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"Ecosystem work" in orchestrating and scaling startup support interventions
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE).
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5564-360X
BI Norwegian Business School, Norway.
2024 (English)In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, ISSN 0065-0668, E-ISSN 2151-6561, no 1Article in journal, Meeting abstract (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper, we examine how startup support interventions are orchestrated and scaled over time by zooming in on the micro-foundations that underpin their functioning. Specifically, we show how interventions that change existing venturing behaviors emerge from the interplay between macro-level ecosystem characteristics (e.g., structure, governance, and institutions) and micro-level communal initiatives, which themselves are facilitated (or impeded) by strategies to help maximize their reach and propagate their impact. We illustrate this process through an in-depth case study tracing the evolution of a startup-incumbent matchmaking program from a small pilot project to a national flagship initiative in Sweden. We introduce the concept of "ecosystem work” to capture the coordinated efforts to foster a diverse and co-evolving network around the intervention with the ultimately goal of fostering venturing activities. Our micro-foundational model of entrepreneurial support contributes to research by theorizing how localized changes to individual-level (inter)actions can transform venturing behaviors in the ecosystem, thereby illuminating new strategies for intermediaries seeking to foster entrepreneurial activity in more relevant, efficient, and scalable ways.

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Academy of Management , 2024. no 1
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-234697DOI: 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.12747abstractOAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-234697DiVA, id: diva2:1931935
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84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA, August 9-13, 2024
Available from: 2025-01-28 Created: 2025-01-28 Last updated: 2025-01-28Bibliographically approved

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