Erenet

ERENET ( Entrepreneurship Research and Education Network of Central European Universities ) is a network for the promotion of research and academic exchange on entrepreneurship as well as the academic training of entrepreneurs in the Central and Eastern European countries.

General

ERENET was founded in the spring of 2005, among other things, on the initiative of Professor Péter Szirmai ( 1947-2013 ). It has its permanent secretariat at the Small Business Development Center at the Corvinus University in Budapest, whose director was Szirmai. A branch office for South Eastern Europe is located in Belgrade at the Institute of Economic Sciences. ERENET has (2013) 192 academic members in 43 countries, including 40 members in Hungary. Scientific Director Antal Szabó is, former Regional Adviser UNECE.

Besides promoting research cooperation and the exchange of scientific work results ERENET sees his task in the policy advice of the EU candidate countries and the countries of the BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization ) on issues of promotion of entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprises. ERENET thus contributing to the dissemination and harmonization of academic Entrepreneurausbildung in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe through the exchange of best practice solutions. The network organizes regular workshops and are the electronic publication series ERENET PROFILES out.