Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Edited by James A. Cunningham, Newcastle University, UK, Matthias Menter, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, Conor O’Kane, University of Otago, New Zealand and Marco Romano, University of Catania, Italy

Contents

1 Entrepreneurial ecosystems: evolving themes and reflections 1
James A Cunningham, Matthias Menter, Conor O’Kane and Marco Romano
PART I ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM FOUNDATIONS
2 The historical roots of entrepreneurial ecosystems 21
Michael Fritsch and Michael Wyrwich
3 Theorizing entrepreneurial ecosystems by taking a systems view? 42
Erik E. Lehmann
4 Dimensions of entrepreneurial ecosystems: sources of heterogeneous
configurations 62
Bruno Brandão Fischer, André Cherubini Alves and Nicholas S. Vonortas
PART II ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM ACTORS: MINDSET,
VOICE AND PRACTICE
5 Entrepreneur archetypes in regional entrepreneurial ecosystems 82
Margarietha J. de Villiers Scheepers and Lisa J. Daniel
6 Embracing the “village” or going it alone? understanding the
entrepreneurial ecosystem mindset 99
Philip T. Roundy
7 Bringing the entrepreneurial voice to the fore in entrepreneurial ecosystems 116
Seppo Luoto, Greg O’Shea, Henri Hakala and Krista Anttila
8 A framework for entrepreneurship within an ecology of practices 133
Carlos Machado and Munira Aminova
PART III ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND
CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXTS
9 Co-creating important actors and factors in indigenous entrepreneurship
ecosystems: developing the Ruruku Canvas 166
Jesse Pirini and Stephen Cummings
10 The role of entrepreneurial ecosystems in shaping internationalisation
decisions and the entrepreneurial mindset 188
Hannes Velt, Anna Vuorio, Ewa Dobrzanska and Olli Kuivalainen
11 Entrepreneurial ecosystems in the informal economy: a case study of
mototaxi drivers in Colombia 212
Norida Vanegas-Chinchilla, Jana Schmutzler, Andrea Porras-Paez and Jorge
Juliao Rossi
12 Entrepreneurial ecosystems and diaspora: how do remittances and
migration affect country of origin early-stage entrepreneurial activity? 238
Veneta Andonova and Jonathan Pérez
13 A typology of trans-local knowledge circulation between
entrepreneurial ecosystems 276
Susann Schäfer and Andreas Kuebart
14 Do the human and social capital of startups matter for initial hiring
decisions and survival? An empirical application to the Portuguese
entrepreneurial ecosystem 291
Dina Pereira and João Leitão
PART IV ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND ACADEMIC
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
15 How integrating systematic design enabled role clarity and
collaboration during the formation of a science-innovation team 318
Louisa Choe, Katharina Ruckstuhl and Rafaela Rabello
16 The sustainability of academic entrepreneurial ecosystems 337
Alice Civera, Michele Meoli and Silvio Vismara
17 The entrepreneurial university: a crucial catalyst in the entrepreneurial
ecosystem 350
Alex Maritz, Quan Nguyen, Gerrit de Waal and Abby Shrivastava
PART V DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GOVERNANCE
18 Reviewing digital entrepreneurial ecosystems: an integrative framework
and future research agenda 369
Valeska Maul, Robert Rose and Katharina Hölzle
19 Open data-driven ecosystems: an empirical validation 392
Melita Nicotra, Alessia Munnia, Francesco Russo and Antonino Zingale
20 Linking sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems and governance models
in a new European smart city 414
Nicola Farronato, Veronica Scuotto, Marco Pironti, Manlio Del Giudice and
David Ricketts
21 Looking inside entrepreneurial ecosystem coordination events: a policy
assemblage approach 426
Stephen Knox
22 More money, more innovation? The role of government connectedness 443
Jing A. Zhang and Conor O’Kane
23 Towards sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems 465
David Audretsch and Maksim Belitski
24 Developing sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: the role of different
ecosystem types and links 475
Jens Kaus, Man Yang, Niels Faber and Gjalt de Jong
25 Exploring grassroots innovation for sustainable development in
entrepreneurial ecosystems 495
Simone Gibellato, Asha Thomas, Massimiliano Farina Briamonte, Antonio
Usai and Fabio Fiano
PART VI THE MEASUREMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS
26 Are entrepreneurial ecosystems measurable? What the literature says
about moving forward 517
Ana Joana C. Fernandes, João J. Ferreira and Lawrence Dooley
27 Measuring entrepreneurial ecosystems 553
Donato Iacobucci and Francesco Perugini