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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Mechanisms Open
Entrepreneurial ecosystems have developed from a powerful idea and concept into a transdisciplinary research program, increasing our understanding into entrepreneurship-led development and providing actionable knowledge for improving the c…
Managing through a crisis: emotional leadership strategies of high-growth entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
This study explores how high-growth entrepreneurs use well-being and emotional labour as tools to respond to crises. Drawing on 173 longitudinal interviews with 57 high-growth entrepreneurs during the Covid-19 crisis, we explore internal c…
Toward an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Program Open
Entrepreneurial ecosystems have become a prominent concept, yet in its current state, the concept itself represents a paradox. While it draws on a rich intellectual history and provides an opportunity to synthesize different strands of res…
A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems Open
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are the focus of government economic policies around the world for their potential to generate entrepreneur-led economic development. The paper identifies key research questions and challenges to building effecti…
Introduction Open
This chapter defines entrepreneurial ecosystems and lays out the core arguments of the book. It reviews several common definitions of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the most popular ecosystem models. It situates the rise of ecosystem think…
The intellectual foundations of entrepreneurial ecosystems Open
While the popularity of entrepreneurial ecosystems is new, the idea is based on a foundation of prior work. This chapter locates the origins of entrepreneurial ecosystem concepts in five research domains: high-growth entrepreneurship, cont…
Meeting its Waterloo? Recycling in entrepreneurial ecosystems after anchor firm collapse Open
The ‘recycling’ of people, capital, and ideas within an entrepreneurial ecosystem is one of the key processes driving its support for further high-growth entrepreneurship. Skilled workers who leave firms after successful exits or firm coll…
Meeting Its Waterloo? Recycling in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems After Anchor Firm Collapse Open
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are the localized actors, factors, and institutions that support the creation and survival of high-growth, innovative new ventures. Entrepreneurial recycling, the movement of ideas, resources, and people within e…
Questioning cultural narratives of economic development: An investigation of Kitchener‐Waterloo Open
Key Messages The cultural narrative of how German immigrants have shaped today's technology economy and entrepreneurial culture in Kitchener‐Waterloo appears questionable. Members of Kitchener‐Waterloo's German community neither have stron…
Toward a process theory of entrepreneurial ecosystems Open
Research Summary: Entrepreneurial ecosystems have recently emerged as a popular concept within entrepreneurship policy and practitioner communities. Specifically, they are seen as a regional economic development strategy that is based arou…
Path dependency, entrepreneurship, and economic resilience in resource-driven economies: lessons from the Newfoundland offshore oil industry, Canada Open
Resource-driven regional economies have experienced significant growth over the past decade due to increasing prices of raw materials such as oil and the need for customized and site-specific technologies to increase production and reduce …
The cultural embeddedness of regional innovation: a Bourdieuian perspective Open
Researchers have long acknowledged the importance of culture in the innovation process. However, while culture is well integrated into frameworks such as Regional Innovation Systems, the actual processes through which cultural outlooks inf…
Bourdieu, culture, and the economic geography of practice: entrepreneurial mentorship in Ottawa and Waterloo, Canada Open
Economic geographers have struggled over how to address the role of culture in economic processes without resorting to either structural determinism or agent-centric rationality. While culture is commonly seen as an institution affecting e…
Developing and governing entrepreneurial ecosystems: the structure of entrepreneurial support programs in Edinburgh, Scotland Open
Entrepreneurial ecosystems have emerged a popular concept within entrepreneurship policy and practitioner communities. Entrepreneurial ecosystems are seen as a regional economic development strategy based around creating supportive environ…