Edited by Aušrinė Šilenskytė, Assistant Professor of International Strategic Management, School of Management, University ofVaasa, Finland, Margaret Fletcher, Professor and Chair of International Business, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK, Jurgita Butkevičienė, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University and Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania and Chenthuran Jayton, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver, USA

• Contents1 Rethinking diversity, equity, and inclusion inEuropean smaller businesses 1Aušrinė Šilenskytė, Margaret Fletcher, JurgitaButkevičienė and Chenthuran JaytonPART I FOUNDATIONS FOR ADVANCING DIVERSITY,EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN SMES2 Reframing diversity, equity, and inclusion as essentialpractice for human progress in SMEs: complexity,agency, and emergent inclusion 29Rumy Narayan3 Diversity management in European companies:intersectionality and individual experiences of bias at work 53Aaron Kiverä, Aušrinė Šilenskytė and Tiphaine Delecour4 Entrepreneurship education: applying team-basedlearning to enhance inclusive group dynamics inentrepreneurial projects 85Iyke Ikegwuonu, Margaret Fletcher, Joe Schembriand Jurgita ButkevičienėPART II STRATEGIZING WITH AND FOR DIVERSITY,EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN SMES5 Finvacon: creating strategic advantage internationallythrough social sustainability 109Aušrinė Šilenskytė, TL Hill and Julianne Sellin6 Step by step, not all at once: planting diversity, equity,and inclusion seeds in hard ground 122Jurgita Butkevičienė and Joana Ramanauskaitė7 Foamit Group: creating compliant and functionalsocial sustainability infrastructure in an international SME 136Aušrinė Šilenskytė, Anita Boey and Sniazhana Diduc8 When silence speaks loudest: securing an inclusiveworkplace through conflict navigation 153Susanna Kultalahti, Chenthuran Jayton andMirella FlammengoPART III MANAGING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ANDINCLUSION AT WORK IN SMES9 Keeping a sense of belonging at work: Acquireddisability and professional identity in a highly-skilledauto-mechanic 170Jurgita Butkevičienė and Joana Ramanauskaitė10 AddSearch: managing culturally diverse global virtualteams in an Internationalizing SME 176Tiphaine Delecour and MacDonald Oguike11 Artificial intelligence, inclusion, and the future ofwork at European SMEs 182Sniazhana Diduc and Anita Boey12 Working as a single parent in an SME: Balancing workexpectations and family life 189Jurgita Butkevičienė, Joana Ramanauskaitė and Emil Velinov13 Merinova: reconsidering employee age in Europeanbusinesses 196Tauno Kekäle, Aušrinė Šilenskytė and Margaret Fletcher14 Welcome in words, not in law: rethinking relocationfor LGBTIQ+ talent 203Jurgita Butkevičienė, Elzė Rudienė and Michael Christofi

‘I appreciate the book’s concrete, SME-focused approach to DEI, offering simple, practical guidelines to start viewing everyday decisions through a “DEI lens.” This is a valuable asset as SMEs strive to attract, keep, and motivate the employees. I encourage curiosity – and using this book as a hands-on guide.’