Ecosystems for impact entrepreneurship in East Africa
This project examines ecosystems for impact entrepreneurship in East Africa.
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Project overview
This project focuses on ecosystems for impact entrepreneurship in East Africa. It includes collaboration with international academic partners, particularly at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy and ALTIS Graduate School of Sustainable Management. The project has entailed network and relationship building activities with scholars and practitioners, as well as primary research in East Africa with the following objectives:
- Understand and map ecosystems for impact entrepreneurship in East Africa.
- Examine interactions between impact entrepreneurs, support organisations, and wider actors in these ecosystems.
- Identify ways to enhance relationships between impact entrepreneurs and their ecosystems for societal good.
Key research outputs
Journal articles
- Negri G, Ciambotti G, Theodoraki C & Littlewood D (Accepted) Stagnating or flourishing? How Entrepreneurial Support Organizations navigate constraints in nascent ecosystems. Small Business Economics
- Sottini, A., Ciambotti, G., & Littlewood, D. (2022). Engaging symbiotic ecosystems to build community centred business models for the BoP: Evidence from small social enterprises in East Africa. International Small Business Journal, 40(8), 935-965.
Conference papers
- Negri, G., Ciambotti, G., Theodoraki, C., & Littlewood, D., (2023). ‘How Entrepreneurial Support Organizations Navigate Constraints In Nascent Ecosystems’, 83rd Academy of Management Conference, Boston, August 4th-8th.
- Ciambotti, G., Littlewood, D., Negri, G. (2022). Social entrepreneurial ecosystems for sustainable development: evidence from an African resource-constrained context, INNODAYS 2022 Casablanca November 4th - 8th.
