A Conceptual Framework for Describing Online Entrepreneurship

Dheeriya, Prakash L.

doi:10.1080/08276331.2009.10593456

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“…The scarcity of studies is partly because these are two rather novel research streams. Just like returnee entrepreneurship studies, ‘digital’ entrepreneurship is still immature (Dheeriya, 2009) despite its contemporary significance (Nambisan, 2017). Indeed, the digital entrepreneurship field even lacks consistent terminology and specification of critical components (Standing & Mattsson, 2018), which signifies that the discipline is still under development and seeking a common language.…”

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“…For example, Hull et al (2007) suggested a typology based on digital entrepreneurship where the mildest form of digital entrepreneurship is digital channels as complements to the traditional economy, whereas in the extreme form, the whole venture is digital (production and customers). Dheeriya (2009) attempted to create a conceptual model to distinguish digital entrepreneurs from brick-and-mortar entrepreneurs and rather unsurprisingly concluded that individual variables, such as tech-savviness, should be considered when analysing digital entrepreneurs. However, to the best of our knowledge, no clear definition of digital entrepreneurship has been offered.…”

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Closing the Digital Entrepreneurship Gap the Case of Returnee Entrepreneurs in Morocco

Wentrup

Nakamura

Ström

2019

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economie

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Despite the growing rates of Internet penetration and inflows of returnee entrepreneurs (REs) from Silicon Valley, there are still few examples of successful digital entrepreneurship ventures from emerging markets reaching international markets. Positioning itself at the intersection of returnee entrepreneurship, digital entrepreneurship and internationalization, this article is based on the case studies of the REs starting up digital ventures in Morocco. The results show that Moroccan digital entrepreneurship is driven by well-educated REs with working experience from the United States and Europe. These entrepreneurs play a dominant role in fostering the local digital entrepreneurship scene, and they have an international ambition in their ventures from the outset. The dominance of the REs also reveals vulnerability in the local digital ecosystem—reluctance of the indigenous business community to engage in the digital sector and a lack of domestic investors, programmers and start-up clusters. However, Moroccan digital start-ups struggle with the fierce competition among the global Internet firms, which benefit from an underdeveloped policy framework. This article contributes new insights to the complexity of the returnee and digital entrepreneurship and demonstrates the pivotal role of Moroccan REs in the country’s trajectory towards closing the extant digital entrepreneurship gap vis-à-vis developed markets.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Closing the Digital Entrepreneurship Gap the Case of Returnee Entrepreneurs in Morocco

Wentrup

Nakamura

Ström

2019

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economie

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“…Between 1980 and 2013, ICT-based startups (including mobile payments, electronic commerce, blockchain, and sharing platforms) have increased by 203% in the United States, while startups in the private sector as a whole declined by 9% (Hathaway, 2013). Businesses today are driven by ICT, and a sound understanding of technology tools and their applications is a must for new-age entrepreneurs (Dheeriya, 2009). Researchers argue that adoption and the knowledge of the latest ICT developments are the key drivers of entrepreneurship (Yunis et al, 2018;Zenebe et al, 2018).…”

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Direct and Indirect Effects of ICT Infrastructure, Skills, and Use on Entrepreneurship

Shrivastava

Ofstein

Golhar

2021

Journal of Global Information Management

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The information and communication technology (ICT) enabling infrastructure, requisite skills, and subsequent usage in the country could facilitate ease of doing business (EDB) and support the heterogeneous distribution of resources for new businesses to flourish and remain competitive. However, from a policy perspective, the pathways through which ICT impacts entrepreneurial activities in a country are not clearly understood. In this study, we empirically investigate the direct and indirect (via EDB) effect of ICT infrastructure, skills, and use (at business, government, and individual level) in influencing entrepreneurial activity in a country. The results show that the citizens' ICT skills and ICT use, directly and indirectly, impact entrepreneurial initiatives in a country. In contrast, ICT infrastructure and use by the government only have an indirect impact on them. The study's findings should help guide national initiatives for promoting the creation of new businesses in a country.

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“…In general, Dheeriya (2009) describes e-commerce as any activity performed online on the World Wide Web.…”

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“…However, the advantages of e-commerce have made it the new interest of the world based on popular demand. The development of e-commerce has managed to produce strong and excellent profits which consequently beat the conventional way of business, and this has turned e-commerce into a very reliable aspect in the global sales revenue growth firms (Dheeriya, 2009). Meanwhile, e-commerce has also set its foot in Malaysia based on the amount of profit reported by Mr. Azizan Mohd Findi, the General Secretariat of Planning and Coordination Commission, with almost two billion dollars recorded from 2010 to 2011 and three billion dollars in the following year.…”

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The Relation of Entrepreneur Cognition and Personality: The Determinant Factors of E-Commerce Entrepreneurship Involvement in Malaysia

Fadzil

Ghazali

Yaacob

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International Journal of Asian Social Science

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A number of researches on entrepreneurs have been intensively conducted for the past years considering that it is one of the important elements in business. An entrepreneur is responsible for every aspect of new ventures creation considering that they are the lead person in every business decision. The process of forming new ventures is very challenging and involves a lot of thought. The process of forming new ventures has only received little attention in most established studies investigating the cognitive aspects of entrepreneur. On top of that, researchers tend to ignore the issues related to quality of entrepreneur in the creation of e-commerce ventures. Much uncertainty still exists; hence, this study set out to determine the role of entrepreneurial cognitive and personality that acts as the crucial components in the creation of new e-commerce ventures in Malaysia. This research uses a case studies approach in which data was collected by interviewing a total of twelve e-commerce entrepreneurs from May 2013 until December 2014. The findings revealed that personal background (education and family) as well as work and business skills are the important factors in the creation of new ventures by cognitive entrepreneurs in Malaysia. In the case of entrepreneur personalities; seven types of personality such as creativity, risk taking, inspiration, need for autonomy and freedom, tolerance of ambiguity, hardworking and persistence, and optimistic have vigorously to contributing of new e-commerce venture creation in Malaysia. Therefore, it is best for the government to promote entrepreneurial activity in the country by highlighting the elements of entrepreneurs in terms of cognitive ability and personality aspects. Finally, the emergence of new ventures is hoped to further strengthen the economic progress of the country. Contribution/ Originality: This study set out to determine the role of entrepreneurial cognitive and personality that acts of new e-commerce ventures in Malaysia. Studies approach in which data was collected by interviewing a total of twelve e-commerce entrepreneurs. Business skills are the important factors in the creation of new ventures by cognitive entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Government needs to promote entrepreneurial activity in the country by highlighting the elements of entrepreneurs in terms of cognitive ability and personality aspects.

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A Conceptual Framework for Describing Online Entrepreneurship

Cited by 14 publications

References 24 publications

Closing the Digital Entrepreneurship Gap the Case of Returnee Entrepreneurs in Morocco

Closing the Digital Entrepreneurship Gap the Case of Returnee Entrepreneurs in Morocco

Direct and Indirect Effects of ICT Infrastructure, Skills, and Use on Entrepreneurship

The Relation of Entrepreneur Cognition and Personality: The Determinant Factors of E-Commerce Entrepreneurship Involvement in Malaysia

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