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Applying the Ecosystem Metaphor to Entrepreneurship: Uses and Abuses

Isenberg, Daniel J.·2016·The Antitrust Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0003603x16676162
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This article uses a comparison of the generic features of natural ecosystems and the popular use of the term “entrepreneurship ecosystems” and identifies five mistakes in the way the ecosystem metaphor is applied from the natural sciences: the creation mistake, the centralized control mistake, the geography mistake, the intention mistake, and the entrepreneur-centrality mistake.

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  • Research on entrepreneurial ecosystems entails a shift in the unit of analysis away from a region's total new venture population or its socio-economy to productive entrepreneurship and the actors and factors affecting this.

    “Research on entrepreneurial ecosystems entails a shift in the unit of analysis away from a region's total new venture population or its socio-­ economy to a more specific type of entrepre -neurial activity-productive entrepreneurship-and the actors and factors affecting this (cf. Isenberg, 2016).”

    From Toward an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Program (2022) · cites this paper as Isenberg, 2016

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Authors
Isenberg, D. J.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Isenberg, Daniel J.
Venue
The Antitrust Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2016-11-17
Volume
61
Issue
4
Pages
564-573
ISSN
  • 0003-603X (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-7969
DOI
10.1177/0003603x16676162
OpenAlex
W2526080363
Cited by
166
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6
FWCI
12.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
The Antitrust Bulletin (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Private Equity and Venture Capital
Keywords
ecosystem metaphor, entrepreneurial ecosystems, natural ecosystems, entrepreneurship, centralized control, competition law, innovation ecosystems

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