One of the highlights of SME Assembly 2024 will be the Schumpeter ‘Innovation in Enterprise’ lecture. Every year, a leading figure in entrepreneurship delivers the lecture in the frame of Czech economist Joseph Schumpeter’s emphasis on the role of innovation and creative destruction in driving success in the market.  

This year’s speaker is Johan Wiklund, a renowned Swedish professor of entrepreneurship known for his pioneering research on neurodiversity, mental well-being, and the entrepreneurial lifecycle. Professor Wiklund is the Al Berg Endowed Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, USA, as well as holding part-time professorships at Bath University, UK, and Nord University, Norway. His research interests include the role of neurodiversity and mental well-being in relation to entrepreneurship. 

Professor Wiklund is considered a leader in entrepreneurship research having published, with his far-reaching influence evidenced in his publication of over 100 articles and being cited over 50,000 times. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the leading entrepreneurship journal ‘Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice’. He has also conducted research for European governments and for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Professor Wiklund has received honours recognising his contribution to the field of entrepreneurship, as well as his dedicated mentorship of PhD students reflected by his attainment of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Mentor Award in 2011.  

Don’t miss out on hearing Professor Johan Wicklund’s thought-provoking discussion from 18-20 November 2024 at the SME Assembly, hosted in Budapest by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU.