Configurations of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial ecosystems

RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas

卷:59

Nicholas Spyridon Vonortas¹  Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz²  André Cherubini Alves³  Bruno Fischer⁴ 

[1] The George Washington University, Institute for International Science and Technology Policy, Department of Economics, Washington, DC, United Stated of America;

[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Política Científica e Tecnológica, Campinas, SP, Brazil ;

[3] Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Política Científica e Tecnológica, Campinas, SP, Brazil, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;

[4] Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas, Limeira, SP, Brazil ;

关键词: Entrepreneurial ecosystems;    knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship;    qualitative comparative analysis;    configurations;    geography of innovation;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The dominant discourse on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) remains focused on the profile of a handful of successful locations. This has hindered a deeper comprehension of the economic mechanisms that shape evolutionary trends in entrepreneurial activity and how they operate in distinct places. We propose that EE have regularities, but they can also assume different configurations, i.e., varying combinations of influential dimensions. Through fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis, we address this issue with data from the State of São Paulo, Brazil. This research focuses on five EE dimensions: Science & Technology, Human Capital, Market Dynamics, Business Dynamics, and Infrastructure. Findings point at the heterogeneous nature of EE distributed in three different paths. While configurations’ vary in terms of causal conditions, research universities, knowledge-intensive jobs and wider credit operations are core-causal conditions. Proximity to the main economic hub appears as a key differentiator among ecosystems.

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