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@article{Fischer:2026:10.1080/13662716.2026.2683385,
author = {Fischer, B and Stam, E and Roundy, PT and Demirel, P and de, Moraes GHSM and Brown, R},
doi = {10.1080/13662716.2026.2683385},
journal = {Industry and Innovation},
pages = {635--644},
title = {The promise of entrepreneurial ecosystems for sustainability transitions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2683385},
volume = {33},
year = {2026}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Entrepreneurs are agents of change, but often not in conditions of their own choosing. These conditions vary considerably place by place, explaining the spatial heterogeneity in the rates of entrepreneurship. The literature on entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs), the interdependent actors and factors within particular territories that are coordinated to enable productive entrepreneurship, has provided useful novel insights into the contextual features of local environments and how they impact entrepreneurs and regional development (Mason and Brown Citation2014; Spigel Citation2017; Stam Citation2015; Stam and van de Ven Citation2021).The EE concept encompasses collaborative arrangements between entrepreneurs and a host of potential resource providers, including governments, universities, sources of finance, corporations, and other entrepreneurs (Brown and Mason Citation2017; Tsouri and Pegoretti Citation2021). But even though the EE framework has had significant impact in scholarly debates about the geography of entrepreneurship, as well as in policymaking processes worldwide (Brown and Mawson, Citation2019), its specific focus on high-growth ventures, regardless of their actual impacts on aggregate socioeconomic development, has received criticism (Audretsch Citation2021; Kuckertz, Scheu, and Davidsson Citation2023; O’Connor and Audretsch Citation2023). The industrial and innovation dynamics directed at high economic growth in these ecosystems has encouraged new business formation and growth without any specific attention to the social and environmental impact of these ventures (Meissner et al. Citation2024). However, in a similar vein, the ‘spatial dimensions of […] transitions have been largely ignored’ (Hansen and Coenen Citation2015, 92), which raises several fundamental questions for scholars focusing on (place-based) EEs and sustainability transitions. These two omissions can potentially be tackled by combining the entrepreneurial ecosys
AU - Fischer,B
AU - Stam,E
AU - Roundy,PT
AU - Demirel,P
AU - de,Moraes GHSM
AU - Brown,R
DO - 10.1080/13662716.2026.2683385
EP - 644
PY - 2026///
SN - 1366-2716
SP - 635
TI - The promise of entrepreneurial ecosystems for sustainability transitions
T2 - Industry and Innovation
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2683385
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/13662716.2026.2683385
VL - 33
ER -