Purpose: Research on entrepreneurial ecosystems has advanced over recent years and has become a popular topic. Despite the interest, previous work has focused on entrepreneurial ecosystems in large cities in the United States. Ecosystems in small cities, underpopulated rural areas, university...

Contents: 1. Introduction / Katalin Erdős and Attila Varga -- Part I: Universities as actors in regional development -- 2. A history of the American land-grant universities and regional development / Nathan M. Sorber -- 3. The second academic revolution : antecedents and consequences of...