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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook compiles a diverse set of contributions on digital entrepreneurship, providing an in-depth study of how digital entrepreneurship research has evolved over the years, and where it stands today.
Offering a snapshot of the major themes in digital entrepreneurship research, the Handbook highlights a wide range of both practice-engaged and practice-relevant works and explores the fundamental concepts and common themes in the field. Chapters examine key topics including the digital platform economy, the digitalization of work, the blockchain economy, and the rural–urban digital divide. The Handbook further analyzes the history and theory of digital entrepreneurship, while also sparking ideas for future research through a consideration of emerging phenomena and new ways to approach research in this broad area of study.
Discussing a diverse set of questions, contexts, theories, and methods, this Handbook will be a key resource for researchers and advanced students with a particular interest in entrepreneurship, innovation, technology management, and digital business models. Managers and entrepreneurs will also find the discussion of digital entrepreneurship in relation to financing, social issues, and technology beneficial.
Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 An introduction to digital entrepreneurship: concepts and themes 2 Mohammad Keyhani, Andishe Ashjari, Alina Sorgner, Tobias Kollmann, Clyde Eiríkur Hull and Zahra Jamshidi PART II DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEFINITIONS 2 What is digital entrepreneurship? Fundamentals of company founding in the digital economy 27 Tobias Kollmann and Philipp Benedikt Jung 3 Eras of digital entrepreneurship: connecting the past, present, and future 49 Tobias Kollmann, Lucas Kleine-Stegemann, Katharina de Cruppe and Christina Strauss 4 Exploring the field of digital entrepreneurship: a bibliometric analysis 74 Eusebio Scornavacca, Tobias Kollmann, Stefano Za, Lucas Kleine-Stegemann and Christina Strauss PART III DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS 5 Measuring the digital platform economy 91 Zoltan J. Acs, László Szerb, Abraham K. Song, Esteban Lafuente and Éva Komlósi 6 The regional impacts of digitalization of work on entrepreneurship in the United States 121 Frank M. Fossen, Trevor McLemore and Alina Sorgner PART IV DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP TECHNOLOGIES 7 Startup stacks: understanding the new landscape of digital entrepreneurship technology 140 Mohammad Keyhani 8 Digital product-assisted learning: transforming entrepreneurial learning with product usage analytics 161 Varun Nagaraj PART V DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADOPTION AND OUTCOMES 9 Punching above their weight class: assessing how digital technologies enhance new and small firm survival and competitiveness 181 Franz T. Lohrke, Alexander B. Hamrick and Qiongrui (Missy) Yao 10 Digital adoption in micro and small enterprise clusters: a dependency theory study in Kenya 199 Ben Mkalama, Giacomo Ciambotti and Bitange Ndemo PART VI DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCING 11 Crowdfunding: a competency framework for creators 222 Andishe Ashjari 12 Backers: consumers or investors? Crowdfunding vs. traditional financing as an optimal security design problem 236 Anton Miglo 13 Blockchain economy: the challenges and opportunities of initial coin offerings 256 Bennet Schierstedt, Vincent Göttel and Lisa Klever PART VII DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ISSUES 14 Agentifying the body algorithmic: digital entrepreneurial agency and accountability gaps 272 Angela Martinez Dy 15 Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural–urban digital divide 291 Paolo Gerli and Jason Whalley 16 Data are the fuel for digital entrepreneurship — but what about data privacy? 306 Wolfgang Koehler, Christian Schultz and Christoph Rasche Index
