MAPPING BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR THE IT ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM IN ROMANIA
MAPPING BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR THE IT ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: Despite the emergent and fragile entrepreneurial ecosystem, lack of entrepreneurial culture in Romania, there are Romanian IT entrepreneurs that found their way and developed competitive innovative international businesses. This research examines how, whether, and to what extent the IT entrepreneurs in Iasi County are supported by the entrepreneurial ecosystem attributes and categories of actors of the ecosystem domains and quadruple helix of innovation ecosystem. We consider the strengths and weaknesses of specific business support, how they are aligned to build an ecosystem supporting competitive and innovative entrepreneurship of IT firms. By applying the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystem and quadruple helix, the business support for IT entrepreneurs is analysed (university- industry-government-public-environment). The entrepreneurial ecosystems major factors (finance, policy, support, human capital, culture, markets) have aspects that are aligned and ones that still need further reconsideration in order to support the entrepreneurial system.

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