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Contextual Determinants of E-Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges

Contextual Determinants of E-Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges

Yu Che, Bin Zhang
Copyright: © 2019 |Volume: 15 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1552-6283|EISSN: 1552-6291|EISBN13: 9781522564461|DOI: 10.4018/IJSWIS.2019070101
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Che, Yu, and Bin Zhang. "Contextual Determinants of E-Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges." IJSWIS vol.15, no.3 2019: pp.1-15. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.2019070101

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Che, Y. & Zhang, B. (2019). Contextual Determinants of E-Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), 15(3), 1-15. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.2019070101

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Che, Yu, and Bin Zhang. "Contextual Determinants of E-Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges," International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS) 15, no.3: 1-15. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.2019070101

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Abstract

The value of e-entrepreneurship lies in its effort to contextualize entrepreneurship in this digital economy age. As a result, this article develops a conceptual framework addressing context factors leading to discovering and exploiting e-entrepreneurial opportunities, as well as the opportunities and challenges these context factors would bring. With the information collected from a case study on a Chinese digital start-up, the authors develop a conceptual framework comprising six factors: information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, ICT innovativeness, inadequacy of institutions, institutional responding rate, e-entrepreneurial climate and social expectation congruence. This article explores the opportunities and challenges for each of the six factors and develops six propositions. Finally, it outlines a future research agenda to fill the gap in understanding e-entrepreneurship.

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