The tortoise, the hare, and the hybrid: Effects of prior employment on the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem

Mary Donegan; Allison Forbes; Paige Clayton; Alyse Polly; Maryann Feldman; Nichola Lowe

doi:10.1093/icc/dtz037

The tortoise, the hare, and the hybrid: Effects of prior employment on the development of an entrepreneurial ecosystem

Mary Donegan, Allison Forbes, Paige Clayton, Alyse Polly, Maryann Feldman, Nichola Lowe

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Abstract

Prior employment imprints nascent entrepreneurs with logics for organizing startups. Within a regional ecosystem, entrepreneurs with different employment backgrounds pursue alternative entrepreneurial pathways, each generating distinct, though complementary, regional impacts. By analyzing diverse pre-entrepreneurial employment experiences, no one pathway leads to superior firm performance; prior industry experience generates strong early performance that tapers off, while prior academic experience engenders slow, steady, long-lasting growth. Our approach is well-suited for theorizing ecosystem development and generating policy recommendations in support of ecosystem diversity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	899-920
Number of pages	22
Journal	Industrial and Corporate Change
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtz037
State	Published - Aug 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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