Workshop on Urban Startup Ecosystem (USE)
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The discussion on entrepreneurial ecosystem has reached increasing attention from researchers, policy makers and practitioners mainly due to the enormous impact of entrepreneurial ecosystems on their regional economic well-being. Despite the increasing interest in this topic, many questions remain open. Stam (2014) defines an entrepreneurial ecosystem as “interdependent set of actors that is governed in such a way that it enables entrepreneurial action”. While many researchers share this definition or provide similar approaches, the overall concept remains vague.
The workshop on urban startup ecosystem aims at establishing a platform for researchers to discuss recent issues of entrepreneurial ecosystems and a possible research agenda, to connect researchers, to create partnerships, and to jointly find answers to open questions in ecosystem research.
The first Workshop on Urban Startup Ecosystems was a great success. Thanks to all participants. We are already looking forward to the next USE-Workshop.