The Lab’s publications
The Lab’s research themes
Ecosystem structure
New concepts have been explored, such as sub-ecosystems, or introduced, such as micro-ecosystems
Ecosystem dynamics
A model has been proposed – the whirlwind model of ecosystemic path dependence – to shed light on the evolutionary trajectories of entrepreneurial ecosystems
Ecosystemic strategies
Coopetition practices within entrepreneurial ecosystems have been studied, as well as the legitimation strategies of new actors.
Issues of EELab Publications
# 7 – EN – Exploration of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Identity : A deep dive into Mauritian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Entrepreneurial ecosystems aim to bring together actors with diverse logics around a vision more or less shared of the territory’s entrepreneurial development [1]. Beyond infrastructure and support mechanisms, the dynamics of these ecosystems rely on the construction...
# 7 Exploration de l’identité entrepreneuriale écosystémique : Voyage au cœur de l’écosystème entrepreneurial Mauricien
Entrepreneurial ecosystems seek to bring together actors with diverse logics around a more or less shared vision of the territory’s entrepreneurial development [1]. Beyond infrastructure and support mechanisms, the dynamics of these ecosystems...
# 6 – EN – Towards an orchestration of the international Entrepreneurial Support Sub-ecosystem
Contemporary transformations in entrepreneurship, marked by the rise of digital platforms and the increased mobility of entrepreneurs, are redefining the logic of territorial anchoring. Ecosystems are becoming more open, porous, and interconnected. The traditional...
# 6 Pour une orchestration de l’écosystème de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial à l’international
Contemporary transformations in entrepreneurship, marked by the rise of digital platforms and the increased mobility of entrepreneurs, are redefining the logic of territorial anchoring. Ecosystems are becoming more open, porous and interconnected. The...
# 5 Relation entre les écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux : Cas de la Guyane et de Montpellier
Transregional relationships between entrepreneurial ecosystems, though often overlooked, represent untapped potential for innovation and development. Contrary to the traditional view that confines ecosystems to a 100 km radius, digitalisation and...
# 4 Pour une approche écosystémique de la transmission – reprise
Reports on business transfer and takeover follow one another and all look alike (Dombre-Coste, 2015; Boumedjaoud, Cloutier and Messeghem, 2019; Canévet, Cardon and Rietmann, 2022). They highlight the same worrying finding: on the one hand, an increase in the number...
# 3 Réalité de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial en France
Entrepreneurial support is crucial yet relatively underused in the French entrepreneurial ecosystem, with only 23.5% of nascent entrepreneurs benefiting from it. This practice, which varies in duration but often lasts no more than six months,...
# 2 Evolution des écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux : regards croisés entre Montpellier et Toulouse
This article explores the entrepreneurial ecosystems of Montpellier and Toulouse, two French cities emblematic of entrepreneurship and innovation, despite their distinct evolutionary trajectories. These differences are attributed to the impact...
# 1 Légitimité des PEPITE au sein des écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux : Point de vue étudiants-entrepreneurs
The Student Hubs for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship (PEPITE), created in 2014, promote student entrepreneurship in France. They offer training, awareness-raising and support, including through the National Student-Entrepreneur Status...
The Lab’s books
10 idées clés sur l’accompagnement entrepreneurial
Book labelled by the FNEGE Labelling Committee (2022) in the “Non-Collective Research Book” category Although business founders are often portrayed as lone heroes, many studies show that using...
Les grands auteurs en entrepreneuriat et PME
Judging by the weight of SMEs in terms of jobs and wealth creation, there is no doubt that these firms, in all their diversity, are the heart of the real economy. Judging by the place that business creation and innovation occupy in our...
L’entrepreneuriat
Over the past twenty years, entrepreneurship has become a genuine social phenomenon, suggesting that we could all become entrepreneurs... Entrepreneurship is in the headlines. The highly publicised adventures of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or...
The Lab’s articles
Naaimy, G., & Messeghem, K. (2026). Entrepreneuriat informel et écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux : Revue systématique de la littérature et perspectives de recherche. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2026.156385
Naaimy, G., & Messeghem, K. (2026). Entrepreneuriat informel et écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux : Revue systématique de la littérature et perspectives de recherche. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Advance online publication....
Messeghem, K., & Cloutier, L. (2026). Sub-ecosystem coupling in Sherbrooke’s entrepreneurial ecosystem: a network perspective. Regional Studies, 60(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2026.2681660
Messeghem, K., & Cloutier, L. (2026). Sub-ecosystem coupling in Sherbrooke’s entrepreneurial ecosystem: a network perspective. Regional Studies, 60(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2026.2681660 This study enriches entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) theorisation by...
