...Mehmet Bağış; Ahmet Kamacı; Zafer Adıgüzel; Mehmet Akif Peçe Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (entrepreneurial behavior and attitudes − entrepreneurial framework conditions) and macroeconomic indicators, specifically foreign direct investment...

...Tanya Munir; Sean Watts Purpose This study aims to systematically explore the intersection between informal entrepreneurship (IE) and entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE), with a particular focus on how structural elements, institutional contexts and network dynamics shape the emergence, functioning...

...Alexandra David; Judith Terstriep Purpose The study aims to explore the entrepreneurial agency, focusing on migrant entrepreneurs’ ability to reshape societal structures and initiate endeavours despite limitations in entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) with constraints. Design/methodology/approach...

... stakeholders within the entrepreneurial ecosystem taken from the lens of West Africa. Unfortunately, despite the potential to generate insights, African research rarely evaluates the challenges and prospects of entrepreneurial ecosystems especially in digital environments of emerging less developed countries...

...Santana Pathak; Sujata Mukherjee Purpose This study aims to explore social entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) in the craft sector in the state of Gujarat, India. With liberalization, India witnessed the growth of social entrepreneurship and is considered one of the pioneering countries in social...

...Hannes Velt; Lasse Torkkeli; Sami Saarenketo Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a framework of the elements of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the context of born global start-ups. The study also applies this framework to uncover the ecosystem elements that impact start-ups during...

...Thomas G. Pittz; Giles Hertz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the entrepreneurship center (EC) in the larger entrepreneurial ecosystem. Entrepreneurial ecosystems thrive because of complex interdependencies and dynamic relationships between and among its participants...

...Keith Graham Debbage; Shaylee Bowen Purpose The entrepreneurial process is a result of an interaction between an individual entrepreneur and the surrounding entrepreneurial ecosystem. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether US metropolitan areas with disproportionately high shares...