Space, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Dynamics, and Interspecific Ecological
Interactions
Abstract
This paper aims at investigating entrepreneurial ecosystems through
analysis of interactions among their main agents, in different
spatialities of a medium-size city: the city center (downtown), a
suburban street, and its main shopping mall. As a theoretical framework
the Jacobs approach (2011), the theory of practical action (Bourdieu,
2010), and the theory of interspecific ecological interactions (Lopes &
Russo, 2010) were used. In methodological terms, a case study approach
was carried out. The findings indicate different types of ecosystem
interactions, considering the influence of the context, technology, and
innovation as well as the historical trajectories and Habitus
that characterize them.