Figuring it out: configurations of high-performing entrepreneurial ecosystems in Europe
Article co-authored with Mirella Schrijvers and Niels Bosma, now published in Regional Studies Journal Volume 58, 2024 - Issue 5, pages 1096-1110. https://lnkd.in/eKTyFPMx
Is there only one configuration of successful entrepreneurial ecosystems or many?
This paper applies qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to identify and analyse configurations of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems in Europe. We test two rivalling causal logics: a completeness logic stating that all entrepreneurial ecosystem elements need to be present and the weakest link is the most important constraint, and a substitutability logic arguing that elements are substitutable.
High entrepreneurship outputs can be realised with different entrepreneurial ecosystem configurations. We identified four different configurations for high levels of entrepreneurship output: two of these were based on strong talent combined with either strong leadership or institutions, the other two configurations combined strong knowledge and intermediate services with either leadership or institutions.
However, focusing on regions with the highest entrepreneurship outputs (top 10%), our results point at the importance of a complete entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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