Institutional Configuration of the Regional Ecosystem of Entrepreneurship: the Methodology of the Formation and the Paradigm of the Study
The article deals with the development and justification of the methodology for studying the institutional configuration of the regional business ecosystem. It is substantiated that, in order to improve the quality of scientific research of regional entrepreneurship, it seems promising to use the ecosystem approach, which allows considering the influence of the context on the generation and development of entrepreneurial processes. An analysis of the institutional environment of Russian entrepreneurship is conducted. Separately, the parameters of administrative influence of power structures on business entities, conditioned by the «rules of the game» adopted in the region, are explored. A model of interaction between business structures and representatives of power structures that can exert regulatory influence on business (administrative pressure) is proposed. The practical significance of the study is the possibility of using the proposed approach for assessing the parameters of the state of the institutional environment in the Russian regions and designing a favorable institutional configuration for a regional business ecosystem that fosters the development of small and medium-sized businesses.