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Place promotion, place branding and social media communication around entrepreneurial ecosystems: a Twitter analysis

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  • Carlo Corradini
  • Erica Santini
  • Claudia Vecciolini

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We discuss the use of social media communication for place promotion and place branding of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs). As places resting on the advantages of co-location for entrepreneurial activity, EEs offer a novel testbed for the co-creation of a place image in the virtual space of social media. By exploring almost 370,000 tweets from Twitter across 20 European EEs, we observe virtual spaces of EEs being broadly used to share positive messages about the place. However, no EE stands out with a unique image evoking symbolic associations with the place in target audiences. The results suggest the presence of place promotion more than place branding.

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  • Carlo Corradini & Erica Santini & Claudia Vecciolini, 2024. "Place promotion, place branding and social media communication around entrepreneurial ecosystems: a Twitter analysis," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(10), pages 1831-1844, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:58:y:2024:i:10:p:1831-1844
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2239275
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