Entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems: Ibero-American perspective

Abstract

This article introduces the special issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business about entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems. It sums ups significant changes that have taken place in the world of business innovation and entrepreneurship in recent years. Start-ups are growing at the centre of a change of paradigm where connections and global networks are key in order to develop new and disruptive technologies. In such a framework, this article presents the nine contributions of this special issue that provide research results related to the topic of entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems from an Ibero-American perspective.