The Austrian Institute for SME Research is member of:

AMS Forschungsnetzwerk
Austrian Cooperative Research (ACR)
European Association for Education and Research in Commercial Distribution (EAERCD)
European Council for Small Business (ECSB)
European Evaluation Society (EES)
European Network for Social and Economic Research (ENSR)
German Evaluation Society (DegEval)
International Council for Small Business (ICSB)
International Small Business Congress (ISBC)
Plattform Forschungs- und Technologieevaluierung GesbR (Plattform fteval)
Plattform for Innovation management
Rencontres de St. Gall