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Entrepreneurship is crucial for economic development and plays a vital role for addressing some of the most pressing societal and environmental challenges of our time. There is consensus that growing entrepreneurship does not happen in isolation but requires a supportive environment, including an entrepreneurial culture, access to resources and capital, and role models and mentoring, among others. In turn, entrepreneurship also impacts this socio-economic environment, or ecosystem.

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While research is progressing on individual aspects of entrepreneurial ecosystems, the interdependence of the constituent actors and factors limit the insights from researching them in isolation. The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Research Network was formed to address this issue and provide a platform for research and knowledge exchange.