Does Africa need entrepreneurial ecosystems thinking?
本文认为非洲已有过多创业者，创业生态系统思维并非优先事项，应支持“正确”的创业者并减少总数，借鉴东南亚技术追赶和熊彼特增长理论。
Abstract Does Africa need Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) thinking? This paper argues that EE thinking is not a priority for Africa. The data is clear that Africa already has too many entrepreneurs. Further boosting the number of entrepreneurs in Africa seems like a step in the wrong direction. Instead, Africa should support the “right” kind of entrepreneurs, while reducing the total number of entrepreneurs. Two theories suggest that EE theory is the opposite of what African development needs: first, lessons from the technological catch-up that worked well for the development of South East Asia; and second, Schumpeterian growth theory which makes policy recommendations conditional on a country’s distance-to-frontier.