Varieties of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A comparative study of Tokyo and Bangalore

Agata Kapturkiewicz

Research Policy, 2022, vol. 51, issue 9

Abstract: This paper, through a longitudinal qualitative study of comparable but different entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) in Tokyo and Bangalore, contributes to the understanding of how local EEs can be compared and measured in a way that pays attention to context and time. In contrast to many existing approaches to measuring EEs, this study follows a bottom-up approach anchored in organisation theory to uncover potentially systematic EE differences (pointing to EE types) and – based on those – propose contextualised EE measurement dimensions in an inductive way. Specifically, the paper conceptualises EEs as organisational fields, and introduces and traces a unit of analysis comprised of institutional work and practice performed by EE stakeholders (entrepreneurs, investors, various supporters) on elements related to institutional infrastructure of their EEs (e.g. financial and labour resources, support infrastructure, markets). This analysis illuminates which EE elements are particularly important in a given location and time as evidenced by the stakeholders’ actions.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial ecosystems; Entrepreneurship; International and regional comparison; Institutional work; Practice; Organisational field (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104377

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