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Advancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Research

Concepts for Regional Entrepreneurship Ecologists

AvAllan O’Connor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Using ideas from natural ecology to better understand entrepreneurship as complex systems, this book offers a different research approach to explain how entrepreneurship operates within specific regional contexts. The book aims to: show how ecological thinking offers a fresh perspective on entrepreneurial ecosystems.demonstrate how this approach differs from traditional entrepreneurship research.provide practical guidelines for researchers and policymakers working in regional entrepreneurship. It concludes that a holistic, interdisciplinary approach—similar to how ecologists study natural environments—is essential to grasp the dynamic entrepreneurial relationships between people, institutions, organizations, natural resources and attributes in regional economies. The book introduces a new paradigm for studying entrepreneurship that emphasizes interconnectedness and system-level change. Advancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Research is a valuable resource for scholars and students of business and management, economic geography and entrepreneurship. Policymakers, practitioners and consultants in entrepreneurship and organizational systems seeking evidence-based techniques to inform their work will also greatly benefit from the insights in this book.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-12
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advancing Business and Management series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781035336616

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Edited by Allan O’Connor, Professor of Enterprise Dynamics, College of Business and Law, Adelaide University, Australia

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‘...a powerful new lens for understanding how entrepreneurship shapes, and is shaped by, the complex dynamics of regional socioeconomic systems.’

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ContentsForeword to Advancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Research xiDavid B. AudretschPreface xivAcknowledgements xviPART I ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCHOF REGIONALLY DEFINED CONTEXTS1 Why do we need entrepreneurial ecosystem research? 2Allan O’Connor2 Divergences and challenges in entrepreneurial ecosystemresearch development 19Allan O’Connor3 Adopting an ecosystem ecology approach to regionalentrepreneurial ecosystems 41Allan O’Connor4 The ecological foundations of regional entrepreneurialecosystems research 59Allan O’ConnorPART II CURRENT THEORY AND METHOD PRACTICESIN REGIONALLY DEFINED ENTREPRENEURIALECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH5 Power and influence as contributors to entrepreneurialecosystem effectiveness 83Stephen B. Adams6 Modelling inclusive urban entrepreneurial ecosystem: gametheory approach 103Hojjat Shakiba7 Entrepreneurial ecosystems’ connections across space:financial flows as migratory elements 124Bruno Brandão Fischer and Susann Schäfer8 Skills ecosystem as a strategy to tackle STEM talentshortages in a region: the case of Biscay 144Sofia Zhukova, Juan P. Gamboa and Edurne Magro9 Planning the wild ecologies of entrepreneurship –assemblages of innovation districts 166Kathryn Anderson10 Configuring innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystemconditions for success: integrated QCA–NCA insights intooptimal and sustainable outcomes 186Kevin K. ChanPART III GUIDELINES FOR REGIONALENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOLOGY RESEARCH11 Putting the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem analysis to work 209Victoria Brendah Nakku and Allan O’Connor12 Researching ecosystem dynamics: system dynamics andagent-based modelling as tools for entrepreneurial ecosystemresearch 219Bernd Wurth, Bob Walrave, Georges Romme and Erik Stam13 Framing the future of regional entrepreneurship ecologyresearch 242Allan O’Connor