Since its inception in 1996 the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research has become firmly established as the foremost global award for research on entrepreneurship. This Prize is awarded annually and it consists of the statuette "The Hand of God”, created by Swedish Sculptor Carl Milles, and a Prize sum of 100,000 euros.
The organizations behind the Prize are the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF), the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Nutek) and the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
Read more about Global Award For Entrepreneurship Research: The Prize, Criteria, What Is Rewarded?, Nomination, Selection, Announcement, Carl Milles and The Statuette, Previous Winners, Further Reading
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