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Applying the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Estonia

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  • Reidolf Merli

    (Department of Business AdministrationTallinn University of TechnologyEhitajate tee 5 Tallinn 19086 EstoniaTallinnEstonia)

  • Küttim Merle

    (Department of Business AdministrationTallinn University of TechnologyEhitajate tee 519086 TallinnTallinnEstonia)

  • Michelson Aleksandr

    (Praxis Centre for Policy StudiesTartu mnt 5010115 TallinnTallinnEstonia)

  • Rozeik Helena

    (Department of Business AdministrationTallinn University of TechnologyEhitajate tee 519086 TallinnTallinnEstonia)

  • Kallaste Marianne

    (Department of Business AdministrationTallinn University of TechnologyEhitajate tee 519086 TallinnTallinnEstonia)

Abstract

Similar to natural ecosystems, entrepreneurs and other entrepreneurial actors are locally interdependent and affect the performance of each other. Mostly economically larger and more successful regions have been studied by using the framework of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs). The current study aims at further developing the theoretical understanding of EEs and applying the proposed EE model in the context of Estonia. In the study, a conceptual model of an EE is proposed, the uniqueness of which lies in merging three aspects into a single framework: the nine components of an EE, its value-added, and its phase of development. The model was applied for analysing by means of a qualitative methodology four sector-based subEEs in Estonia.

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  • Reidolf Merli & Küttim Merle & Michelson Aleksandr & Rozeik Helena & Kallaste Marianne, 2019. "Applying the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems in Estonia," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 63(2-4), pages 134-145, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:zfwige:v:63:y:2019:i:2-4:p:134-145:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2018-0028
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    Keywords

    entrepreneurial ecosystems; Estonia; knowledge base;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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