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Small-medium enterprises and innovative startups in entrepreneurial ecosystems: exploring an under-remarked relation
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal ( IF 6.150 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-02 , DOI: 10.1007/s11365-020-00698-3
Angelo Cavallo , Antonio Ghezzi , Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

To date, contributions in the field of entrepreneurial ecosystems have mainly focused on definitions, actors, key attributes, consequences on startups’ creation and growth, while conceding less space to key relations among actors. This study contributes to filling this gap by exploring the relation in entrepreneurial ecosystems between small-medium enterprises and a relevant class of startups: innovative startups. We take stock of extant knowledge to discuss the challenges and benefits of this relation. Then, we document that innovative startups tend to locate within Italian industrial districts, a peculiar case of entrepreneurial ecosystems where Italian small-medium enterprises tend to agglomerate, despite there is no evidence that they operate in the same industry of specialization of the Italian industrial districts. We interpret these results as a possible indication that innovative startups value the relation with small-medium enterprises. We provide an original review and illustrative evidence on small-medium enterprises and startups relations as few studies have done so far. Finally, the study presents a research agenda for stimulating novel directions for academic research and practice-oriented conversations on the role of small-medium enterprises and innovative startups in entrepreneurial ecosystems. We deem this is a relevant topic, given the importance of these relations, especially within entrepreneurial ecosystems located in countries where small-medium enterprises (often operating in traditional industries) are the main engine of local and regional development.



中文翻译:

创业生态系统中的中小企业与创新型初创企业:探索一种被忽视的关系

迄今为止,创业生态系统领域的贡献主要集中在定义、参与者、关键属性、对初创企业创建和成长的影响,而对参与者之间的关键关系的空间较小。本研究通过探索中小企业与相关类别的初创企业:创新型初创企业之间的创业生态系统关系,有助于填补这一空白。我们评估现有知识以讨论这种关系的挑战和好处。然后,我们记录了创新型初创企业往往位于意大利工业区内,这是创业生态系统的一个特殊案例,意大利中小型企业倾向于聚集,尽管没有证据表明它们在意大利工业区的同一专业化行业中运营. 我们将这些结果解释为可能表明创新型初创公司重视与中小型企业的关系。我们提供了关于中小企业和初创企业关系的原始评论和说明性证据,迄今为止所做的研究很少。最后,该研究提出了一项研究议程,以激发关于中小企业和创新型初创企业在创业生态系统中作用的学术研究和实践导向对话的新方向。鉴于这些关系的重要性,我们认为这是一个相关的话题,特别是在位于中小企业(通常在传统行业运营)是地方和区域发展的主要引擎的国家的创业生态系统中。

更新日期:2020-10-02
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