UNIVERSITY-LED ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM BUILDING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: FROM A NETWORK PERSPECTIVE

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Table 1 The Number of Different Types of Participants

Different types of participants	Partner	Client	Partner & Client	Total
Bank/Funder (B/F)	2	0	0	2
Government (G)	73	27	9	109
Non-profit (N)	70	8	4	82
Private company (P)	86	66	9	161
Religious organization/Church (R)	1	1	0	2
Small business center/Small business development center (S)	8	0	0	8
University (U)	32	0	3	35
Other (O)	30	1	0	31
Total	302	103	25	430

Table 2 The Top ten Participants in Terms of Degree Centrality and Betweenness Centrality

	Degree centrality			Betweenness centrality
Rank	Name	Type	value	Name	Type	value
1	UNC-CH	U	20.75	UNC-CH	U	36.79
2	CPN Institute	N	18.18	Duke University	U	30.54
3	Duke University	U	13.05	CPN Institute	N	16.72
4	UNC Charlotte	U	10.26	East Carolina University	U	14.36
5	East Carolina University	U	10.26	Elizabeth City State University	U	7.10
6	NC State University	U	8.16	UNC Charlotte	U	6.97
7	Narmour Wright Design	P	7.93	NC State University	U	6.69
8	EDA	G	6.99	Bladen County EDC	G	5.65
9	Harnett County Government	G	6.29	SBA	G	4.56
10	Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board	N	6.29	Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board	N	4.27

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Table 3 The Top ten Participants in Terms of Degree Centrality and Betweenness Centrality in the Technical Collaboration Network

	Degree centrality			Betweenness centrality
Rank	Name	Type	value	Name	Type	value
1	CPN Institute	N	19.45	Duke University	U	28.93
2	UNC-CH	U	18.20	UNC-CH	U	26.70
3	Duke University	U	12.72	East Carolina University	U	19.48
4	UNC Charlotte	U	10.97	CPN Institute	N	16.89
5	East Carolina University	U	9.98	SBA	G	9.58
6	Narmour Wright Design	P	8.48	UNC Charlotte	U	6.81
7	EDA	G	7.48	Carolina Small Business Development Fund	N	6.80
8	NC State University	U	6.73	NC State University	U	6.46
9	Harnett County Government	G	6.73	Bladen County EDC	G	5.37
10	Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board	N	6.73	Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board	N	4.34

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Table 4 The Top Two Participants in Terms of Degree Centrality and Betweenness Centrality in the Financial Collaboration Network

Rank	Degree centrality			Betweenness centrality
	Name	Type	value	Name	Type	value
1	NC State University	U	4.00	NC State University	U	0.082
2	EDA	G	4.00	EDA	G	0.082

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