scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Tech Start-ups in India: Evolution, Structure and Role

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-285
Author(s):  
Krishna Krishna HS
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Start Ups

scholarly journals Start-ups in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the role of relational capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (13) ◽  
pp. 115-135
Author(s):  
Gaël Gueguen ◽  
Servane Delanoë-Gueguen ◽  
Christian Lechner
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Relational Capacity ◽  
Local Resources ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Start Ups

PurposeEntrepreneurial ecosystems provide the context for start-ups to access resources. The authors investigate the reliance of start-ups on their entrepreneurial ecosystem and the driving factors behind the proportion of local actors (belonging to their entrepreneurial ecosystem) within their overall set of relationships (their business ecosystem). Recognizing the limited relational capacity of firms, the authors focus on three differentiating firm characteristics: size, age and innovation of firms.Design/methodology/approachThe authors developed a sample of 163 start-ups located in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Toulouse, France. The authors investigated the characteristics of their relationship sets using regression analysis.FindingsThe results confirm that age is inversely related to the proportion of a start-up's relationships located in its entrepreneurial ecosystem. More surprisingly, for older start-ups, the authors also highlight the presence of a moderating effect of the start-up's size on the relationship between its degree of innovation and the proportion of its relationships in its entrepreneurial ecosystem: Larger and more innovative start-ups appear to rely more on their local entrepreneurial ecosystem.Originality/valueThis research increases the understanding of the characteristics driving the interactions of start-ups with their entrepreneurial ecosystems by adopting a relational capacity approach. The authors introduce digital methods as an innovative approach for uncovering firms' ecosystems. Finally, from a practical point of view, the research should provide public authorities seeking to promote the link between local resources and the development of innovative start-ups in their regions with interesting insights.

scholarly journals Promoting student enterprise: Reflections on a university start-up programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Colin Mason ◽  
Marion Anderson ◽  
Tomáš Kessl ◽  
Michaela Hruskova
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Content Delivery ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The University ◽  
Start Ups

Universities now see the promotion of student and graduate start-ups as a key part of their role. This has two strands: (i) incorporating entrepreneurship education into the curriculum, and (ii) activities and infrastructure to support and accelerate the start-up process. There is now a substantial literature on the design, content, delivery and impact of entrepreneurship education. In contrast, little attention has been given to these issues in the context of student business start-up programmes. This paper describes and reflects on the outcomes of an ongoing small-scale start-up programme – the Santander Summer Company Programme at the University of Glasgow and offers a number of observations on the objectives, design and evaluation of such programmes. A key conclusion is that such programmes require to be part of a broader university entrepreneurial ecosystem and embedded within the wider local, regional and national entrepreneurial ecosystems.

scholarly journals Scaling Innovation Hubs: Impact on Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-63
Author(s):  
Kelefa Mwantimwa ◽  
Nora Ndege ◽  
Joanes Atela ◽  
Andrew Hall
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
The Impact

This study has explored the impact of innovation hubs on knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems. To gain deeper insights, the study adopted an exploratory case study design along a qualitative approach to conduct an empirical investigation. The study reveals a noticeable contribution of the X-Innovation Hub in empowering youths in aspects of knowledge co-creation and transfer, and promotion of diverse innovations. The findings of the study also disclose that the contribution of the innovation hub in transforming innovations into entrepreneurial opportunities is still unsatisfactory. Furthermore, the findings suggest that not all start-ups emanating from the hub are taking off. This is due to various undermining factors such as financial constraints and unfriendly legal frameworks. For X-Innovation Hub to satisfactorily and sustainably contribute to national innovation systems, deliberate efforts must be made, and strategies put in place by different stakeholders such as the government. Particularly, diversification of funding sources to minimise dependence on international development funding agencies and organisations is important.

scholarly journals TCKF-Connect: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Framework to Investigate Internationalization within the Context of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura van Schijndel
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Research And Policy

This conceptual paper examines the still under-researched phenomena associated with internationalization within the context of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Drawing on multiple literature streams, I develop TCKF-Connect, a cross-disciplinary conceptual framework to investigate how entrepreneurial ecosystems become globally connected, and how, in turn, an ecosystem’s global connectedness can drive and sustain the internationalization processes of innovative start-ups. I propose a distinction between entrepreneurial ecosystems’ connectivity and ecosystems’ connectedness, where the former is purported as a necessary but not sufficient condition to achieve the latter. The framework developed revolves around the role played by a specific “vehicle” of connectivity across entrepreneurial ecosystems, i.e., temporary clusters, as conceptualized by Maskell, Bathelt and Malmberg and focuses on the role of knowledge flows within temporary clusters and across the entrepreneurial ecosystems where the temporary clusters are nested. The cross-disciplinary conceptual framework developed contributes to both research and policy debates by underpinning the investigation of research questions to further our understanding of the interplay between internationalization of entrepreneurial ecosystems and internationalization of the start-ups nested within them. The article proposes a research agenda emanating from the application of the cross-disciplinary conceptual framework developed and suggests a methodology for the empirical investigation.

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