Innovative Entrepreneurial Knowledge-based Business Ecosystems: Old Wine in New Bottles?

Laurent Scaringella () and Agnieszka Radziwon
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Laurent Scaringella: ESC Rennes School of Business - ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business
Agnieszka Radziwon: Aarhus University [Aarhus], Mads Clausen Institute for Product Innovation - SDU - University of Southern Denmark

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Abstract: Rooted in the territorial approach, this theoretical paper offers a systematic literature review (SLR) of ecosystems based on a selection of 104 articles and books and their archetypes. First, we identify and discuss the four main types of ecosystems – business, innovation, entrepreneurial, and knowledge ecosystems – and indicate the presence of other transversal concepts. Second, we provide an overview of related and well-established theories from the territorial approach that have been largely omitted although they are ecosystem archetypes. Third, we identify the invariants across the four diverging streams from the ecosystem approach and the seven diverging streams from the territorial approach. Finally, we propose a research framework based on the comparison between key invariants from both approaches and discuss their similarities and differences that could serve as a foundation for future empirical research. This study therefore links the ecosystem and territorial approaches under the complex evolutionary system umbrella by creating a theoretical framework that reflects the complex interconnection between models, theories, and emerging concepts.

Keywords: innovation ecosystem; business ecosystem; entrepreneurship ecosystem; knowledge ecosystem; territorial approach; systematic literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018, 136, pp.59-87. ⟨10.1016/j.techfore.2017.09.023⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.09.023

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