Epilogue: The systems perspective on economic development: The past, the present and the future

The epilogue synthesizes the main conclusions from the book. Keeping practical applications in mind, it argues that the entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) and the innovation systems (IS) frameworks can be enriched not only by cross-fertilization but also by extending to incorporate a range of underexplored issues and by being applied in unconventional contexts. The chapter concludes by highlighting several gaps in the current state of research that need to be addressed in order to make the EE and the IS approaches more inclusive and workable in various environments.