@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0316, TITLE={The Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Duo in Territorial Innovation Systems. The Role of Agility.}, AUTHOR={Hélène Perrin Boulonne, }, JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, VOLUME={4}, NUMBER={L’innovation agile
}, YEAR={2019}, URL={https://openscience.fr/The-Entrepreneur-Venture-Capitalist-Duo-in-Territorial-Innovation-Systems-The}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0316}, ISSN={2399-8571}, ABSTRACT={The venture capitalist is the main funder of the innovative firm. The relationship between these two actors is favored by territorial innovation systems. The venture capitalist plays an important role both as a provider of funds and as an advisor of the entrepreneur. This article proposes a new definition of the entrepreneur venture capitalist relationship, the “entrepreneur venture capitalist duo”, which brings a complementary vision to the agency theory, usually used to describe this relationship. The article also looks at the role of agility in the functioning of this duo, and shows the importance of its contribution to the territorial knowledge capital through the accumulation of knowledge and skills of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist.}}