International Entrepreneurship and Technology: A Structured Literature Review

Biancone, Paolo; Secinaro, Silvana; Iannaci, Daniel; Calandra, Davide

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“…Back in 2007, it was predicted that leading technology companies would have the opportunity to mix the scenarios of augmented reality, lifelogging, virtual worlds, and mirror worlds by creating a world beyond the real one, the metaverse (Kim, 2021). As Biancone et al . (2021) and Jafari-Sadeghi et al .…”

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“…In other cases, the metaverse is seen as an opportunity for entrepreneurs to offer new activities to individuals and manually bring them into a virtual and digital world. This is the case for vehicle manufacturers creating sales spaces for new electric vehicles (Stellantis, 2022), for social media creating a range of dedicated services for consumers to test and try products digitally (Kraus et al, 2022;Meta, 2023) or for transforming the concept of telemedicine and raising the level of doctor-patient interaction (Biancone et al, 2021). Opportunities for entrepreneurs arise from the fast evolution and increase in the useVRfVRR headsets, Augmented ReaARty ARR), Extended RXRlity XRR), and haptic gloves, which allow users to experience high levels of interaction and immersive experience fully (Dwivedi et al, 2022).…”

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“…Nonetheless, as most often recalled, it is first necessary to study and evaluate the theoretical significance of technology adoption and provide practical implications for entrepreneurs (Garousi Mokhtarzadeh et al ., 2020). The need to rely on external knowledge and evaluate application capabilities is emerging, especially regarding dynamic platforms (Biancone et al ., 2021), such as the advent of the metaverse. Despite considerable interest in professionals from leading international consulting firms (Accenture, 2022; KPMG, 2022; Ward, 2022) and other sectors such as marketing, supply chain, gaming, and health (Cross, 2022; Marr, 2022), science is currently questioning technology's impacts.…”

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Metaverse meets digital entrepreneurship: a practitioner-based qualitative synthesis

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Oppioli,

Sadraei

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PurposeConsidering the pervasiveness of technology, this article offers an understanding of how the metaverse can impact digital entrepreneurship. The objective will be to gather professional evidence on how the revival of this new technology can bring entrepreneurial development.Design/methodology/approachThrough a qualitative study approach based on applying the metaverse in digital business contexts and analysing 533 practitioner sources from the Nexis Uni database, it will be possible to identify the concepts and application techniques of this emerging technology. The research adopts a qualitative methodology based on a mixed thematic and content review using tools such as ATLAS.ti and Leximancer.FindingsThis study finds three relevant macro-topics for metaverse and digital entrepreneurship (technology, immersive and design) and eight concepts (private solutions, digital twins, gamification, public solutions, new business worlds, co-design, collaborative spaces and stakeholders' participation). The uncovered elements demonstrate professionals' interest in a new mode of digital entrepreneurship using the metaverse. This interest highlights the commitment of companies and entrepreneurs toward discovering new services delivered in virtual and parallel worlds that find the creation of digital twins as their essence. Therefore, the study explores ongoing relationships for developing increasingly technically complex metaverse platforms and customer service offerings.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has some limitations as the selection of the database and the way the cases are focused on, which may be a stimulus for future studies. The analysis has innumerable theoretical and practical implications. In the first case, this research will shed light on an empirical case concerning the conceptual difference between innovation or greater transformation of business models through the metaverse. This work will directly contribute to the global discussion by identifying a model for applying emerging technology to digital entrepreneurs. Finally, from a practical point of view, the authors will provide new insights to digital entrepreneurs by showing them applications, best practices, and platforms they can use for their businesses.Practical implicationsOn a practical level, the authors show practical opportunities coming from the metaverse for digital entrepreneurs. This study may inspire CEOs, managers, and future entrepreneurs to use the metaverse to expand their businesses by diversifying their services into numerous sectors.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this study represents one of the first efforts to study the metaverse by framing it from theoretical and practical perspectives of digital entrepreneurship. Additionally, future research implications may guide researchers in this brilliant research field.

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“…Second, our research contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship around institutional voids (Mair and Mart ı, 2009;Mair et al, 2012) and the entrepreneurial ecosystem (Xu et al, 2020). Specifically, we shed new light on technology entrepreneurship (Jafari-Sadeghi et al, 2021;Biancone et al, 2021) in emerging economies by demonstrating how informal networks and ties are harnessed by NTV founders to overcome the challenge of information and knowledge vacuum in munificent opaque and fragile institutional environments. Furthermore, we demonstrate how NTVs ESP strengthens the entrepreneurial ecosystem through the exploration of new possibilities and opportunities in institutional contexts with fragilities.…”

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“…Specifically, we shed new light on technology entrepreneurship (Jafari-Sadeghi et al. , 2021; Biancone et al. , 2021) in emerging economies by demonstrating how informal networks and ties are harnessed by NTV founders to overcome the challenge of information and knowledge vacuum in munificent opaque and fragile institutional environments.…”

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Entrepreneurial strategic posture and new technology ventures in an emerging economy

Amankwah‐Amoah

Nyuur

Hinson

et al. 2022

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PurposeAlthough start-ups have gained increasing scholarly attention, we lack sufficient understanding of their entrepreneurial strategic posture (ESP) in emerging economies. The purpose of this study is to examine the processes of ESP of new technology venture start-ups (NTVs) in an emerging market context.Design/methodology/approachIn line with grounded theory guidelines and the inductive research traditions, the authors adopted a qualitative approach involving 42 in-depth semi-structured interviews with Ghanaian NTV entrepreneurs to gain a comprehensive analysis at the micro-level on the entrepreneurs' strategic posturing. A systematic procedure for data analysis was adopted.FindingsFrom the authors' analysis of Ghanaian NTVs, the authors derived a three-stage model to elucidate the nature and process of ESP Phase 1 spotting and exploiting market opportunities, Phase II identifying initial advantages and Phase III ascertaining and responding to change.Originality/valueThe study contributes to advancing research on ESP by explicating the process through which informal ties and networks are utilised by NTVs and NTVs' founders to overcome extreme resource constraints and information vacuums in contexts of institutional voids. The authors depart from past studies in demonstrating how such ties can be harnessed in spotting and exploiting market opportunities by NTVs. On this basis, the paper makes original contributions to ESP theory and practice.

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Network cooperation and economic performance of SMEs: Direct and mediating impacts of innovation and internationalisation

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Chandrashekar

Subrahmanya

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Journal of Business Research

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International Entrepreneurship and Technology: A Structured Literature Review

Cited by 6 publications

References 70 publications

Metaverse meets digital entrepreneurship: a practitioner-based qualitative synthesis

Metaverse meets digital entrepreneurship: a practitioner-based qualitative synthesis

Entrepreneurial strategic posture and new technology ventures in an emerging economy

Network cooperation and economic performance of SMEs: Direct and mediating impacts of innovation and internationalisation

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