This paper addresses the process of entrepreneurial ecosystem emergence in regions and the mechanisms through which new industrial paths are created. It focuses on the context of a relatively weak economic region and develops a mode of analysis that considers the role of human agency within the emergence of entrepreneurial ecosystems. This analysis addresses the case study of the Cardiff city region in the United Kingdom. It indicates that the revitalisation of lagging regions through an entrepreneurial ecosystem approach is likely to be contingent upon a number of important components: (1) access to potential entrepreneurial agency, (2) the engagement of ‘enlightened’ local political agency and (3) the formation of a collective agency across entrepreneurial and political agents as well as other relevant stakeholders. The emergence of collective agency in the city region is found to have led to new policies, networks and entrepreneurial support within the high-tech industry, coupled with the development of new industrial paths and improved economic conditions. The paper argues that adopting an agency-based approach to analysing entrepreneurial emergence highlights the importance of key human actors in such emergence. It is concluded that lagging regions can trigger a process of development through new path creation stemming from the emergence of an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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创业生态系统、机构和区域发展：卡迪夫城市地区的出现和新路径的创建

本文探讨了区域创业生态系统出现的过程以及创建新产业路径的机制。它侧重于经济相对薄弱地区的背景，并开发了一种分析模式，考虑人类机构在创业生态系统出现中的作用。本分析针对英国卡迪夫城市地区进行案例研究。它表明，通过创业生态系统方法振兴落后地区可能取决于许多重要组成部分：（1）获得潜在的创业机构，（2）“开明”当地政治机构的参与，以及（3）组建一个由企业和政治代理人以及其他相关利益相关者组成的集体机构。人们发现，城市地区集体代理的出现导致了高科技产业内的新政策、网络和创业支持，以及新产业路径的发展和经济条件的改善。该论文认为，采用基于机构的方法来分析创业涌现凸显了关键人类参与者在这种涌现中的重要性。结论是，落后地区可以通过创业生态系统的出现创造新路径来引发发展过程。