Prior employment as a causal mechanism within entrepreneurial ecosystems

Bibliographic Data

ID7366517
AuthorsKevin Walsh (0000-0003-1621-2625, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume6
Issue1
Pages637-645
Publication date2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2019.1691047
OpenAlexW2992572968
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited30

The entrepreneurial ecosystems literature lists numerous factors, emphasizing their interactions. However, there is limited empirical literature exploring the causal mechanisms, nor an understanding of the relative importance of these factors. This paper places the entrepreneur at the centre of the analysis by constructing a career history network of over 2100 Irish high-tech entrepreneurs. It finds that prior employment experience can be used to measure the prominence of different actors anticipated in the entrepreneurial ecosystem literature. Regional universities play an anchor role within each regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. Universities are indirectly connected to other organizations to form an integrated network that supports high-tech entrepreneurship. This approach may be used to assess and motivate interventions to support integration and anchor organization establishment that enhances regional entrepreneurial activity

Business · Ecosystem · Entrepreneurship · High tech · Irish · Knowledge management · Mechanism (biology · Political science · Psychological intervention · Computer Science · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Human Resource and Talent Management · Private Equity and Venture Capital · Psychology · Ecology · Marketing

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