We study how environmental enablers, specifically disruptive ecological shifts, and subsequent regulatory activity, led to the formation of a local ecopreneur ecosystem in Kenya and how this process was facilitated by the brokerage role of an international NGO. Drawing from the entrepreneurial ecosystem literature, and using a strategic network perspective to conceptually map salient interorganizational ties, multilevel engagement, and resource generation, we utilize qualitative grounded theory analysis to argue that environmental changes have catalyzed the regulatory change towards the formation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem for low-resourced ecopreneurs. This process is facilitated through ecosystem brokering through an anchor tenant that accelerates knowledge, resources, and viable exchanges to advance venture sustainability.

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外部推动因素和创业生态系统：主力租户在增强草根生态企业家能力方面的中介作用

我们研究环境推动因素，特别是破坏性的生态转变以及随后的监管活动如何导致肯尼亚当地生态企业家生态系统的形成，以及国际非政府组织的中介作用如何促进这一过程。借鉴创业生态系统文献，并使用战略网络视角来概念性地描绘显着的组织间联系、多层次参与和资源生成，我们利用定性扎根理论分析来论证环境变化催化了监管变革，以形成创业生态系统对于资源匮乏的生态企业家来说。这个过程是通过生态系统经纪来促进的通过一个主要租户加速知识、资源和可行的交流，以促进风险的可持续性。