Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Entrepreneurial Initiative: Building a Multi-Country Taxonomy

摘要: The main goal of this article is to appraise the existence different patterns Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, identify its relationship with Initiative, and recommend entrepreneurship policies that may influence growth entrepreneurial action. Without evidence on ecosystems landscape what determinants stimulate in a given environment, could become flawed miss target. To address research purposes, analysis was performed using data extracted from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Database carried out between 2010 2016. ensure longitudinal perspective, it used balanced panel approach followed by Logistic Regression estimations. offers novel systematic approach, Ecosystem Taxonomy, overcome disaggregated perspective ecosystems, individual context levels. Empirical findings capture four country profiles, based two measures: initiative. results allow compare groups significant disparities around determinants, namely, education factor. While commonly recognized as positive entrepreneurship, suggest contradictory effect. differentiated profiles points outs importance developing specific policy packages attending group specificities.