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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Key Concepts and Economic Geographical Implications

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems(기업가적 생태계) 개념과 시사점

  • Koo, Yangmi (Department of Geography, Seoul National University, The Institute for Korean Regional Studies, SNU, SNU Institute on Aging)
  • 구양미 (서울대학교 지리학과, 서울대학교 국토문제연구소, 서울대학교 노화.고령사회연구소)
  • Received : 2022.03.10
  • Accepted : 2022.03.25
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze key concepts of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and to suggest implications for economic geographical studies. The definition and concept of entrepreneurship as well as changes of its research trends were examined. By combining entrepreneurship and geography, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, which have recently emerged as important concepts and theories, were examined with the focus on the key concepts such as 'actors and factors', 'productive' and 'territory'. It is important that the individual, organizational and institutional components such as entrepreneurs, start-ups, existing companies, institutions and cultural elements are interconnected to build communities through 'entrepreneurial recycling'. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems support to create innovative high-growth start-ups based on entrepreneurial culture in the local region. Despite conceptual limitations, theoretical and empirical analyses should be conducted from economic geographical perspectives in order to reveal the geographical and spatial processes of productive entrepreneurship and to suggest policy implications for region-based start-up ecosystems.

본 연구의 목적은 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems의 핵심 개념을 분석하고 경제지리학 연구에서의 시사점을 제시하는 것이다. 기업가정신과 지리를 결합한 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems이 중요한 개념과 이론으로 부상하였는데, '행위자와 요인', '생산적', '영역'이라는 핵심 개념을 중심으로 고찰하였다. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems에서는 개인적·조직적·제도적 구성요소인 기업가, 스타트업, 기존 기업, 제도와 문화적 요소들이 상호연결되어 '기업가적 재순환'을 통해 커뮤니티를 형성하는 것이 중요하다. 이를 통해 로컬 지역에서 기업가적 문화를 기반으로 혁신적인 고성장 신생기업을 창출하는데 기여한다. 개념적 한계에도 불구하고 생산적 기업가정신(혁신창업)의 지리적·공간적 프로세스를 밝히고 지역기반 스타트업 생태계에 대한 정책적 시사점을 제시하기 위해 경제지리학 관점에서 이론적, 실증적 분석이 이루어져야 한다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2020년 대한민국 교육부와 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2020S1A5A2A01041269).

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