Awards – ICSB 2021

The categories for best paper and recognition awards from 2019 Congress are below. Check back for the latest for 2020.

All papers submitted will be automatically entered into these categories. The awards carry various recognition and will be presented during the congress and the signature gala event.

Award Number One: The Best Paper for Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM)

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Two: The Best Humane Entrepreneurship Paper

$1000 monetary award
Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Three: The Best High Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship Paper

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Four: The Best Youth Entrepreneurship Paper

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Five: The Best Paper from North and South America

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Six: The Best Paper from Europe

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Seven: The Best Paper from Middle East & Africa

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Eight: The Best Paper from Asia

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Nine: The Best Paper from Australia and New Zealand

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Ten: The Best Paper from the Caribbean

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Eleven: The Best Paper on Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises and SDGs

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Twelve: The Best Policy Paper Award

Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Thirteen: The Kai Yang Award

Best Paper from Taiwan in honor of Dr. Kai Yang
Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Fourteen: The Brian Gibson Practitioner Award

Best Paper in honor of Dr. Brian Gibson
Paper needs to focus on entrepreneurs in the practice of a profession, occupation
Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Fifteen: The Erik K. Winslow Best Doctoral Paper Award

Best Paper in honor of Dr. Erik K. Winslow
Paper lead author needs to be a doctoral student
Fast track review for JSBM publication
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Sixteen: The Lillian Dreyer Advocate Award

Given to deserving individual who supports women in research and practice in the area of entrepreneurship and small business worldwide
Presented at the Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Seventeen: The Kitty Hawk Best Experiential Education Exercise Award

Best Education Experiential Workshop in honor of Dr. Reg Litz
Presented at Gala
Presidential Letter and Commemoration Gift

Award Number Eighteen: ICSB Global Awards in Entrepreneurship Education Excellence

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Winslow Sargeant

Incoming Board Chair, ICSB

Bio:

Winslow Sargeant is the Senior Advisor for Globalization and Head of Capital Markets for Genaesis. In this role, he syndicates opportunities with unaffiliated third-party capital partners – both domestically and internationally – facilitating optimized valuations and deal structures. He is also incoming Chair of the Board with the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).

From 2017-2020, Dr. Sargeant served as the President-Elect and Senior Vice President for Development and ICSB Vice President for Partnerships, respectively. During his tenure, he has work to educate government and non-profit organization leaders on what is required to build sustainable ecosystems for small businesses. With ICSB, he worked with select group to nations for the establishment of the Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized (MSMEs) ratified by the United Nations General Assembly on April 6, 2017. Dr. Sargeant help organized the annual Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) forum at the United Nations, held since 2017. From 2010 to 2015, he was the Chief Counsel for Advocacy with the United States (US) Small Business Administration (SBA)Office of Advocacy. Appointed by the President of the United States (POTUS) and later confirmed by the US Senate, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy directs the office. The Chief Counsel advances the views, concerns, and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. Economic research, policy analyses, and small business outreach help identify issues of concern. Regional Advocates and an office in Washington, DC, support the Chief Counsel’s efforts. From 2006 to 2009, he was the managing director at Venture Investors, LLC (VI), and early stage venture capital firm, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin and $200M under management, VI invested in innovative research from leading universities in the upper Midwest. From 2001 to 2005, he was the program manager for the Small Business Innovations Research (SBIR) program Electronics topic in Industrial Innovation, a new office in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Directorate. The SBIR program invests more than $100M per year in seed and early stage technology companies.