The role of finance in the literature of entrepreneurial ecosystems

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Table 1. Selection criteria for literature search.

Inclusion criteria	Type
English	Publication language
Since 2000 with a few notable exceptions	Publication date
Any higher-quality peer-reviewed journal (see appendix for outlet names). Also included examples of credible reports from entities such as the World Bank	Outlet
Determinants of financial access, sources or performance (see Figure 1 for details)	Content
Exclusion criteria	Type
Weak or indirect relations between review objectives	Content
Letters, editorials, review articles or less credible reports	Research design

Table 2. Selected search words.

Conceptual element	Initial set of search words	Narrowed set of search words
Determinants	Determinants	Determinants, factors, antecedents, access to finance, capital acquisition, hindrances, obstacles, capital availability
Access to finance	Entrepreneurial finance, financial access, bank, venture capital (VC), business angels (BAs), bootstrapping, crowdfunding, grants, governmental capital	Investor, capital, equity, private equity (PE), match capital, governmental venture capital (GVC), credits, alternative finance, capital structure.
Performance	Performance	Performance, growth, gazelles, exit survival rate, efficiency, initial public offerings (IPOs), dividends, new firm formation, employment, turnover, profit.

Figure 1. Various ecosystem approaches relevant for financial research.

Data availability statement

All the literature data are available in the appendices.