Supporting start-up activity is a central goal of regional economic policy. The focus here is on regional start-up ecosystems, which combine many potential influencing factors. This empirical study aims to provide the first large-scale, Germany-wide analysis of the complex interdependencies of start-up activity and the elements of entrepreneurial ecosystems on a district level. We examine the influence of elements on start-up activity and the influence of start-up activity on the elements. The results show that the analyzed interactions within an entrepreneurial ecosystem are different at different points in time (short-, medium- and long-term). Regional economic policy can actively influence start-up activity through region-specific intervention measures.
IfM-Materialien | 2024 Entrepreneurial ecosystems and start-up activity – a long-term analysis of their interrelationships
Bijedić-Krumm, T.; Schneck, S.; Suprinovič, O.; Kranzusch, P.; Becker, F. (2024): Gründungsökosysteme und Gründungsaktivität – eine Langzeitbetrachtung ihrer Wechselbeziehungen, in: IfM Bonn, IfM-Materialie Nr. 306, Bonn.