articles, and rapid communications
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Since its inception, JICSB has published concise, high-quality research that bridges academic rigor with policy and practice. As entrepreneurship scholarship evolves, the journal is expanding how researchers can contribute. Beginning January 1, 2026, JICSB will introduce Research Notes, Research Articles, and Rapid Communications.
by: Eric Liguori, Antje Fiedler, Ayman El Tarabishy & Jeffrey Alves
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People-Centered Entrepreneurship] Establishing Standards and Trade Cooperation Initiative for Sustainable Trade and MSMEs Development
In a keynote on people-centered entrepreneurship at the Chungchon International Conference, Dr. KiChan Kim emphasized that the future of international trade must place people and MSMEs at its core. Highlighting cooperation, inclusion, and humanity, he argued that standards should function as bridges of trust rather than barriers, enabling MSMEs to move from deal takers to deal makers and participate in shaping the rules of trade. With MSMEs representing 90% of global businesses, Dr. Kim proposed commitments to sustainable, resilient trade that protect human dignity, promote global solidarity, and position standards as practical tools for inclusive and people-driven economic growth.
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Management in a Dynamic Environment: Concepts, Methods and Tools
by: Rico Baldegger
In Management in a Dynamic Environment: Concepts, Methods and Tools, Dr. Rico Baldegger introduces a holistic, system-based framework for managing complexity and driving innovation in rapidly changing times. Published by Springer as an open-access book, it bridges theory and practice through real-world case studies and human-centered leadership principles. The work aligns with ICSB’s mission. (Read More)
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ICSB Human Centered Entrepreneurship
The three key principles of Human-Centered Entrepreneurship are:
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Empathy – deeply understanding the needs, realities, and constraints of people, including customers, employees, communities, and stakeholders.
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Empowerment – enabling individuals and entrepreneurs with the confidence, agency, and capabilities to act, decide, and lead.
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Enablement – creating supportive systems, institutions, policies, and tools that allow entrepreneurship to thrive sustainably and inclusively.
Together, these principles place human dignity and well-being at the heart of entrepreneurial action.
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We are devoted to the interests and advancement of small business globally
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