The role of entrepreneurial families in entrepreneurial ecosystems

• Autores: Claudia Patricia Benavides Salazar
• Directores de la Tesis: Asunción Ibáñez Romero (dir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universidad de Deusto ( España ) en 2022
• Idioma: inglés
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Vincent Lefebvre (presid.), Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia (secret.), Juan Carlos Salazar Elena (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Competitividad Empresarial y Territorial, Innovación y Sostenibilidad por la Universidad de Deusto; la Universidad Pontificia Comillas y la Universidad Ramón Llull
• Materias:
  • Ciencias económicas
    • Organización y dirección de empresas
      • Otras especialidades de organización y dirección de empresas
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: hdl.handle.net
• Resumen

  • This thesis studies the phenomenon of entrepreneurial families of recognized trajectory in entrepreneurship ecosystems and, therefore, the dynamics of entrepreneurship in a region. Specifically, it investigates the role of entrepreneurial families in the entrepreneurship ecosystem (1) from the perspective of entrepreneurs and mentors; (2) from the perspective of the support entities in the entrepreneurship ecosystem; and (3) from the perspective of the entrepreneurial families and the members of their companies' work teams.

    In the theoretical framework, the first part allows us to orient how family social capital and its transmission mechanisms (formal and informal) can generate articulation in a territory outside its natural dynamics. The second part allows us to analyze the different approaches to entrepreneurial ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on cultural and social influences, such as that of entrepreneurial families, which have been little studied in entrepreneurial ecosystem models, providing information on the link between the social capital of entrepreneurial families and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

    The main question and the three objectives are developed in this manuscript and follow the background and motivation for the research explained in the first chapter. The second and third chapters develop the theoretical framework of this dissertation based on the entrepreneurial family and entrepreneurial ecosystems. The fourth chapter describes the empirical study and the methodology used in this dissertation, considering that it is a case study. The fifth chapter presents the results of the empirical study from the three perspectives mentioned, entrepreneurs and mentors, support entities, and entrepreneurial families, which cover the two parts of the theoretical framework and allow contrasting from the three visions the common elements or the differences concerning the effective bridging mechanisms present and that mobilize or not the entrepreneurial dynamics in the territory. Finally, chapter six presents the conclusions, which cover the main results, limitations, and implications for entrepreneurs and policymakers and recommend future research lines.