{"title":"Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Mechanisms","authors":"Bernd Wurth, E. Stam, B. Spigel","doi":"10.1561/0300000089","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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 conditions for entrepreneurship and development. In this monograph we take stock of the progress to date and synthe-size the findings of 181 empirical scientific entrepreneurial ecosystem studies through a systematic literature review. We organize the review around five key mechanisms that explain the nature and development of entrepreneurial ecosystems: (1) interdependence of its elements, (2) upward causation explaining entrepreneurial ecosystem outputs and (3) outcomes, (4) downward causation and path dependence, and (5) inter-ecosystem links. We summarize the findings and outline opportunities for research and discuss policy implications in the light of a transdisciplinary entrepreneurial ecosystem research program.","PeriodicalId":45990,"journal":{"name":"Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1561/0300000089","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BUSINESS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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 conditions for entrepreneurship and development. In this monograph we take stock of the progress to date and synthe-size the findings of 181 empirical scientific entrepreneurial ecosystem studies through a systematic literature review. We organize the review around five key mechanisms that explain the nature and development of entrepreneurial ecosystems: (1) interdependence of its elements, (2) upward causation explaining entrepreneurial ecosystem outputs and (3) outcomes, (4) downward causation and path dependence, and (5) inter-ecosystem links. We summarize the findings and outline opportunities for research and discuss policy implications in the light of a transdisciplinary entrepreneurial ecosystem research program.
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Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship publishes survey and tutorial articles in the following topics: - Nascent and start-up entrepreneurs - Opportunity recognition - New venture creation process - Business formation - Firm ownership - Market value and firm growth - Franchising - Managerial characteristics and behavior of entrepreneurs - Strategic alliances and networks - Government programs and public policy - Gender and ethnicity - New business financing - Business angels - Family-owned firms - Management structure, governance and performance - Corporate entrepreneurship - High technology - Small business and economic growth