Depolarizing Innovation: Dynamic Policy Implications for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Second-Tier European Regions

Artikel

Entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) research has mainly focused on metropolitan regions and neglected second-tier (European) regions. I use a comparative case study approach with a focus on regional public policy to analyze two second-tier European regions: Uppsala and Galway. The results show that EEs can emerge as a by-product of attracting foreign direct investment or investment in higher education and research. In both cases, the R&D activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and universities contribute to the emergence and growth of EEs by enabling the creation of spin-offs. Given the limited resources in second-tier regions, EE initially focus on specific industry clusters to maximize resource efficiency. Later diversification increases ecosystem resilience and mitigates cluster risks. However, limited access to growth capital in second-tier EEs leads to increased acquisition activity by MNEs or the relocation of high-growth ventures to metropolitan areas. Policy measures that support second-tier regions' efforts to create local EEs initially focus on promoting R&D, knowledge spillovers, and research commercialization, later include the creation of supportive infrastructure, and finally enable the attraction of growth capital to the region.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Junior Management Science (JUMS) ; ISSN: 2942-1861 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2024 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1211-1240

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Management
• Thema: economic geography ; entrepreneurial ecosystems ; public policy ; second-tier regions ; spatial context

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Keim, Jan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Junior Management Science e. V.
• (wo): Planegg
• (wann): 2024

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5282/jums/v9i1pp1211-1240
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