A new conceptual model to interpret an entrepreneurial ecosystem

Laura I.H Bennett, Don J. Webber and Chay Brooks

Chapter 3 in Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, 2026, pp 41-61 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter considers the entrepreneurial ecosystems phenomenon in an abstract manner to reflect on it as a concept and to reinterpret it visually to construct a deeper understanding of entrepreneurial ecosystems. This chapter presents a new, reimagined conceptual model of an entrepreneurial ecosystem which encapsulates both general conceptual understanding of the phenomenon and provides a structure that enables more effective description of a case study entrepreneurial ecosystem. The conceptual model shows that the entrepreneurial ecosystem is comprised of three concentric layers, each one separate yet linked to the others, and that these three layers, when taken together, provide a nuanced view of how the entrepreneurial ecosystem works. The concentric layers conceptual model introduced here serves as a heuristic framework for empirical analyses of case studies of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Keywords: Ecosystem concepts; Entrepreneurial processes; Entrepreneurial support; Models; Schema (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035367009
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