Entrepreneurial Communities and Ecosystems

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Entrepreneurial Communities and Ecosystems: Theories in Culture, Empowerment, and Leadership examines the deep sociocultural dynamics supporting effective and emergent entrepreneurial ecosystems and communities for a new generation of ecosystem builders and researchers. The book provides current theories and discussion with relevant examples regarding culture, empowerment, and leadership in entrepreneurship to build more entrepreneurial communities anywhere, beginning with any set of local advantages. It clarifies the role of community in building an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and expands the theory on how entrepreneurial communities and ecosystems differ, and how they relate. The book also illuminates the often avoided discussion about power, with special attention to diversity with examples of Black, women, and LGBTQA+ entrepreneurship; provides a deep dive into the range of formal and informal education framed as entreprenology; ties the importance of entrepreneurship and entrepreneuring to resources available at the community, state, and national levels; and introduces a new concept — omnipreneurship — which puts the skills of entrepreneurship in the service of global benefit and everyday action. Cover Endorsements Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword List of Contributors Acknowledgments Preface 1 An Introduction to Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Entrepreneurial Communities to Empower Entrepreneurs 2 Revisiting Entrepreneurial Communities, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Logic 3 An Ecology of Entrepreneurship: A Review of Concepts, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, and Entrepreneurial Communities from the Literature 4 The Power of Entrepreneurs and Social Systems: Driving Forces for Empowerment, Mitigating Disempowerment, and Advancing Equity 5 Entreprenology of Formal and Informal Education, Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Programming, Vocational and Technical Entrepreneuring, and Learning From Failure to Support and Empower Entrepreneurs 6 Avoiding Anomie: Diffusion of Support Resources for the Empowerment of Entrepreneurs 7 Beyond Bureaucracies and Bourgeoisie of Regional, State, and National Economic Development: Framework Conditions, Policy, and the Interplay of Support Organizations 8 Omnipreneurship 9 Conclusions: Final Thoughts on Culture, Empowerment, and Leadership to Support Entrepreneurs Appendix A: The Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Services Appendix B: U.S. Foundations Funding Entrepreneurship Programs Index