How do Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Influence Growth and Development?

Abstract

Nowadays, stakeholders from public, private and non-profit sectors acting in various types of aggregation in territories and are trying to find effective ways to the development. The aim of the chapter is to identify and explain the different forms of entrepreneurial ecosystems as local production systems. And present examples of functioning entrepreneurial ecosystems in the Slovak Republic. At the end, following the theoretical background and the results of the secondary and primary researches, authors identify the key problem areas that should be addressed in collaboration with stakeholders influencing future territorial development and growth of the Slovak regions.