Banc, C. and Messeghem, K. (2026). Institutionalization of New Corporate Accelerators Within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Impacts on Intrapreneurial Dynamics. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship, 25(HS1), 65-94. https://doi.org/10.3917/e.entre.hs5.0065.
Banc, C. and Messeghem, K. (2026). Institutionalization of New Corporate Accelerators Within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Impacts on Intrapreneurial Dynamics. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship, 25(HS1), 65-94....
Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2026). Virtuous circle of international environmental opportunities: The role of actors in the internationalization support ecosystem. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 32(6), 1622–1640. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2025-0800
Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2026). Virtuous circle of international environmental opportunities: The role of actors in the internationalization support ecosystem. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 32(6), 1622–1640....
Messeghem, K., & Olive, F. (2026). Résister pour accompagner : Penser la résilience dans les structures d’accompagnement entrepreneurial. Entreprendre & Innover, 68(1), I2–XII. https://shs.cairn.info/revue-entreprendre-et-innover-2026-1-page-I2?lang=fr
Messeghem, K., & Olive, F. (2026). Résister pour accompagner : Penser la résilience dans les structures d'accompagnement entrepreneurial. Entreprendre & Innover, 68(1), I2–XII. https://shs.cairn.info/revue-entreprendre-et-innover-2026-1-page-I2?lang=fr This...
Cherbib, J., Rhattat, R., & Messeghem, K. (2026). Dynamique de la gouvernance du sous-écosystème entrepreneurial du droit : Cas des legaltech en région Île-de-France. Revue Internationale PME, 39(1), 89–113. https://doi.org/10.7202/1124423ar
Cherbib, J., Rhattat, R., & Messeghem, K. (2026). Dynamique de la gouvernance du sous-écosystème entrepreneurial du droit : Cas des legaltech en région Île-de-France. Revue Internationale PME, 39(1), 89–113. https://doi.org/10.7202/1124423ar This research explores...
Nana, A., Laviolette, É. M., & Theodoraki, C. (2026). Preincubation practices as sourcing in entrepreneurial ecosystems: A dynamic capability perspective. Journal of Business Research, 203, Article 115829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115829
Nana, A., Laviolette, É. M., & Theodoraki, C. (2026). Preincubation practices as sourcing in entrepreneurial ecosystems: A dynamic capability perspective. Journal of Business Research, 203, Article 115829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115829 Previous...
Douaihy, C., Messeghem, K., & Nakara, W. A. (2026). Structure and dynamics of a precarious entrepreneurial sub-ecosystem in a developed country. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2600017
Douaihy, C., Messeghem, K., & Nakara, W. A. (2026). Structure and dynamics of a precarious entrepreneurial sub-ecosystem in a developed country. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2600017 Entrepreneurial...
Brunner, P. (2025). Adaptation of an Entrepreneurial Program to an Online Virtual Space: What Effects on the Construction of the Professional Network of Student Entrepreneurs? Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship, . 24(3), 61-91. https://doi.org/10.3917/e.entre.pa.0009
Brunner, P. (2025). Adaptation of an Entrepreneurial Program to an Online Virtual Space: What Effects on the Construction of the Professional Network of Student Entrepreneurs? Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat / Review of Entrepreneurship, . 24(3),...
Brunner, P. et Schaeffer, V. (2025). Les entrepreneurs de demain veulent-ils rendre le monde meilleur ? Entreprendre & Innover, 66(3), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.066.0019.
Brunner, P. et Schaeffer, V. (2025). Les entrepreneurs de demain veulent-ils rendre le monde meilleur ? Entreprendre & Innover, 66(3), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.066.0019. Traditionally, the entrepreneur is associated with an actor who contributes to the...
Astier, B. et Brunner, P. (2025). Entreprendre à l’ère numérique : comment les étudiants-entrepreneurs mobilisent-ils l’information ? Entreprendre & Innover, 66(3), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.066.0061.
Astier, B. et Brunner, P. (2025). Entreprendre à l’ère numérique : comment les étudiants-entrepreneurs mobilisent-ils l’information ? Entreprendre & Innover, 66(3), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.066.0061. Digital transformation is redefining the...
Brunner, P. et Bollinger, S. (2025). Entreprendre durablement : quand la multiplicité des soutiens devient un défi. Entreprendre & Innover, 65(2), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.065.0021
Brunner, P. et Bollinger, S. (2025). Entreprendre durablement : quand la multiplicité des soutiens devient un défi. Entreprendre & Innover, 65(2), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.065.0021 This article explores the effectiveness of support schemes for...
Brunner, P., & Messeghem, K. (2025). Exploring the construction of social capital within the student entrepreneurship sub-ecosystem. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(9–10), 1288–1315. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2475907
Brunner, P., & Messeghem, K. (2025). Exploring the construction of social capital within the student entrepreneurship sub-ecosystem. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(9–10), 1288–1315. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2475907 This article aims...
