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Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Effects of Economic Integration

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This chapter focuses on the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kazakhstan. Since such ecosystems can be based on geographic location or connecting technologies, the authors consider, in the first instance, how economic integration may affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The chapter explores the case of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEA). It argues that the understanding of economic integration trends is essential for countries and regions. The research, based on a survey of SMEs, explores the fact that small companies, especially in the tertiary sector of the economy, are not affected by regional integration, as large companies are. Based on this fact they suggest that institutions need to be developed to support small companies in EEA.

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Jumasseitova, A. (2020). Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Effects of Economic Integration. In: Heim, I. (eds) Kazakhstan's Diversification from the Natural Resources Sector. Euro-Asian Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37389-4_9

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