Building on earlier work on entrepreneurship and holistic innovation policy, the paper elaborates on the concept of “entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem” and applies it in the empirical analysis of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) partnership operations. The analysis focuses on the EIT Digital, which is one of the EIT “Knowledge and Innovation Communities” (KICs) formed by partners from higher education, research and business. The empirical research with primary data from semi-structured interviews and secondary data from desk research provides evidence on the different perceptions between EIT Digital managers in six accelerators around Europe compared to partners and start-ups in the Madrid co-location centre. Ecosystem dimensions are intertwined in EIT Digital activities and the actual performance of the whole depends on their effective alignment. Hence, further research is suggested on the interconnections between the ecosystem dimensions with particular attention to ecosystem integration, international networking and adaptive governance.

在早期关于创业和整体创新政策的工作的基础上，本文阐述了“创业创新生态系统”的概念，并将其应用于欧洲创新与技术研究所 (EIT) 伙伴关系运营的实证分析。分析的重点是 EIT Digital，它是由高等教育、研究和商业合作伙伴组成的 EIT“知识和创新社区”(KIC) 之一。使用半结构化访谈的原始数据和案头研究的辅助数据进行的实证研究提供了证据，证明欧洲六家加速器的 EIT 数字经理与马德里共址中心的合作伙伴和初创企业之间存在不同的看法。生态系统维度在 EIT 数字活动中相互交织，整体的实际表现取决于它们的有效协调。因此，建议进一步研究生态系统维度之间的相互联系，特别关注生态系统整合、国际网络和适应性治理。