Persistent war is an increasing reality for millions of people worldwide. War contexts create a wide range of problems, but paradoxically may fuel some entrepreneurial activities. This inductive, qualitative study explores how an entrepreneurial ecosystem was launched and sustained amid an ongoing civil war despite repeated setbacks, disruptions, and impediments to pursuing collective goals. Building on our longitudinal qualitative data, we show how the entrepreneurial ecosystem was repeatedly reshaped by altering collective goals as well as providing the pathways and sense of agency needed to make progress toward ever-shifting goals. Our research culminates in a grounded theoretical model of an entrepreneurial ecosystem of hope, which contributes to our comprehension of entrepreneurship within war-affected regions and provides valuable insights into the dynamics of collective hope. This study offers practical implications for policy makers and practitioners by illuminating the role of entrepreneurial phenomena in the challenging context of war.

对于全世界数百万人来说，持续的战争日益成为现实。战争环境造成了各种各样的问题，但矛盾的是可能会助长一些创业活动。这项归纳性定性研究探讨了在持续的内战中，尽管在追求集体目标的过程中屡屡遭遇挫折、干扰和障碍，创业生态系统是如何启动和维持的。基于我们的纵向定性数据，我们展示了如何通过改变集体目标以及提供朝着不断变化的目标取得进展所需的途径和代理意识来反复重塑创业生态系统。我们的研究最终形成了希望创业生态系统的扎根理论模型，这有助于我们理解受战争影响地区的创业精神，并为集体希望的动态提供了宝贵的见解。这项研究通过阐明创业现象在充满挑战的战争背景下的作用，为政策制定者和从业者提供了实际意义。