| Chapter title | Entrepreneurial micro-ecosystems:a study on connectedness and collaboration in the edtech community |
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| Authors | Kairikko, A., Dhaliwal, S. and Cacciolatti, L. |
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| Editors | Mirela Xheneti, Sílvia Costa, Jarna Heinonen and Agnieszka Kurczewska |
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| Abstract | This chapter focuses on entrepreneurial micro-ecosystems and examines a connected and collaborative community of edtech entrepreneurs and stake- holders within a broader regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. An entrepre- neurial ecosystem in a region may encompass multiple ecosystems as Spigel (2017), Brown and Mason (2017) and recent research by Banc and Messeghem (2020) has shown by increasing attention at the micro-level. We focus particularly on the connectedness and collaboration of entrepre- neurial micro-ecosystems. The sense of community that characterizes such ecosystems fosters collaboration amongst its actors, thus dynamically shaping the behaviour of the collective. On the other hand, the behaviour of entrepre- neurs and other stakeholders constantly shape the ecosystem, a process which has gained less attention than studies around ecosystem structures and patterns. |
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| Keywords | Entrepreneurial micro-ecosystems |
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| ed tech community |
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| Finland |
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| Book title | Contextual Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research |
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| Page range | 32-53 |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Publisher | Edward Elgar |
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| Publication dates |
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| Published | 04 Aug 2023 |
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| Place of publication | Massachusetts. USA |
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| ISBN | 9781035320677 |
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| 9781035320684 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035320684 |
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