About this Book

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 16th European Conference on Innovation and

Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2021), hosted by ISCTE Business School, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal on

16-17 September 2021. The Conference Chair is Dr. Florinda Matos and the Programme Co-Chairs are Prof Maria

de Fátima Ferreiro, Prof Álvaro Rosoi and Prof Isabel Salavisa all from Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal.

ECIE is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 16th year, the key aim remains

the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The conference was due to

be held at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal, but due to the global Covid-19 pandemic it was moved

online to be held as a virtual event. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered

illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

The keynote presentation is given by Soumodip Sarkar, Vice-Rector, from University of Évora, Portugal on the

topic of Social Intelligence. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Professor Vittorio

Loreto, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, who will talk about Exploring the adjacent possible: play, anticipation,

surprise.