Towards an entrepreneurial ecosystem typology for regional economic development: the role of creative class and entrepreneurship

Audretsch, D. B. and Belitski, M. (2021) Towards an entrepreneurial ecosystem typology for regional economic development: the role of creative class and entrepreneurship. Regional Studies, 55 (4). pp. 735-756. ISSN 0034-3404 doi: 10.1080/00343404.2020.1854711

Abstract/Summary

Who drives regional economic development in entrepreneurial ecosystems of different types? Using longitudinal data on 267 NUTS-3 European regions during the period 2008–16, we apply the entrepreneurial ecosystem theoretical framework to study how entrepreneurial ecosystem type moderates the relationship between a variety of entrepreneurship and regional economic development. It is found that regional economic development proxied by gross value added per resident responds differently to solo self-employment, job creators and new-firm birth rates as well as changes in a share of productive high-growth entrepreneurship across different entrepreneurial ecosystems. The findings have implications for regional and national policy-makers and scholars who study the geography of entrepreneurship.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-pure-test.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/95304
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/00343404.2020.1854711
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
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