Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions

Robert Huggins is Professor of Economic Geography and Director of the Cities Research Centre at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, as well as the Director of Cardiff University's Cities Research Centre. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford's Kellogg College. His research interests and expertise concern urban and regional economic development, in particular the study of behavior, culture, competitiveness, knowledge flows, entrepreneurship, innovation, clusters, and inter-organizational networks. Fumi Kitagawa is Chair in Regional Economic Development at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. Kitagawa has a track record of local, national, and international research projects and publication on university entrepreneurship and regional development. Her research has centred on how public science generates impact on economy and society; in particular, the role of higher education institutions in the regional development and entrepreneurial ecosystems. Daniel Prokop is Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography at the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University. His research interests are in regional economic development, specifically concerned with entrepreneurship, innovation, and networks, and a cross-section of these fields represented in academic entrepreneurship, firm survival, and spatial configurations of ecosystem actors. He has published in peer-reviewed journals including International Small Business Journal, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Regional Studies, and Urban Studies. Christina Theodoraki is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at TBS Business School. She defended her Ph.D. degree in management from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2017, which received two Best Dissertation in Management and Entrepreneurship Awards. She is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies at the University of Indiana and Business Development Manager at the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Network. She is Editor of Small Business Economics and Associate editor of the Journal of Small Business Management and Management & Prospectives (Gestion 2000). She is elected PDW chair of the ENT division the Academy of Management. Piers Thompson is Professor of Local and Regional Economic Development and Deputy Unit of Assessment Coordinator at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. His research interests include behavioral economics, choice and welfare, and economic competitiveness, with a focus on spatial economics and understanding geographic differences in development, culture, entrepreneurship, network behavior, and economic growth. He is a review board member of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research and has published over fifty peer-reviewed journal articles including papers in Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Geography, Regional Studies, and Environment and Planning A.

1: Robert Huggins, Fumi Kitagawa, Daniel Prokop, Christina Theodoraki, and Piers Thompson: Introduction
Part 1: The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
2: Geoffrey Borchhardt and Olav Sorenson: The Shape and Structure of Entrepreneurial and Innovative Places
3: Michael Fritsch, Maria Greve, and Michael Wyrwich: The Deep Historical Roots of Industrial Culture and Regional Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Two Regions
4: Meiling Hong and Ben Spigel: The Kaleidoscope of Configurations: Actor/Role Configurations within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
5: Colin Mason: The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Case of Atlantic Canada
6: André Nana, Eric Michaël Laviolette, and Christina Theodoraki: Potential Tenant Identification and Screening Practices In The Pre-Incubation Ecosystem: Toward An Entrepreneurial Sourcing Approach
7: Shauna Brail and Shiri Breznitz: Unintentional Innovation: The Role of University Research in Urban Innovation
8: David B. Audretsch and Christina Theodoraki: The Role of Incubators in University-Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystems through Knowledge Spillovers
9: Maryann Feldman and Joonho Oh: Policies for Creating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Part 2: The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
10: Mirella Theresia Schrijvers, Niels S. Bosma, and Erik Stam: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Structural Change in European Regions
11: László Szerb, Esteban Lafuente, and Éva Komlósi: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in European Union Regions: The Benefit of the Doubt Approach
12: Max Herbertson and Neil Lee: Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
13: Hiroyuki Okamuro, Fumi Kitagawa, and Hiro Izushi: Policy Impacts on Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Evolutionary and Multi-Scalar perspectives from Japan
14: Janna Alvedalen and Bo Carlsson: Comparative Analysis of Five Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Life Sciences
15: Katharina Scheidgen and Michaela Hruskova: Demystifying Silicon Valley: Unequal Entry Thresholds between Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
16: Yasuyuki Motoyama: The Evolution of an Entrepreneural Ecosystem in St. Louis, United States
17: Elizabeth A. Mack, Heike Mayer, and Isabella A. Catalano: Industrial Composition and Entrepreneurial Heritage in Medium-Sized Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Case of Albuquerque, New Mexico
18: Aki Harima: Anchor Tenants: Social Capital Creation in Nascent Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
19: Andrew Johnston: Universities within the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Exploring the Process of Co-evolution
Part 3: The Future of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
20: Martin Bliemel, Allan O'Connor, Lisa Daniel, Saskia de Klerk, Margarietha de Villiers Scheepers, and Morgan Miles: Ecology, Complex Systems, and Sociology: Complementary Approaches to Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research
21: Richard T Harrison and Augusto Rocha: Indispensable Fictions? Unpacking the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Metaphor
22: Rhiannon Pugh, Jana Schmutzler De Uribe, and Manuel Gonzalo: Centring Context within Discussions of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems from a Global Perspective
23: Agata Kapturkiewicz and Heli Helanummi-Cole: Uncovering Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Mechanisms: How Researchers Can Use the Institutional Infrastructure Concept
24: Allan O'Connor, Rob Hallak, Claudine Soosay, and Joe Mandrell: Conceptualizing Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Resilience: A Governance Perspective
25: Robert Huggins, Yuxi Zhao, and Piers Thompson: Behavioural Profiling and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Psychocultural Analysis of Entrepreneur Type in Deprived Areas
26: Haifeng Qian and Wenying Fu: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem versus Regional Innovation System: Conceptualization and Application to Chinese Cities
27: Thomas S. Lyons and Dustin Holmes: Making Ecosystems Sticky: Might Entrepreneurship Skills be the Glue?
28: Jonathan Potter, and Helen Lawton Smith: Applying the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Concept to Regional Entrepreneurship Policy Analysis - A Critique