ICWE 2024: 18. International Conference on Women Entrepreneurs

International Conference on Women Entrepreneurs aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Women Entrepreneurs. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Women Entrepreneurs.

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Women Entrepreneurs are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Topics

• Women entrepreneurs in ecosystems
• The macro elements and infrastructure ecosystem influences on women entrepreneurs
• The influence of ecosystem institutions, culture and policies on women’s entrepreneurship
• Ways in which women entrepreneurs influence local ecosystems
• The influence of network ties, interactions, and positioning on women entrepreneurs in local ecosystems
• Spill-over effects of ecosystem innovation and women’s entrepreneurship
• Public policy and cross national comparisons of ecosystems and their influence on women’s entrepreneurship
• The influence of meso-environment factors, such as incubators and accelerators, on women’s entrepreneurship
• Comparisons of high and low entrepreneurial ecosystem influences on women’s entrepreneurship
• Ways in which entrepreneurial ecosystems support start-up, growth, and sustainability of women’s entrepreneurship
• The influences of market cooperation and competition on growth of women owned ventures in ecosystems

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. 

Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, OpenAIRE, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

16. International Conference on Women Entrepreneurs has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Women Entrepreneurs. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.