Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Corporate Entrepreneurship and Startup–Incumbent Relationships

This special issue proposes a reinterpretation of corporate entrepreneurship through an ecosystem approach. In so doing, it departs from conventional perspectives that focus solely on organizations. It explores how corporate entrepreneurship fosters hybridization between internal and external env...

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Main Authors: Law, Florence, Chebbi, Hela, Idi Cheffou, Abdoulkarim, Blondel, Frédérique, Hermans, Julie
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Language:Français
Published: 2026
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Online Access:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:This special issue proposes a reinterpretation of corporate entrepreneurship through an ecosystem approach. In so doing, it departs from conventional perspectives that focus solely on organizations. It explores how corporate entrepreneurship fosters hybridization between internal and external environments that transforms innovation dynamics and strategic renewal within incumbent firms through multiple interconnections with their ecosystem. The four selected articles provide insight into the dimensions, characteristics, and structuring tensions of these dynamics. This special issue also offers a critical reflection on the concept of corporate entrepreneurial ecosystems, which remains insufficiently developed in the literature, and identifies avenues for clarifying its conceptual foundations, trajectories, and implications.