Empowering Entrepreneurial Communities and Ecosystems Case Study Insights Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Series

Entrepreneurial Communities and Ecosystems: Case Study Insights aims to provide applied examples that embody the theories, principles, and processes that contribute to empowering everyday entrepreneurial communities and ecosystems.

Relying on a diversity of narratives from a wide range of entrepreneurial communities, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and organizations, this book presents a collection of case studies that take the reader inside the minds of leaders who are working to empower entrepreneurs and build entrepreneurial ecosystems and entrepreneurial communities?sometimes from scratch. The book features research and stories from entrepreneurs, development agencies, entrepreneurial support and assistance organizations (i.e. feeders and supports), governments, and involved citizens and local leaders in their quest to make their communities more entrepreneuring. The book presents an analytic frame through which the case studies are cross-analyzed, providing "meta-guidelines" for pursuing a broad range of strategies for supporting local and regional entrepreneurial action.

This research volume is equally useful as an undergraduate or graduate text on the sociology of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship as it is a field guide for ecosystem builders, policy makers, nonprofits, and entrepreneurship and social researchers worldwide.

Foreword Theodore R. Alter Preface Chapter 1 An Introduction to Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Entrepreneurial Communities to Empower Entrepreneurs Chapter 2 Prologue to the Case Studies Chapter 3 A Case Study Exploring Entrepreneurial Communities in Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) Chapter 4 Raising Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Three Nebraska Case Studies Chapter 5 A Small-Town Music Movement as an Economic Driver and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development Strategy in Indiana Chapter 6 The Culture and Individual Nexus of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: The Impact of Culture on What Necessity-Driven Entrepreneurs Believe is Possible as Illustrated in a Case Study from Nova Scotia, Canada Chapter 7 Called to a Community Venture: Entrepreneurial Mindset and Empowerment through Networking as Illustrated in a Case Study in Abilene, Texas Chapter 8 A Framework for Decolonizing Community Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Native Nations in Minnesota Chapter 9 Little Town, Layered Ecosystem: A Case Study of Chattanooga, Tennessee Chapter 10 A Meta-Analysis and Conclusions: Relevance of Developing Entrepreneurial Communities to Empower Entrepreneurs

Morgan R. Clevenger, EdD, MBA is Associate Professor of Management at Hiram College, Ohio, USA, as well as Professor of Management and Post-doctoral Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Business Ethics with Monarch Business School, Zug, Switzerland.

Michael W-P Fortunato, PhDis an internationally published scholar, researcher, author, entrepreneur, community developer, educator, public speaker, and innovator, and CFO and Founding Partner of Texas-based community consulting group Creative Insight Community Development (CICD).