Banc, C., & Messeghem, K. (2025). The legitimacy of corporate accelerators within entrepreneurial ecosystems: perceptions of supported entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(9–10), 1416–1438. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2485271
Banc, C., & Messeghem, K. (2025). The legitimacy of corporate accelerators within entrepreneurial ecosystems: perceptions of supported entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(9–10), 1416–1438. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2485271...
Nakara, W., Ramaroson, A., Douaihy, C., & Messeghem, K. (2025). From poverty to prosperity: Innovation as a key factor in new venture survival. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2523806
Nakara, W., Ramaroson, A., Douaihy, C., & Messeghem, K. (2025). From poverty to prosperity: Innovation as a key factor in new venture survival. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2025.2523806 This article advances our...
Rhattat, R., Messeghem, K., & Cherbib, J. (2025). Exploration du sous-écosystème entrepreneurial francilien du droit : Voyage en terre inconnue. Entreprendre & Innover, 64(1), 11–23. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.064.0011
Rhattat, R., Messeghem, K., & Cherbib, J. (2025). Exploration du sous-écosystème entrepreneurial francilien du droit : Voyage en terre inconnue. Entreprendre & Innover, 64(1), 11–23. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.064.0011 This article offers an analysis...
Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2025). Cooperative internationalization and its dedicated support: What do green SMEs do with their network ties? Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, publication anticipée(2), 81–104. https://doi.org/10.3917/e.entre.pa.0006
Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2025). Cooperative internationalization and its dedicated support: What do green SMEs do with their network ties? Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, publication anticipée(2), 81–104. https://doi.org/10.3917/e.entre.pa.0006 This...
Bouhalleb, A., & Messeghem, K. (2024). Exploring the impact of dynamic capabilities on entrepreneurial orientation in healthcare organizations: Findings from symmetric and asymmetric modeling. Management international, 28(6), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.59876/a-gygn-yawn
Bouhalleb, A., & Messeghem, K. (2024). Exploring the impact of dynamic capabilities on entrepreneurial orientation in healthcare organizations: Findings from symmetric and asymmetric modeling. Management international, 28(6), 1–34....
Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2024). Addressing the resource requirements of internationalizing green SMEs. European Management Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12699
Héral, M., Messeghem, K., & Catanzaro, A. (2024). Addressing the resource requirements of internationalizing green SMEs. European Management Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12699 This article investigates how green small and...
Messeghem, K. (2024). Tribune en faveur d’une approche écosystémique de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial. Entreprendre & Innover, 62(4), 13–25. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.062.0013
Messeghem, K. (2024). Tribune en faveur d’une approche écosystémique de l’accompagnement entrepreneurial. Entreprendre & Innover, 62(4), 13–25. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.062.0013 While entrepreneurial support has grown considerably alongside...
Messeghem, K., & Cloutier, L. (2023). The evolution of entrepreneurial ecosystems: Toward a configurational triptych. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, HS4, 141–175. https://doi.org/10.3917/entre.hs4.0141
Messeghem, K., & Cloutier, L. (2023). The evolution of entrepreneurial ecosystems: Toward a configurational triptych. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat, HS4, 141–175. https://doi.org/10.3917/entre.hs4.0141 The notion of the entrepreneurial ecosystem has generated strong...
Messeghem, K., Theodoraki, C., & Carayannis, E. G. (2023). Modeling the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a set of sub-ecosystems: Insights from the adaptive complex systems approach. Management international, 27(2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.59876/a-f3jv-f7y8
Messeghem, K., Theodoraki, C., & Carayannis, E. G. (2023). Modeling the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a set of sub-ecosystems: Insights from the adaptive complex systems approach. Management international, 27(2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.59876/a-f3jv-f7y8 While...
Cohard, P., & Messeghem, K. (2022). A measurement scale for agile orientation. Systèmes d’information & management, 27(1), 39–66. https://doi.org/10.3917/sim.221.0039
Cohard, P., & Messeghem, K. (2022). A measurement scale for agile orientation. Systèmes d'information & management, 27(1), 39–66. https://doi.org/10.3917/sim.221.0039 Firm adaptability via agility is widely considered in the context of digital transformation,...
Nakara, W. A., Messeghem, K., & Ramaroson, A. (2021). Innovation and entrepreneurship in a context of poverty: A multilevel approach. Small Business Economics, 56(4), 1601–1617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00281-3
Nakara, W. A., Messeghem, K., & Ramaroson, A. (2021). Innovation and entrepreneurship in a context of poverty: A multilevel approach. Small Business Economics, 56(4), 1601–1617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00281-3 The issue of poverty is generating growing...
