A potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is that the nature, rates and spatial configuration of innovation may change within and across cities. To examine these potential changes, this article draws on findings from data gathered through interviews, surveys and secondary data over two time periods: prior to the pandemic and during the fallout from the pandemic. The article utilises the concept of ‘entrepreneurial ecosystems’ and the analysis finds significant adaptability and resilience across the ecosystems addressed. It is argued that these ecosystems are not only likely to survive, but also to actually thrive as the requirement for new technological solutions and applications allows them to maintain their innovative capacity and capability. It is further found that more spatially distributed patterns of entrepreneurial innovation are emerging across a wider range of cities and regions, which is leading to changes in the spatial economics of innovation. It is concluded that the pandemic is likely to heighten rather than slow down these trends. Furthermore, these trends are set to continue until any new unforeseen global shock with the capacity to destabilise such patterns occurs.

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城市、创新和创业生态系统：评估 COVID-19 大流行的影响

COVID-19 大流行的潜在影响是创新的性质、速度和空间配置可能会在城市内部和城市之间发生变化。为了检验这些潜在的变化，本文借鉴了通过访谈、调查和二手数据在两个时间段收集的数据：大流行之前和大流行影响期间的结果。本文利用“创业生态系统”的概念，分析发现所涉及的生态系统具有显着的适应性和弹性。有人认为，这些生态系统不仅有可能生存下来，而且实际上也会蓬勃发展，因为对新技术解决方案和应用程序的需求使它们能够保持其创新能力和能力。进一步发现，更多空间分布的创业创新模式正在更广泛的城市和地区出现，这导致了创新空间经济学的变化。得出的结论是，大流行可能会加剧而不是减缓这些趋势。此外，这些趋势将持续下去，直到出现任何可能破坏这种模式稳定的新的不可预见的全球冲击。