A brief case study of the audretsch form of davidial entrepreneurship research ecosystems

Abstract

The concept of an ecosystem has been adapted to human societies through the lens of human ecologies. However, to date there has been no research conducted on the unique context of the Davidial Entrepreneurship Research Ecosystem (DERE) particularly in its Audretsch form. In this article, we examine the ideas of boundary influences of a DERE through a specific case study of the Audretsch Davidial ecosystem. We conclude that a specific David of the Audretsch type, is an essential part of the dynamics of entrepreneurship research and in a DERE analysis neither the David nor his writings are an appropriate unit of analysis to comprehend the scale of influence. Rather, it is the dominant entrepreneurship research ecosystem that becomes focal, and within that, we find the Audretsch Davidial influence is a powerful force of change that transcends any possible specification of boundaries.