The Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research IECER is an annual international conference on entrepreneurship topics attracting scholars and delegates from academia, business and government officials from around the world. Founded in 2003 by the professors Jürgen Schmude & Michael Dowling, the mission of IECER is to advance interdisciplinary entrepreneurship research in Europe, providing researchers from a variety of disciplines the opportunity to discuss their latest research advancements. Conceived as a high-quality forum of entrepreneurship debate, the conference is held every year at different locations across Europe (e.g., Montpellier, Innsbruck, Lisbon, Siegen, Maastricht, Covilhã). Today, IECERs Scientific Board, consisting of a group of Entrepreneurship professors around Europe. IECER lives diversity, equality & inclusion and especially encourages young scholars and PhDs to present their work.