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Outward foreign investment by transnational entrepreneurs: Insights from emerging economies

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La orientación emprendedora como fuente de innovación para las empresas. Un análisis aplicado

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Performance of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Activities

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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in the European Union Regions: Identification of Optimal Ecosystem Configurations for Informed Policy

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A Framework for Sustainability of Small and Medium-scale Businesses in Nigeria Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Forgiving Stakeholders

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Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Performance, Policy Formulation

Vargas-Hernández, J. G., Vargas-González, O. C., Castañeda-Burciaga, S., & González-Ávila, F. J. (2024) · Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage book series · doi:10.4018/979-8-3693-5426-1.ch014

Computing the Pathway to Embed the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

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Socio-Ecological Issues and Socio-Intercultural Factors Influencing Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

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Analysing Diversity in Entrepreneurial Finance across Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

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Preface

Meyer, N., Venter, M., & Krüger, N. A. (2025) · doi:10.4102/aosis.2025.bk527.00

Chapter 2: Entrepreneurial ecosystems: A practical and metaphysical perspective

Krüger, N. A. (2025) · doi:10.4102/aosis.2025.bk527.02

Mitigating Local Bottlenecks in Rural Entrepreneurial Ecosystems through Trans-Local Linkages

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Social entrepreneurial ecosystems: human capital and alertness to opportunities

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Geographic boundaries of the entrepreneurial ecosystem

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00009

Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016

A new conceptual model to interpret an entrepreneurial ecosystem

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00008

Ecosystem development work

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00011

Conclusions to Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00014

Who are the ecosystem enablers?

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00012

Introduction to Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00006

Relational boundaries of the entrepreneurial ecosystem

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00010

The entrepreneurial ecosystems concept

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00007

How do entrepreneurs experience and perceive the entrepreneurial ecosystem?

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.00013

List of figures

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.fm4

Copyright

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.fm2

Contents

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.fm3

Acknowledgements

Bennett, L. I. H., Webber, D. J., & Brooks, C. (2026) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781035367016.fm5

From stigma to strategy: unpacking the roles of narcissism and humility in entrepreneurs’ responses to failure and CSR engagement

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Analyse du rôle de la dimension relationnelle du processus d'innovation dans le cadre de l'intrapreneuriat

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Development of a multi-level approach to modelling the development of cluster associations in the regional economy

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The dealmaker milieu: the anatomy of social capital in entrepreneurial economies

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Dealmakers in place: social capital connections in regional entrepreneurial economies

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Entrepreneurs, Networks, and Economic Development Revisited

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