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28.11.2017

The governance of entrepreneurial ecosystems

verfasst von: Massimo G. Colombo, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Erik E. Lehmann, MariPaz Salmador

Erschienen in: Small Business Economics | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Abstract

The “entrepreneurial ecosystem” metaphor is capturing attention in academia, industry, and government. The entrepreneurial ecosystem approach is used in corporate, national, or local contexts, and has grown in prominence given the vital need to transform economies around the creation of innovative ideas, products, services, and technologies. Entrepreneurial ecosystems involve a network, a system, of interactions of individuals and organizations, like financial intermediaries, universities and research institutions, suppliers and customers, multinational companies, or the government. The entrepreneurial ecosystem literature has thus mainly focused on identifying the relevant stakeholders like entrepreneurial firms and entrepreneurs and how they interact with other stakeholders within a more or less defined system. Despite the popularity of the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach, the literature has almost overlooked and largely ignored the governance of entrepreneurial ecosystems. This special Issue of Small Business Economics critically examines issues concerning the governance of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Metadaten
Titel
The governance of entrepreneurial ecosystems
verfasst von
Massimo G. Colombo
Giovanni Battista Dagnino
Erik E. Lehmann
MariPaz Salmador
Publikationsdatum
28.11.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Small Business Economics / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9952-9

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