These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2023), hosted by Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal on 21-22 September 2023. The Conference Co-Chairs are Fernando Moreira and Shital Jayantilal both from Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal. ECIE is now a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 18th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. 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 opening keynote presentation is given by Prof Doutor Eurico Brilhante Dias, ISCTE Business School, University of Lisbon, Portugal speaking on "The Importance of an Innovation Ecosystem as a Driver for Exports and Economic Growth". The second day of the conference will open with an address from Giuseppe Sofo, McKinsey Fintech, UK and Germany, on the topic of "Fintech and the new Generation of Entrepreneurs Changing the way Business is done". With an initial submission of 260 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 112 Academic research papers, 6 PhD research papers, 4 Masters Research papers, and 6 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia; Austria; Brazil; China; Colombia; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; India; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Lebanon; Lithuania; Malaysia; Malta; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nigeria; Norway; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Republic of Korea; Romania; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; Spain; Switzerland; Thailand; Tunisia; UK; United Arab Emirates; UK and the USA.

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2023), hosted by Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal on 21-22 September 2023. The Conference Co-Chairs are Fernando Moreira and Shital Jayantilal both from Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal. ECIE is now a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 18th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. 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 opening keynote presentation is given by Prof Doutor Eurico Brilhante Dias, ISCTE Business School, University of Lisbon, Portugal speaking on "The Importance of an Innovation Ecosystem as a Driver for Exports and Economic Growth". The second day of the conference will open with an address from Giuseppe Sofo, McKinsey Fintech, UK and Germany, on the topic of "Fintech and the new Generation of Entrepreneurs Changing the way Business is done". With an initial submission of 260 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 112 Academic research papers, 6 PhD research papers, 4 Masters Research papers, and 6 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia; Austria; Brazil; China; Colombia; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; India; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Lebanon; Lithuania; Malaysia; Malta; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nigeria; Norway; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Republic of Korea; Romania; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; Spain; Switzerland; Thailand; Tunisia; UK; United Arab Emirates; UK and the USA.

The European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been running now for 16 years. This event has been held in Italy, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, Portugal, and Finland to mention some of the countries who have hosted it. The conference is generally attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship teaching and research. The 16th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be hosted by Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE), Portugal and the Conference Chair will be Florinda Matos