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From knowledge to business ecosystems: emergence of an entrepreneurial activity during knowledge replication

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  • Amel Attour

    (Université Côté d’Azur, CNRS, GREDEG)

  • Nathalie Lazaric

    (Université Côté d’Azur, CNRS, GREDEG)

Abstract

Our article emphasizes the relationship between knowledge and business ecosystems. Transformation of a knowledge ecosystem can lead to the emergence of a technological platform embodying a business ecosystem and providing the resources required especially for firm startup. The role of knowledge replication in an innovation ecosystem is identified through exploratory research and a qualitative case study in the technology hotspot of Sophia-Antipolis. Our findings provide evidence of a new technological trajectory in near-field communication ecosystems resulting from a radical transformation of traditional knowledge ecosystems. We show that the role of a knowledge filter is reduced by some public actors and universities acting as the “tenant anchor” and accelerating the replication of knowledge, and the resolution of intellectual property rights issues in emergent business ecosystems. We highlight the critical role of a public actor in enabling the emergence and creation of a business ecosystem, and its involvement in this entrepreneurial activity.

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  • Amel Attour & Nathalie Lazaric, 2020. "From knowledge to business ecosystems: emergence of an entrepreneurial activity during knowledge replication," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 54(2), pages 575-587, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:54:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s11187-018-0035-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-018-0035-3
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    Keywords

    Knowledge ecosystem; Entrepreneurial opportunities; Technological platform; Knowledge replication; Academic actor;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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