Guest editorial

There is the utmost urgency today to turn the page and rethink the way entrepreneurial ecosystems are designed, leveraging on what we have already gleaned in the way of green knowledge and sustainability. Social policy and private sector decision-makers need to take on major responsibilities in this transformation. Green innovation and, hence, the creation of green entrepreneurial ecosystems depend on the ability to support a shift toward the green economy by designing sound regional systems and by investing in green innovation (Ginsberg and Venkatraman, 1995; Malhotra et al., 2013). To be effective, the regional green technology management approach needs to be structured in such a way that it takes into account the local culture (Kraus et al., 2020).