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6 - Gendering Institutions and Institutional Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2021

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan  and
Susan Clark Muntean
Banu Ozkazanc-Pan
Affiliation:
Brown University, Rhode Island
Susan Clark Muntean
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Asheville
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Summary

This chapter outlines the importance and role of institutional factors in the analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystems, particularly in relation to gender. We focus explicitly on informal and formal factors—that is, belief systems as well as economic, political, and legal systems—as important considerations in how entrepreneurial ecosystems are organized and replicated. We conclude this chapter by introducing the concept of ‘ecosystem identity’ as a framework that offers a typology of ecosystems and thereby expands how scholarship attending to entrepreneurial ecosystems can conceptualize and categorize different types of ecosystem. Our goal here is to offer suggestions as to how the institutional organization and identity of an ecosystem can offer different mechanisms and drivers of change towards gender inclusion. We point out that ecosystem identity impacts the possibilities for change, and, on this basis, we offer insights as to challenges as well as opportunities for institutional shifts.

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institutionsgenderformalinformalecosystem identityinstitutional change
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
A Gender Perspective
 , pp. 161 - 183
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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