2024/04/10 by Aki Harima, Jan Harima, Jörg Freiling
Business, Management and Accounting · #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #Family Business Performance and Succession #Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
paper · pdf · doi:10.1177/10422587241241824
openalex publication_date 2024/04/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Although prior research emphasizes the essential role of anchor organizations’ leadership in entrepreneurial ecosystem development in the early stages, their strategic functions are undertheorized. This study conducted a single case study with the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Santiago de Chile as a revelatory case by examining how anchor organizations catalyze the early evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the perspective of the orchestration theory. We developed a framework of ecosystem orchestration to demonstrate how anchor organizations adapt their strategic functions in managing and building various networks and resources to dynamic environments in entrepreneurial ecosystems.