Contents1 Rethinking diversity, equity, and inclusion inEuropean smaller businesses 1Ausrine Silenskyte, Margaret Fletcher, JurgitaButkeviciene 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, Ausrine Silenskyte and Tiphaine Delecour4 Entrepreneurship education: applying team-basedlearning to enhance inclusive group dynamics inentrepreneurial projects 85Iyke Ikegwuonu, Margaret Fletcher, Joe Schembriand Jurgita ButkevicienePART II STRATEGIZING WITH AND FOR DIVERSITY,EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN SMES5 Finvacon: creating strategic advantage internationallythrough social sustainability 109Ausrine Silenskyte, TL Hill and Julianne Sellin6 Step by step, not all at once: planting diversity, equity,and inclusion seeds in hard ground 122Jurgita Butkeviciene and Joana Ramanauskaite7 Foamit Group: creating compliant and functionalsocial sustainability infrastructure in an international SME 136Ausrine Silenskyte, 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 Butkeviciene and Joana Ramanauskaite10 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 Butkeviciene, Joana Ramanauskaite and Emil Velinov13 Merinova: reconsidering employee age in Europeanbusinesses 196Tauno Kekäle, Ausrine Silenskyte and Margaret Fletcher14 Welcome in words, not in law: rethinking relocationfor LGBTIQ+ talent 203Jurgita Butkeviciene, Elze Rudiene and Michael Christofi.