Purpose: the aim of the present study is to identify the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystem and finally, identify its components in Payam Special Economic Zone. Method: in the present study, the content and open, axial and selective coding were analyzed to identify th
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Purpose: the aim of the present study is to identify the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystem and finally, identify its components in Payam Special Economic Zone. Method: in the present study, the content and open, axial and selective coding were analyzed to identify the dimensions and components of the ecosystem based on the studies and policies of Patam Special Economic Zone. Internal studies were conducted by searching the scientific databases of Academy Jihad, Civilicia, Normags and Irandoc, and 33 second-hand data were identified and analyzed. Regarding the external indices they were scanned through Scopus.in 2008, when the first article with a keyword “ Entrepreneurship Ecosystem “ was presented in this index, 110 articles there were identified until 2018, and according to the number of citations above 10, 13 articles were identified and regarding the mentioned policies of the regulations of Ministry (Ministry of Information Technology and communications) about start-ups, general policies announced by the supreme leader, general policies of the resistance economy, Minister’s order to the regional director, the Constitution of the region were analyzed. Findings: It can be said that the present study is the first review study on the entrepreneurial ecosystem among national researchers and the results obtained from this research also show that the entrepreneurial ecosystem has a growing position, especially in recent years, among national and international researchers. The findings of the internal research represent that more than 70% of the studies were quantitative and servey type and most of them were analyzed based on Eisenberg (2011) model or global entrepreneurship indicators and most of the articles published with this keyword belonged to the Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, but the findings of foreign research showed other emphases. First, the articles presented with the reference number of more than 100 articles are included in review articles type and more than 70 percent of the reviewed articles including this keyword are qualitative. These articles themselves have followed their own special framework and theory. In this study, in addition to the above studies an attempt has been made to present a picture of policies and the role of the political environment, especially the effects of government policies on the mentioned study which is the special economic zone. Conclusion: The findings from the content analysis also depicted the identification of 107 initial contents which were finally categorized into four dimensions and 12 components. The output of the four-dimensional ecosystem software includes networking (consisting of university components, government institutions, politics) infrastructures (including culture components, support, education, physical and communication infrastructure and environmental features), commercialization (including market components and financial affairs) and self-creation dimension (including components of personal characteristics and human capital) were identified. Key
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