The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems(EE)is gaining increasing attention from academics,professionals,and policymakers because of its potential as a policy tool for promoting economic growth.However,the theoretica...The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems(EE)is gaining increasing attention from academics,professionals,and policymakers because of its potential as a policy tool for promoting economic growth.However,the theoretical foundation for analyzing EE needs further development to comprehensively capture its systemic,complex,and adaptive nature.Although recent studies have made progress in this area by incorporating complexity theory into this field of literature,the multilayer characteristics of an EE have been overlooked in those conceptualizations.We therefore build upon those papers by introducing an understanding of EE as a multilayer network from the perspective of complexity theory.Building upon this understanding,we provide a representative example to illustrate the practical application of our conceptual model via agentbased modeling whileoutlining a research agenda that suggests new directions for future studies inthis field.展开更多
基金The second author acknowledges financial support from Banco de la Republica through Grant Agreement 202303-Project 4627as well as from Alianza 4U through Grant Agreement No.2023-58142.
文摘The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems(EE)is gaining increasing attention from academics,professionals,and policymakers because of its potential as a policy tool for promoting economic growth.However,the theoretical foundation for analyzing EE needs further development to comprehensively capture its systemic,complex,and adaptive nature.Although recent studies have made progress in this area by incorporating complexity theory into this field of literature,the multilayer characteristics of an EE have been overlooked in those conceptualizations.We therefore build upon those papers by introducing an understanding of EE as a multilayer network from the perspective of complexity theory.Building upon this understanding,we provide a representative example to illustrate the practical application of our conceptual model via agentbased modeling whileoutlining a research agenda that suggests new directions for future studies inthis field.
