Applying the Ecosystem Metaphor to Entrepreneurship
Daniel J. IsenbergBabson Executive Education, Wellesley, MA, USA; Columbia Business School, New York, NY, USA; and Harvard Kennedy School Center for International Development, Cambridge, MA, USA
2016en
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Abstract
This article uses a comparison of the generic features of natural ecosystems and the popular use of the term “entrepreneurship ecosystems” and identifies five mistakes in the way the ecosystem metaphor is applied from the natural sciences: the creation mistake, the centralized control mistake, the geography mistake, the intention mistake, and the entrepreneur-centrality mistake.
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