Unhelpful help: The state of support programmes and the dynamics of entrepreneurship ecosystems in Ethiopia

Biru, Ashenafi; Gilbert, David; Arenius, Pía

doi:10.1080/08985626.2020.1734267

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“…This reflects the common view that the general process of starting and growing a business holds across sectors, with the key principles of product validation, market segmentation, and market penetration being largely sector-agnostic. Incubation, acceleration, and co-working – which are frequently considered synonymous with ESOs (Yusuf, 2010; Theodoraki and Messeghem, 2017; Clayton et al, 2018; Bellavitis et al, 2020; Biru et al, 2021; Oh et al, 2022) – are, in fact, only three out of 24 types of ESOs activities and therefore should not be conflated with ESOs.…”

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“…Moreover, the composition of the ESOs landscape has important signalling effects that may impact the nature of entrepreneurial activity and even lead to unintended consequences (Biru et al, 2021). The types of entrepreneurs and businesses that are being targeted by ESOs – for example, early-stage start-up entrepreneurs as opposed to high-growth businesses – and the overall balance of support within the ecosystem imply that it is these types of entrepreneurial activity that are explicitly encouraged (Roundy, 2017a).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, ESOs are not homogeneous (Cohen et al, 2019; Bergman and McMullen, 2022). Although they share a common objective of promoting productive entrepreneurship (Biru et al, 2021), there is significant diversity amongst ESOs and the types of activities they provide (Roundy, 2017a). ESOs can be private or public entities, for profit or not, and operated by various ecosystem actors, including entrepreneurs, charities, corporate organisations, universities, and government.…”

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“…The most appropriate focus is therefore on organisations whose primary focus is to support entrepreneurial activity. Moreover, whereas the definition of ESOs emphasises their breadth and diversity, research has mostly focused on specific types of ESOs, notably incubators, science parks, accelerators, maker spaces, and co-working spaces (Yusuf, 2010; Theodoraki and Messeghem, 2017; Breznitz et al, 2018; Clayton et al, 2018; Bellavitis et al, 2020; Biru et al, 2021; Oh et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Entrepreneurship support organisations (ESOs) support entrepreneurs with the provision of knowledge, resources, and training. They are a popular economic development tool for promoting entrepreneurial activity. However, the large number of ESOs has led to criticisms of oversaturation. We investigate this claim by analysing the ESOs in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Glasgow, Scotland. We draw on publicly available documentary data to map the ESOs landscape and adopt the organisational thickness lens to analyse and interpret our findings from a holistic perspective. Although the literature largely presents ESOs as homogenous, we find a large number of heterogeneous ESOs that provide a wide range of support activities which can cater to different needs. However, they do not clearly target a specific segment of entrepreneurs which makes it difficult for the clients to differentiate between them and find the most suitable ESO. This is likely the explanation for the perception of a ‘cluttered landscape’ with too many players. Considering that entrepreneurs draw on different support providers over the course of their entrepreneurial journey, a key implication of our study is that the issue of clutter is likely to improve with greater segmentation rather than reducing the number of ESOs.

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“…In the area of public transport, there are still many gaps to be addressed, such as information management with respect to covid-19 health measures and their restrictions. According to reference [12], the information management process requires a level of flexibility for the parties involved and a willingness to adapt the terms of the information to reflect any changes in circumstances. The use of mobile applications would have great effectiveness and efficiency in carrying out all the required processes [13], [14], as it allows streamlining the information, consultation and news processes; making it possible for users to have it available at any time [15].…”

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The pandemic is currently forcing several countries to take certain restrictions on public transportation to prevent the spread of the virus, Peru is in the aforementioned phase, so many users who continue to use public transportation on a daily basis to get to work, home, supermarkets, among other activities, must stay informed to comply with these requirements. In this context, the mobile application was developed to help the proper management of information of the sanitary measures of the Covid-19 in the area of public transport for the city of Lima, and this is compatible with Android and iOS; likewise, the Mobile-D methodology, helped to make such mobile application and to know the phases to proceed with the implementation, which has an impact on time, information management and user satisfaction. The results of the present document show that the level of user satisfaction increased to 67.5% of a sample of 200 people as the experimental group. It was concluded that the application made it possible to automate the management of information on Covid-19 sanitary measures in the field of public transportation.

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Connecting the dots? Entrepreneurial ecosystems and sustainable entrepreneurship as pathways to sustainability

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While the exponential growth of entrepreneurial ecosystem research has dramatically increased our understanding of the role of context in entrepreneurial outcomes, our knowledge of entrepreneurial ecosystems and environmentally sustainable entrepreneurship is still fragmented. There is ambiguity on how entrepreneurial ecosystems influence sustainable entrepreneurship and what factors facilitate or constrain sustainable entrepreneurship. We attempt to take stock of the extant scholarship on entrepreneurial ecosystems and synthesize studies examining their linkages with sustainability. We systematically reviewed 77 articles identified in the World of Science and Scopus databases to discuss the main themes. The content analysis uncovered four key themes: (a) how entrepreneurial ecosystems become more sustainable, (b) the role of entrepreneurs, (c) the role of universities, and (d) the outcomes of sustainable ecosystems. The findings reveal that interactions between different actors, including customers, suppliers, institutions, governments, and universities, can result in a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. The novelty of our study arises from integrating extant studies on entrepreneurial ecosystem and sustainability in a systematic and replicable manner. We observed heightened attention to the environmental challenges in ecosystem literature and entrepreneurs' expanded roles in generating ecological and social value. Future studies can further evaluate the effectiveness of entrepreneurial ecosystems to examine whether creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem has a similar value while achieving sustainable development goals across varied contexts.

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Unhelpful help: The state of support programmes and the dynamics of entrepreneurship ecosystems in Ethiopia

Cited by 20 publications

References 67 publications

Mapping entrepreneurship support organisations: An examination of the ‘cluttered landscape’ critique

Mapping entrepreneurship support organisations: An examination of the ‘cluttered landscape’ critique

Mobile Application for the Management of Covid-19 Health Measures on Public Transport Lines

Connecting the dots? Entrepreneurial ecosystems and sustainable entrepreneurship as pathways to sustainability

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