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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Entrepreneurial ecosystem"”.
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Assessing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Tunisia
… leading to a great vibrancy in the Tunisian entrepreneurial scene. It is therefore paramount to reassess, as a first step, the actual entrepreneurial ecosystem within the Tunisian context and apprehend how its key elements were shaped in order to optimize later on its economic impact. In our …
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Unpacking Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Health: An Entrepreneurial Process Approach
What makes an entrepreneurial region stand out among the crowds? On the one hand, regional entrepreneurship literature highlights the impacts of regional context and structures on regional entrepreneurship, but fails to reveal the reciprocity between them, i.e., how regional entrepreneurship could …
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Academic entrepreneurial ecosystem strategy in the New York state capital region
… economic sustainability and resilience, while entrepreneurial activity is a critical development factor in cluster dependencies. Applied concepts from the MIT Regional Entrepreneurial Acceleration Laboratory (REAL) highlight innovative and entrepreneurial capacities linkages in the capital …
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Transformation in Institutions of Higher Education in South Africa: An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective
… impactful deliveries to students. Creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem is seen as one of the instruments of transformation. An entrepreneurial ecosystem needs a community of practice that displays the character of creativity and innovation, risk-taking, an initiator, a strategist, and an …
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Entrepreneurial enactment as social value creation: an exploration of the Aberdeen entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The research explored how entrepreneurial enactment leads to social value creation in the entrepreneurial ecosystem using interpretive qualitative approach. The research and findings are delivered in a structured narrative. This approach is adopted to reveal how entrepreneurial enactment traverses …
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The influence of the six domains of entrepreneurial ecosystem on the Malaysian small and medium enterprises performance
… has ensured Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is able to increase entrepreneurial activities. Blueprints such as the Malaysian SME Masterplan 2012-2020 are among the notable efforts to aid the development, sustainability, and growth of SMEs. However, the SMEs are still …
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The imprinted imagination : an investigation of the entrepreneurial ecosystem's influence in the new venture ideation process.
… takes steps to unpack how the composition of entrepreneurial ecosystems interacts with individual-level attributes to influence the entrepreneur's ideation process. We introduce a novel taxonomy of ecosystem actors and then theorize how variation in two novel constructs, ecosystem focus and …
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Crowdfunding's potential in the South African entrepreneurial ecosystem: Is there a role to play in catalysing venture capital?
… could have on the early-stage financing ecosystem in South Africa. Particularly, how it could affect entrepreneurial deal flow as well as inform the venture capital decision-making process. The primary aim of this research is to explore the due diligence practices and perceptions of …
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The Attraction of China's Deep Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Chinese STEM Ph.D. Students Studying in The United States to Start Their Own Businesses Back Home
… facilitation for this type of foreign student entrepreneurial project to return to China, and China's venture capitals are also keen to invest in this type of project. For Chinese STEM students in the United States, whether to choose to return to China and whether to choose to start a business …
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An Exploration of the First Nations Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: A Multiple-Case Study of Canadian First Nation Entrepreneurial Support Organizations and their Role in First Nations Entrepreneurship
… of support services offered by First Nations Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (FNESOs). However, First Nations entrepreneurs rarely utilize these services. This study explores why there is an underutilization of FNESO services and supports through information gathering utilizing …
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Effectiveness of the University Entrepreneurial Eco-System in the Growth of Entrepreneurship and Threshold Capability Development of Students
… entrepreneurs within the University of Ottawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Utilization took place of a mixed methods approach involving a survey of student entrepreneurs, interviews with facilitators and student entrepreneurs, and secondary data where possible. This mixed methods approach was …
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Venture Studios: Analyzing a New Asset in the Venture Ecosystem
One of the latest evolutions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem is the rise of the “venture studio” model. The venture studio model aims to systematically build new ventures by trying to combine the financial resources of a venture capital firm, the expertise of accelerators and incubators, and the …
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
… of Professional Practice thesis, named ‘An Entrepreneurial Journey,’ examines the key success elements that are characteristic of female entrepreneurs in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). It offers useful information for aspiring business owners, those already on their entrepreneurial journey, and …
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Developing future innovation hubs Through the case study of Silicon Valley
… viewed as a strategic undertaking to nourish the entrepreneurial ecosystem and to enhance economic vitality. The study uses Silicon Valley, one of the most successful innovation hubs in modern history, as a case example to find the factors that have contributed to its success, and how these …
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The Innovation Institute : from creative inquiry through real-world impact at MIT
… and extracurriculars, and explore the rich entrepreneurial ecosystem, how the Institute formally and informally educates and inspires new generations of founders, builders, and leaders. We conclude by observing how distributed initiative, inquiry, and leadership enable organizational …
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Visibility of the MIT entrepreneurship ecosystem : MIT undergraduate awareness of on-campus entrepreneurship resources
… created to kindle, foster, and celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit on-campus. Together, these form the MIT entrepreneurial ecosystem. Despite the wealth of these resources, more than half of graduating seniors say that they are not prepared to start a company. This thesis seeks to understand …
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Exploring how South African business incubators assist entrepreneurs in accessing venture capital
… rates due to a lack of funding and insufficient entrepreneurial skills. Business incubators (BIs) aim to bridge this gap by providing support and resources to entrepreneurs to start and manage new businesses and access to capital, including venture capital. Purpose: This study assesses how South …
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The State of South African Universities with Regards to Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
… of the transformation reforms involves having entrepreneurial ecosystems that adopt corporate governance. On that note, the paper explores the state of South African universities about available strategies that enable an entrepreneurship ecosystem. Some of the strategies include policies, …
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Early-stage technology ventures in India : opportunities and issues
… interviews with participants in the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem as well as existing research on entrepreneurship in US and India.
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