Peer-reviewed papers, EERS research schools, white papers, events. Each post traces back to either a publication, a conference, or a strategic milestone.

Release of OSE's first white paper, presenting a data-driven framework to unlock Africa's entrepreneurial potential.
What distinguishes an entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) that supports entrepreneurial dynamics from one that does not? Despite being a hot issue, several scholars address the paucity of empirical studies that attempt to explain the overall functioning of EEs. To provide this perspec
The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Winter School brings together scholars to discuss academic advancements in the emerging research field of entrepreneurial ecosystems (see e.g. Stam 2015; Wurth et al. 2019; Theodoraki 2024). Early-career scholars, including PhD candidates, a

Novel study of interorganizational network among EE actors at the national level in five low-income African nations using web scraping, quantitative graph theory, and QCA.

Three-day Research Winter School in Bilbao bringing together scholars on entrepreneurial ecosystems, hosted by Universidad del País Vasco with GEM and EERS.
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Spring School in Stuttgart hosted by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science with 80+ specialized scholars.
This Summer School aims to provide the opportunity for early career researchers and PhD students to discuss, network and collaborate with fellow scholars on entrepreneurial ecosystems. The Summer School takes place after the Winter School organized by Utrecht and the Innodays con

Summer School in Paris devoted to the nature, emergence and dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) research requires a better understanding of its various configurations and processes at its whole scale to open its black box and create new theoretical opportunities. We designed exploratory research to longitudinally observe network behaviors betw

Longitudinal observation of network behaviors between EE 'species' in four territories (3 in Africa, 1 in France) from 2017 to 2021, observing 685 actors and 155,470 observations.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Innodays is the International Conference for Innovation and Entrepreneurship organized by ADALIA Institute in Casablanca since 2016. With more than 5 years of successful editions, the conference proposes from 2022 an as

Innodays Conference and Autumn School in Casablanca, with call for papers for special edition of Small Business Economics Journal on Opening Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Black Boxes.
What makes one specific Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) more conducive to entrepreneurial activity than another? We mobilize ecosystem and network theories to describe EE processual patterns having an impact on Entrepreneurial Dynamics outcomes. We targeted low-income environments

Empirical research using quantitative graph theory and big data scraping (1,302 articles, 185 organizations) showing Morocco's disaggregated ecosystem vs Madagascar's denser/more modular one.
Un écosystème caractérise un milieu réunissant les conditions pour permettre le développement d’entités vivantes, interagissant entre elles. Quid des écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux, censés aider les entrepreneurs dans leurs projets, leur croissance et leur pérennité ? Kit de survie

Article HBR France : kit de survie pour les jeunes entreprises dans la jungle de l'écosystème entrepreneurial.
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is now a growing research field which aims to explore how Entrepreneurship is nurtured in the world. But as this phenomenon produces interesting economic and micro level contributions, only recent research explores its configurational patterns. But EE re

Conference paper at BCERC Waco and RnD Trento identifying two archetypes of African EEs (Goats vs Crocodiles) using web scraping on 410 actors and 38,233 observations.
What makes one type of entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) more conducive to entrepreneurial dynamics than another? EE research is a hot topic, and considerable progress has been made as regards its elements, network, and actors’ components. However, some scholars regret the absence o

Springer paper on inter-organizational ties analysis among EE actors in five low-income African countries using QCA, web scraping, and quantitative graph theory.
Rising Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) research is important to better understand how Entrepreneurial Dynamics are locally supported. But it presents many dead angles, such as the empirical understanding of its inter-organizational network of actors’ structure and processes. The e
What makes an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem more conductible to Entrepreneurial Dynamics than another ? Entrepreneurial Ecosystem research raised as a hot topic, leading to progresses on its elements, network, actors components, or levels of analysis. However, some scholars regret th
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) research raised as a hot topic (Velt et al., 2020), leading to progresses on its elements (Stam and van de Ven, 2019), network (Albourini et al., 2020), actors (Purbasari et al., 2020) or levels of analysis (Theodoraki and Messeghem, 2017). However,
Taking its origins in Van De Ven (1993) and Isenberg (2010) seminal work, the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem concept is by design meant to understand entrepreneurial dynamics in a given territory. Research on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) received a growing interest (Velt, Torkkeli a
Empirical study going beyond econometric analysis to evaluate the inter-organizational network of actors in the Lyon area entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Empirical analysis of how EE configuration operates in low-income countries through network central role.
Empirical analysis of the absence of empirical analysis of EE as a whole, focusing on African low-income countries.
What makes one specific Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) more conducive to entrepreneurial activity than another? We mobilize ecosystem and network theories to describe EE processual patterns having an impact on Entrepreneurial Dynamics outcomes. We targeted low income environments
Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) is now a prominent topic in entrepreneurship research (Acs et al., 2017; O’Connor et al., 2018; Volkmann et al., 2019). The concept has rapidly seduced policy makers (Stam, 2015), leading mainly to a theorization at a macro-level of analysis (Malec
Exploratory study on EE spillovers building on Van De Ven (1993) and Isenberg (2010), at macro level of analysis in low-income countries.
Exploratory study from Morocco using quantitative graph theory to identify EE actor ties' negative effects on entrepreneurial dynamics.
Methodological proposal for a meso-level approach to EE research using network theory and quantitative graph theory.
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