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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Place-Based Transformations and Transitions

  • Provides a framework for confronting the challenges of strategic innovation of place
  • Uses case studies to demonstrate how entrepreneurial ecosystems are curated and designed
  • Provides valuable insights into new theories and practices relevant to transforming and transitioning places
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship (ISEN, volume 38)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Foundations of Place-based Renewal

    • Allan O’Connor, Erik Stam, Fiona Sussan, David B. Audretsch
    Pages 1-21
  3. Deconstructing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Concept

    • Lisa Daniel, Christopher J. Medlin, Allan O’Connor, Larissa Statsenko, Rowena Vnuk, Gary Hancock
    Pages 23-44
  4. Institutional Dynamism in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    • Lucio Fuentelsaz, Juan P. Maícas, Pedro Mata
    Pages 45-65
  5. A Triple-Helix Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship: A Case Review

    • Ravi Chinta, Fiona Sussan
    Pages 67-80
  6. Regional Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Support: South East Queensland as Case Study

    • M. J. de Villiers Scheepers, E. Mealy, M. Clements, Anne Lawrence
    Pages 101-130
  7. Is There a Path from Sin City to Tech City? The Case for Las Vegas

    • Fiona Sussan, Brian Sloboda, Richard Hall
    Pages 153-171
  8. Measuring Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    • Erik Stam
    Pages 173-197

About this book

This book features latest research insights into the study of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The focus is on understanding its influence on the development of socially and physically defined ‘places’, and how these factors are related with each other. The book argues that regardless of how the concept of a ‘place’ is defined, be it cities, regions, nations or otherwise, the impact of new technologies will influence much of our business, social, and economic landscapes. Evidently, there is an increasing pressure on ‘places’ to embrace new opportunities for strategic development and confront complacency. The solution may very well be in creating and sustaining entrepreneurial ecosystems where entrepreneurial action thrives and innovation drives the new economy.

Reviews

“The interest in studies of entrepreneurial ecosystems is booming and this book contributes significantly to the modern understanding of what actually is an entrepreneurial ecosystem, how it contributes to the performance of businesses and how entrepreneurs participate in the social and economic development of specific places, what are the objective measures of ecosystems and how they may be applied to evaluate efficiency and performance.” (Nataliia Cherkas, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, September 10, 2019)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Allan O'Connor

  • School of Economics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Erik Stam

  • School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix, Tempe, USA

    Fiona Sussan

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    David B. Audretsch

About the editors

Allan O’Connor is a Senior Lecturer at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialization and Innovation Center (ECIC) at the University of Adelaide. In 2014/15 he led the development of the Australian Cluster Observatory and is currently leading the development of the Strategic Innovation of Place research group.

Erik Stam is a Full Professor at the Utrecht University School of Economics, where he holds the chair of Strategy, Organization & Entrepreneurship. He has been the co-founder and Academic Director of the Utrecht Center for Entrepreneurship. He is editor of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal.

Fiona Sussan is Senior University Research Chair of School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix. She is the founder of the Center for Global Business Research. Her research investigates the impact of digitization and her consulting work focuses on the digital economy.

David Audretsch is a distinguished professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and also serves as director of the SPEA Overseas Education Program, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, and director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He is co-founder and co-Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal and also works as a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, the OECD, the EU Commission, and U.S. Department of State.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: Place-Based Transformations and Transitions

  • Editors: Allan O'Connor, Erik Stam, Fiona Sussan, David B. Audretsch

  • Series Title: International Studies in Entrepreneurship

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63531-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63530-9Published: 19 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87580-4Published: 09 May 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63531-6Published: 30 December 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1572-1922

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-5884

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 197

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Regional Development, Urban Economics

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eBook USD 139.00
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Softcover Book USD 179.99
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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