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Places are not like people : the perils of anthropomorphism within entrepreneurial ecosystems research
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dc.contributor.author | Brown, Ross | |
dc.contributor.author | Mawson, Suzanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Rocha, Augusto | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-16T17:30:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-16T17:30:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-02-01 | |
dc.identifier | 281663106 | |
dc.identifier | 3bc31d25-6b1c-4f6b-a0e2-3e118150b168 | |
dc.identifier | 85142217480 | |
dc.identifier | 000884683300001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Brown , R , Mawson , S & Rocha , A 2023 , ' Places are not like people : the perils of anthropomorphism within entrepreneurial ecosystems research ' , Regional Studies , vol. 57 , no. 2 , pp. 384-396 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2135698 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0034-3404 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-6164-7639/work/123195626 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8419-476X/work/126031555 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/26415 | |
dc.description | Funding: The authors wish to acknowledge InGAME: Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise, part of the AHRC Creative Industries Clusters Programme (AH/S002871/10), for funding the time of one of the co-authors. | en |
dc.description.abstract | The concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) has quickly established itself as a major focus within regional development research. A key conceptual framing commonly adopted by scholars theorising about the growth and evolutionary dynamics of EEs is via anthropomorphised life-cycle models. In this debate article we offer a critique and argumentation as to why the validity of this approach is spurious and contestable. Arguably, life-cycle based models overly simplify these complex spatial entrepreneurial phenomena and convey the temporal evolution of EEs as a simplistic, linear, deterministic and path dependent process. Despite the seductively simplistic appeal of life-cycle models, places are not like people and the uncritical adoption of such crude anthropomorphic framings potentially weakens this research field, at the same time running the risk of mis-informing policy makers. | |
dc.format.extent | 13 | |
dc.format.extent | 1424147 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Regional Studies | en |
dc.subject | Entrepreneurial ecosystems | en |
dc.subject | Life-cycles | en |
dc.subject | Path dependence | en |
dc.subject | Public policy | en |
dc.subject | HD28 Management. Industrial Management | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD28 | en |
dc.title | Places are not like people : the perils of anthropomorphism within entrepreneurial ecosystems research | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Management | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2135698 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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