Complexity Theory in the Advancement of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Research: Future Research Directions

Aeeni, Zeynab; Saeedikiya, Mehrzad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11872-3_2

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“…Secondly, combining SCT with the EE framework has the potential to explain the complexities of human behaviour from a broader perspective that considers the contingencies governing the cognitions and their behavioural outcomes. Therefore, such an approach can be valuable in conceptualising human behaviour in a rapidly changing environment (here, digitalised contexts), specifically, IJEBR 30,2/3 entrepreneurial behaviour (Aeeni and Saeedikiya, 2019). Furthermore, while SCT offers a suitable theoretical lens to examine innovative behaviour incorporating agent-context dynamics (Ng and Lucianetti, 2016), strengthening its explanation power with a theory of entrepreneurship that considers environmental changes as the enablers of entrepreneurial behaviour extends its potential to capture innovation and entrepreneurship dynamics.…”

Section: Theoretical Foundations 21 Social Cognitive Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitions affecting innovation among generation Z entrepreneurs: the external enablement of digital infrastructure

Saeedikiya,

Salamzadeh,

Salamzadeh

et al. 2023

IJEBR

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PurposeThe current research aimed to investigate the external enablement role of Digital Infrastructures (DI) in the interplay of entrepreneurial cognitions and innovation.Design/methodology/approachData from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) were used for analyses. This yielded a sample of 8,601 Generation Z entrepreneurs operating in 25 European countries.FindingsApplying hierarchical moderated regressions showed that socio-cognitive components of an entrepreneurial mindset (self-efficacy, risk propensity, opportunity identification) affect innovation among Generation Z entrepreneurs. More importantly, DI plays an external enablement role in the interplay of cognitions and innovation among Generation Z entrepreneurs.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the socio-cognitive theory of entrepreneurship by integrating an external enablement perspective into the study of cognitions and entrepreneurial outcomes (here, innovation). It contributes to the digital technology perspective of entrepreneurship by connecting the conversation about the socio-cognitive perspective of entrepreneurship regarding the role of cognitions in innovation to the conversation in information systems (IS) regarding technology affordances and constraints. This study extends the application of the external enabler framework to the post-entry stage of entrepreneurial activity and integrates a generational perspective into it.

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Section: Theoretical Foundations 21 Social Cognitive Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitions affecting innovation among generation Z entrepreneurs: the external enablement of digital infrastructure

Saeedikiya,

Salamzadeh,

Salamzadeh

et al. 2023

IJEBR

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“…Fuller et al ( 2007 ) argued this theory can frame the entrepreneurial mechanism for small firms, explain relationships in a volatile environment, and the sustainable performance. The complexity theory is also used in entrepreneurship studies for various aspects such as entrepreneurial characteristics (Huarng & Yu, 2021 ), nascent entrepreneurship (Lichtenstein et al, 2007 ), entrepreneurship ecosystem (Aeeni & Saeedikiya, 2019 ), social entrepreneurship (Swanson & Zhang, 2011 ; Han & McKelvey, 2016 ), and motivations and innovation (Woodside et al, 2020 ).…”

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Chaos and complexity: entrepreneurial planning during pandemic

2022

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Entrepreneurs are argued to have higher foresight, ability to handle complex situations, and superior planning. This qualitative study attempted to validate these assertions in the pandemic context of COVID19. The pandemic created a complex and chaotic business environment. The information was available to businesspersons of the region before a quarter. Did they show adequate foresight to assimilate information and respond to the crisis? How complex was the situation for planning? What entrepreneurial characteristics were demonstrated? A qualitative study design sought and analyzed business owner’s responses to these questions. Though the findings are not generalizable, it indicated inadequate but reactive response. Secondly, the challenge of reduced cash flow prompted cost cutting as an operational response. The plan of winning trust in transactions was also an operational response. A few perceived pandemic as an opportunity for product innovation. Business owners demonstrated empathy toward their employees. Interestingly, most business owners indicated fluidity and inadequate information as a barrier for planning. Information acquisition, seeking help from network, responding to imminent events, wait and watch, were predominant operational responses, whereas innovation and shifting of sectors were strategic responses considered by few entrepreneurs. The perception of superior entrepreneurial abilities in anticipating events, planning, strategizing, and handling complexity was less evidenced in this study.

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“…Second, EEs share patterns with general CAS in biology (e.g., a flock of birds or an ant colony) that include three fundamental elements: agents, interactions, and the environment (Acs et al, 2014;Dooley, 1997;Mitleton-Kelly, 2003). Third, recent work offers a complete set of complexity properties that a CAS shares with an EE (Aeeni & Saeedikiya, 2019;Roundy et al, 2018). Six properties are proposed to address problems, paradoxes, and ambiguities in EE research: emergence through "self-" organization, open-but-distinct boundaries, complex components, nonlinear dynamics, adaptability through dynamic interactions, and sensitivity to initial conditions (cf.…”

Section: Ees As Complex Adaptive Systemsmentioning

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“…Some scholars have separately discussed EE complexity properties, leading to a fragmented view (see discussion in Isenberg, 2016;O'Connor et al, 2017). Recent works building on Complex Adaptive System (CAS) theory have offered a more complete view of the complexity properties shared by EEs and discussed how these properties relate to the birth of EEs (Aeeni & Saeedikiya, 2019;Roundy, Bradshaw, & Brockman, 2018). However, these conceptual endeavors failed to provide any empirical evidence of complexity-based EEs and were rather constrained to the EE birth stage.…”

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Toward a complex adaptive system: The case of the Zhongguancun entrepreneurship ecosystem

Han

Ruan

Wang

et al. 2021

Journal of Business Research

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Complexity Theory in the Advancement of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Research: Future Research Directions

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Cognitions affecting innovation among generation Z entrepreneurs: the external enablement of digital infrastructure

Cognitions affecting innovation among generation Z entrepreneurs: the external enablement of digital infrastructure

Chaos and complexity: entrepreneurial planning during pandemic

Toward a complex adaptive system: The case of the Zhongguancun entrepreneurship ecosystem

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