Banc, C., & Messeghem, K. (2020). Discovering the entrepreneurial micro-ecosystem: The case of a business accelerator. Thunderbird International Business Review, 62(5), 593–605. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22159
Banc, C., & Messeghem, K. (2020). Discovering the entrepreneurial micro-ecosystem: The case of a business accelerator. Thunderbird International Business Review, 62(5), 593–605. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22159 Faced with a proliferation of initiatives like...
Constance Banc, Karim Messeghem. The corporate accelerator as an entrepreneuril micro-ecosystem: processes of emergence and institutionalization.. RENT, Nov 2019, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-02428789⟩
Constance Banc, Karim Messeghem. The corporate accelerator as an entrepreneuril micro-ecosystem: processes of emergence and institutionalization.. RENT, Nov 2019, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-02428789⟩ Entrepreneurial ecosystems see emerge new organizational forms, including...
Theodoraki, C., Messeghem, K., & Rice, M. (2018). A social capital approach to the development of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: An explorative study. Small Business Economics, 51(1), 153–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9924-0
Theodoraki, C., Messeghem, K., & Rice, M. (2018). A social capital approach to the development of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems: An explorative study. Small Business Economics, 51(1), 153–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9924-0 The entrepreneurial...
Casanova, S., Messeghem, K., & Sammut, S. (2017). Competitiveness clusters: A particular network for SMEs. Entreprendre & Innover, 35(4), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.035.0019
Casanova, S., Messeghem, K., & Sammut, S. (2017). Competitiveness clusters: A particular network for SMEs. Entreprendre & Innover, 35(4), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.035.0019 In a context of scarce public funding, competitiveness clusters...
Degeorge, J.-M., & Messeghem, K. (2016). Poursuite d’opportunité entrepreneuriale et modes de management. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 19(2), 27–57. https://doi.org/10.4000/fcs.1794
Degeorge, J.-M., & Messeghem, K. (2016). Poursuite d'opportunité entrepreneuriale et modes de management. Finance Contrôle Stratégie, 19(2), 27–57. https://doi.org/10.4000/fcs.1794 Stevenson and Jarillo (1990), as well as Stevenson (2000), introduced the concept of...
Messeghem, K., & Paradas, A. (2015). The emergence of a competitiveness cluster: From embeddedness to ambidexterity. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2015.067873
Messeghem, K., & Paradas, A. (2015). The emergence of a competitiveness cluster: From embeddedness to ambidexterity. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2015.067873 This study explores the emergence process of a...
Messeghem, K., & Paradas, A. (2015). The emergence of a competitiveness cluster: From embeddedness to ambidexterity. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEV.2015.067873
Theodoraki, C., & Messeghem, K. (2015). The entrepreneurial support ecosystem: A coopetition-based approach. Entreprendre & Innover, 27(4), 102–111. https://doi.org/10.3917/entin.027.0102 In the entrepreneurial support ecosystem, the strategies...
The Lab’s theses
Ghita Naaimy – Informal entrepreneurship in entrepreneurial ecosystems: Three essays on structural dynamics, intermediaries and digitalization – 22 February 2025
Defended on 22-02-2025 Entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic growth and social resilience, particularly in developing countries, where it is often informal. The entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) encompasses all the actors and resources...
Clara Douaihy – Entrepreneuriat en situation de pauvreté – 12 December 2023
Defended on 12-12-2023 This thesis explores the role of entrepreneurship in reducing poverty, focusing on developed countries. It addresses the question: what is the situation of entrepreneurship and poverty in these countries? Four...
Marcela Contreras Cruz, Poursuite collective d’opportunités à l’international des éco-PME et performance internationale
Defended on 19-06-2023 Supervised by Karim Messeghem and Alexis Catanzaro. SMEs face numerous challenges in identifying and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities in foreign markets (Leonidou, 2004; Paul, Parthasarathy, & Gupta,...
Ouafa Oualfi, Stratégie et écosystème entrepreneurial des incubateurs académiques en Europe, une approche configurationnelle
Defended on 15-12-2022 Supervised by Karim Messeghem This thesis lies at the intersection of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the strategy of academic incubators. It contributes to the emergence of a new stream of research that uses a holistic approach to better...
Mireille Heral, Accompagnement à l’international des stratégies coopératives : le cas des éco-PME
Defended on 02-12-2021 Supervised by Karim Messeghem and Alexis Catanzaro. Supporting cooperative strategies has become a major challenge for actors in the internationalisation support ecosystem, particularly when it comes to supporting...
Constance Banc, Pratiques institutionnelles des micro-écosystèmes entrepreneuriaux : le cas des accélérateurs corporate
Defended on 01-07-2022 Supervised by Karim Messeghem Entrepreneurial ecosystems are enjoying a surge of interest that calls for examination of the institutional practices implemented by new entrants, such as corporate accelerators, capable of...