Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Place-Based Transformations and Transitions

Allan O’Connor is a Senior Lecturer at the Entrepreneurship, Commercialization and Innovation Center (ECIC) at the University of Adelaide. In 2014/15 he led the development of the Australian Cluster Observatory and is currently leading the development of the Strategic Innovation of Place research group.

Erik Stam is a Full Professor at the Utrecht University School of Economics, where he holds the chair of Strategy, Organization & Entrepreneurship. He has been the co-founder and Academic Director of the Utrecht Center for Entrepreneurship. He is editor of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal.

Fiona Sussan is Senior University Research Chair of School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix. She is the founder of the Center for Global Business Research. Her research investigates the impact of digitization and her consulting work focuses on the digital economy.

David Audretsch is a distinguished professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and also serves as director of the SPEA Overseas Education Program, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, and director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He is co-founder and co-Editor-in-Chief of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal and also works as a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, the OECD, the EU Commission, and U.S. Department of State.