Resumen

GUERRERO, Maribel  y  SANTAMARIA-VELASCO, Carlos Alberto. Ecosystem and entrepreneurial activity in Mexico: An exploratory analysis. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.28, n.55, pp.227-251.  Epub 02-Jul-2020. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2855-009-2020.

The objective of this research is to explore the role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the entrepreneurial activity and regional development. A mixed analysis -qualitative and quantitative methodologies- was applied in the Central West region of Mexico. Results shows how certain elements of the ecosystem have influenced in the configuration of an entrepreneurial diversity (rural-urban, technological-no technological, familiar-no familiar) in the region. The results also provide some insights about the impact of this entrepreneurial diversity on the social and economic development of the region. From the results obtained, a series of implications are presented to the agents involved in the ecosystem in the analyzed region.

Palabras llave : entrepreneurial ecosystem; entrepreneurial activity; entrepreneurial diversity; institutional economic theory; economic development; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Mexico.