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CONFIGURATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS

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ALVES, ANDRE CHERUBINI, FISCHER, BRUNO, VONORTAS, NICHOLAS SPYRIDON, QUEIROZ, SÉRGIO ROBLES REIS DE·2019·Revista de Administração de Empresas
DOI 10.1590/s0034-759020190403
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ABSTRACT 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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  • Our findings can represent symptoms of the relative immaturity of EE in Brazil, particularly when addressing the dynamics of BVC.

    “On the other hand, our findings can represent symptoms of the relative immaturity of EE in Brazil (Alves et al. 2019), particularly when addressing the dynamics of BVC (Siqueira et al. 2023).”

    From Dynamic Configurations of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Elements for Blended Value Creation (2025) · cites this paper as Alves et al. 2019

    The Introduction describes substantial differences between entrepreneurship in developing and developed economies, and the Market dynamics section notes scarce credit for Brazilian small and medium-sized firms. These provide context for the suggested immaturity, but the paper does not assess the maturity of entrepreneurial ecosystems across Brazil; its empirical analysis is limited to São Paulo. The BVC clause is attributed to a different citation and is not part of this verdict. (LLM, conf=0.77)

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Authors
ALVES, A. C., FISCHER, B., VONORTAS, N. S., & QUEIROZ, S. R. R. D.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil; Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
  • George Washington University (US)
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
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Venue
Revista de Administração de Empresas
Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Published
2019-08
Volume
59
Issue
4
Pages
242-257
ISSN
  • 0034-7590 (ISSN-L)
  • 2178-938X
DOI
10.1590/s0034-759020190403
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W2977366559
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36
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (16/17801-4, 13/50524-6)
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 › Geography, Planning and Development › Human Resources and Workforce
Keywords
entrepreneurial ecosystems, knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship, ecosystem configuration, causal conditions, science and technology, human capital, market dynamics, firm dynamics, infrastructure, research universities, access to credit, São Paulo state

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