Relational models and entrepreneurship ecosystems
本文运用社会关系理论，论证创业生态系统必须包含市场定价、平等匹配、权威排序和共有共享等关系才能成功，并强调社会过程与地理背景同等重要。
Purpose Using social relations theory, we argue that entrepreneurship ecosystems must also include relationships such as market pricing, equality matching, authority ranking and communal sharing to be successful and thrive. Design/methodology/approach We theorize using Fiske’s typology that a successful entrepreneurial system must have certain characteristics to be successful. Findings In doing so, we suggest an alternative perspective of the role of exchange relationships in ecosystems which considers both the geographic context and social relationships as equally important ecosystem components. Our contributions include (1) exposing social processes as the explanatory mechanism for exchanges instead of solely market forces, (2) illustrating the role of regional cultural differences in exchanges and (3) emphasizing how entrepreneurs can better realize ecosystem benefits through understanding the methods of exchange in these ecosystems. Originality/value Social relationships include a wide variety of different types of resources and exchange mechanisms, so by their inclusion into the entrepreneurship ecosystem literature, a more complete view of ecosystems is possible.