Full Description
This edited volume systematically demonstrates the evolution of research in entrepreneurial ecosystems and highlights its importance to policy. Presenting two particular aspects of research in entrepreneurial ecosystems, the book begins with chapters that analyse multi-country contexts before going on to explore the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem. With state of the art research, this volume explores the economic, social, and policy approaches that characterize fruitful research on entrepreneurial ecosystems with economically meaningful implications for policy.
Contributing to the rapidly expanding field of research, this is an insightful resource to students, researchers and policy makers interested in entrepreneurship.
Contents
1 Introduction: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.- 2 Building Composite Indicators for Policy Optimization Purposes.- 3 World Technology Frontier: Directed Technical Change and the Relevance of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.- 4 The Entrepreneurship Paradox: The Role of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem on Economic Performance in Africa.- 5 The Monetization of the Regional Development and Innovation Index: Estimating the Cost of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Policies in European Union Regions.- 6 Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the European Union Regions: Identification of Optimal Ecosystem Configurations for Informed Policy.- 7 Measuring the Effects of Policies Targeting Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: An Application of the GMR Framework with REDI.- 8 Digital Inequality and the Signature of Digital Technologies and the Digital Ecosystem: Analysis of Deviations in the Rank-Size Rule of Internet Access Data.- 9 A Tale of Two Cities: How Arlington Won and Baltimore Lost in Battle for Amazon's HQ2.- 10 Measuring the Modern Entrepreneur: An Evaluation of Elon Musk.- 11 How to Tame the Beast? Toward a 'Regulation Revolution' in the Digital Platform Economy.- 12 The Ecology of Innovation: The Evolution of a Research Paradigm.
