‘Small Town’ Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Implications for Developed and Emerging Economies
‘Small Town’ Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Implications for Developed and Emerging Economies
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“小镇”创业生态系统：对发达经济体和新兴经济体的影响
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2017
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Philip T. Roundy
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作者：
Philip T. Roundy
目的
无论是发达国家还是发展中国家，创业生态系统都越来越受到学者、从业者和政策制定者的关注。对这一现象的研究几乎完全集中在主要位于发达经济体的大的城市化区域和大都市地区的生态系统。然而，全球小城市的普遍存在以及对小城镇创业是其经济发展和复兴的关键决定因素的日益认识表明，创业生态系统研究将受益于更广泛的调查视角。因此，本文的目的是介绍一个研究小城镇创业生态系统的框架。
设计/方法/方法
这篇概念性文件介绍了小城镇创业生态系统(STEE)的概念，从一系列广泛的学科中勾勒出小城镇生态系统与大城镇生态系统的相似和不同之处，并对STEE用来克服其局限性的几种战略进行了理论分析。
发现
理论上，小城市的创业最好被概念化为生态系统的结果，这意味着尽管小城镇可能没有一些与大城市中心的创业生态系统相同的关键组成部分，但生态系统的其他要素可能能够支持这些不足。它还表明，那些试图创建或发展小城镇生态系统的人可能需要在吸引、查看和利用资源的方式上具有创业精神。最后，从理论上讲，小城市或许能够实施几种战略，以克服自身的局限性，创建充满活力的创业社区。
原创性/价值
发展的理论对专注于创业生态系统、经济发展和新兴经济体的学者产生了影响，并对寻求改善小城市经济格局的政策制定者和发展组织提出了实际影响。
Purpose
Entrepreneurial ecosystems are receiving growing attention from scholars, practitioners and policy-makers in both developed and developing countries. Studies of this phenomenon have focused almost exclusively on ecosystems in large, urbanized regions and metropolitan areas, located primarily in developed economies. However, the prevalence of small cities across the globe and the increasing acknowledgment that entrepreneurship in small towns is a key determinant of their economic development and rejuvenation suggests that entrepreneurial ecosystems research would benefit from a broader lens of inquiry. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to introduce a framework for studying entrepreneurial ecosystems in small towns.
Design/methodology/approach
This conceptual paper introduces the concept of small town entrepreneurial ecosystems (STEEs), draws from a wide-ranging set of disciplines to delineate the ways in which small town ecosystems are similar to and different than their larger counterparts and theorizes about several strategies STEEs use to overcome their limitations.
Findings
It is theorized that entrepreneurship in small cities is best conceptualized as the outcome of an ecosystem, which means that although small towns may not have some of the same key components as entrepreneurial ecosystems in large urban centers, other elements of the ecosystem may be able to bolster these deficiencies. It also suggests that those attempting to create or develop small town ecosystems may need to be entrepreneurial in the way they attract, view and utilize resources. Finally, it is theorized that small cities may be able to engage in several strategies to overcome their limitations and create vibrant entrepreneurial communities.
Originality/value
The theory developed produces implications for scholars focused on entrepreneurial ecosystems, economic development and emerging economies and suggests practical implications for policy-makers and development organizations seeking to improve the economic landscape of small cities.