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During the two and a half day workshop, delegates had plenty of opportunities to network with the keynote speakers, and other participants. The social programme on both evenings, also allowed delegates to discover the historical aspects of the University campus and nearby Royal Mile and enjoy a traditional Scottish experience.

Among the global scholars leading lively and stimulating discussions during the events were: Professor Jan Johanson from Uppsala Universitet, Sweden, one of the most widely cited International Business scholars in the world. He provided insights into how his research on internationalisation and creation of the Internationalisation Process Model emerged and has since evolved to include knowledge, networks and the entrepreneurial process. Professor Sylvie Chetty, Director of the University of Otago’s Centre for Entrepreneurship in New Zealand and a University of Edinburgh Business School alumna, discussed the dynamics of her research on social capital and its influence on the internationalisation process of entrepreneurial firms. Deo Sharma, Professor of Marketing and Strategy at the Stockholm School of Economics spoke about his research on knowledge acquisition in networks in the internationalisation processes of Born Global firms. Ollie Kuivalainen, Professor of International Marketing at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland, presented a review of the internationalisation of SMEs and the effect of entrepreneurial behaviour in this process while Mattias Nordqvist, the Hamrin International Professor of Family Business at Jönköping University, presented an excellent review of research on family businesses and their entrepreneurial processes.

The conference was organised by a team of PhD candidates, supported by members of the UEBS faculty with financial support from an “Excellence through Collaboration” grant provided by the University of Edinburgh’s Business School.