We conceptualize entrepreneurial ecosystems as fundamentally reliant on networks and explore how and under what conditions inter-organizational networks lead an entrepreneurial ecosystem to form and evolve. It is widely accepted that entrepreneurial ecosystems possess a variety of symbiotic relationships. Research has focused considerable efforts in refining the structure and content of resources found within these networked relationships. However, merely focusing on actor-level characterizations dilutes the notion that social relationships change and are complex. There has been little conceptual treatment of the behavioral and governance factors that underpin how quality interactions composing an entrepreneurial ecosystem develop and change over time. In response, we provide a longitudinal ethnographic study examining how ecosystems are managed and evolve in their relational configurations and governance at critical junctures. Using mixed methods and data collected over 3 years, we reveal a cyclical process of relational development central to the initiation, development, and maintenance phases of a valuable entrepreneurial ecosystem. We contribute to a conceptualization of effective ecosystems as reliant on networks, we reveal the behavior and governance characteristics at play in the entrepreneurial ecosystem during each phase of its evolution.

我们将企业家生态系统概念化为基本依赖于网络，并探索组织间网络如何以及在什么条件下引导企业家生态系统形成和发展。企业家生态系统具有多种共生关系，这已被广泛接受。研究集中了大量精力来完善在这些网络关系中发现的资源的结构和内容。但是，仅关注演员级别的表征会淡化社会关系会改变且非常复杂的观念。很少有行为和治理因素的概念性处理，这些行为和治理因素构成了组成企业生态系统的高质量互动如何随时间发展和变化的基础。作为回应，我们提供了一项纵向的人种学研究，研究了在关键时刻如何管理和发展生态系统的关系配置和治理。使用混合方法和三年来收集的数据，我们揭示了关系开发的周期性过程，这是有价值的企业家生态系统的启动，开发和维护阶段的核心。我们为依赖于网络的有效生态系统的概念化做出了贡献，我们揭示了企业家生态系统在其演化的每个阶段中所发挥的行为和治理特征。和有价值的创业生态系统的维护阶段。我们为依赖于网络的有效生态系统的概念化做出了贡献，我们揭示了企业家生态系统在其演化的每个阶段中所发挥的行为和治理特征。和有价值的创业生态系统的维护阶段。我们为依赖于网络的有效生态系统的概念化做出了贡献，我们揭示了企业家生态系统在其演化的每个阶段中所发挥的行为和治理特征。