IBE’s research brings focus to emerging market dynamics and industry 4.0 effects in core research areas of international business and international entrepreneurship with a particular interest in SME and international new venture. This research agenda has been pushed through international positioning and collaboration with other established – primarily Scandinavian – research groups.

The goal of the research group is to contribute to an improved understanding of

• Internationalization of SMEs and new ventures
• Internationalization potentials in relation to novel technologies
• Emerging market dynamics – in particular, internationalization potentials of SMEs and new ventures in relation to novel technologies in this market context

Accordingly, IBE research involves studies into the emergence and growth of firms in diverse international markets and brings insights to the organization of marketing and strategic activities within the firm and through the interplay with other actors.

IBE host the bi-annual International Entrepreneurship Workshop which attracts leasing researchers from around the world. In extending this network IBE is proud to have affiliated one of the founding researchers of the IE discipline Tamer Cavusgil as Honorary Professor. We will look forward to your participation at our workshop series. 

The Fourteenth McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference 

In September 2011 the research group proudly hosted The Fourteenth McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference. For three days almost 90 of the world’s leading researchers in International Entrepreneurship were gathered in Odense. In 2014 the group arranged a similar conference with almost 60 participants.