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Dr Llewellyn D W Thomas

Business School

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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Business School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Autio:2018:10.1002/sej.1266,
author = {Autio, ET and Nambisan, S and Thomas, L and Wright, M},
doi = {10.1002/sej.1266},
journal = {Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal},
pages = {72--95},
title = {Digital affordances, spatial affordances, and the genesis of entrepreneurial ecosystems},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sej.1266},
volume = {12},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Research Summary: Entrepreneurial ecosystems command increasing attention from policy makers, academics, and practitioners, yet the phenomenon itself remains undertheorized. Specifically, the conceptual similarities and differences of entrepreneurial ecosystems relative to, for instance, clusters, “knowledge clusters,” regional systems of innovation, and “innovative milieus” remain unclear. Drawing on research on industrial districts and agglomerations, clusters, and systems of innovation, we suggest that entrepreneurial ecosystems differ from traditional clusters by their emphasis on the exploitation of digital affordances; by their organization around entrepreneurial opportunity discovery and pursuit; by their emphasis on business model innovation; by voluntary horizontal knowledge spillovers; and by clusterexternal locus of entrepreneurial opportunities. We highlight how these distinctive characteristics set entrepreneurial ecosystems apart from other cluster types, propose a structural model of entrepreneurial ecosystems, summarize the articles in this special issue, and suggest promising avenues for future research.Managerial Summary: Entrepreneurial ecosystems command increasing attention from policy makers, academics, and practitioners. We suggest that entrepreneurial ecosystems differ from traditional clusters by their emphasis on the exploitation of digital affordances; by their organization around entrepreneurial opportunity discovery and pursuit; by their emphasis on business model innovation; by voluntary horizontal knowledge spillovers; and by clusterexternal locus of entrepreneurial opportunities. We highlight how these distinctive characteristics set entrepreneurial ecosystems apart from regional cluster phenomena discussed in received economic geography and innovation literatures. We suggest policy makers need to adopt novel approaches to stimulate entrepreneurial ecosystems that differ from those in place to develop indust
AU  - Autio,ET
AU  - Nambisan,S
AU  - Thomas,L
AU  - Wright,M
DO  - 10.1002/sej.1266
EP  - 95
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1932-443X
SP  - 72
TI  - Digital affordances, spatial affordances, and the genesis of entrepreneurial ecosystems
T2  - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sej.1266
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/50084
VL  - 12
ER  -
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