How to Become a Sturdy Grass Withstanding Strong Wind?——A Study on the Antecedent Configurations of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Resilience Based on WSR Methodology

Abstract

Abstract: Building a resilient entrepreneurial ecosystem is an important way to guard against internal and external risks and realize a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. However, there still lacks an in-depth research on the conditions and mechanism of entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience differentiation. Based on WSR methodology, this study uses the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis method to explore the causal complexity mechanisms affecting entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience through a case study of 17 global entrepreneurship ecosystems. Our findings are as follows. (1) Business environment is a necessary condition for high entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience. (2) The driving mechanism of high entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience can be divided into two pathways:peer diversity, and internal power. The former refers to the linkage matching of large system size, excellent business environment and gender diversity. The latter refers to the linkage matching of large system size, excellent business environment and sufficient entrepreneur resources. (3) The driving mechanism of non-high entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience can be divided into two pathways:nothing but talent and complete blankness, and is asymmetrically related to the driving mechanism of high entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience. (4) Under specific Wu-li and Shi-li conditions, gender diversity and entrepreneur resources at the Ren-li level can enhance the entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience through equivalent substitution. This paper helps to deepen the theoretical understanding of entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience, and provides valuable practical implications on how to improve entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience.

Key words: entrepreneurial ecosystem resilience, business environment, WSR methodology, qualitative comparative analysis, configurational effect

Zhang Ming, Wang Dongling, Zeng Na, Fu Shanna. How to Become a Sturdy Grass Withstanding Strong Wind?——A Study on the Antecedent Configurations of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Resilience Based on WSR Methodology[J]. Management Review, 2023, 35(5): 89-102.

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