Start-up Support Ecosystems in Central and Eastern Europe
Start-up Support Ecosystems in Central and Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: This study fills the research gap as to how start-ups are supported in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries by identifying the development level of different factors of start-up ecosystems support and showing the countries that are leading in certain areas. It further builds on and deepens the research conducted in the years 2019–2023, with the current study based on the latest available reporting period data for the year 2023. In order to reach the research objective, the authors used several research methods, including liter- ature analysis, secondary sources analysis, statistical analysis, and an expert panel conducted using the Delphi and binary comparison techniques. The results show that Lithuania and Estonia are the leaders in start-up support ecosystems in CEE, while Poland, Czechia, Slovenia, and Latvia follow in terms of start-up support ecosystems maturity. The research results have several practical implications regarding start-up support ecosystems evo- lution, data identification, and institutional best practice transfer that impact the success of CEE countries. Based on the recent reporting period data, the study fills the existing research gap in terms of a synthetic summary of start-up support ecosystems in CEE countries.

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