Martina Battisti - Böcker

Entrepreneurship in the Digital and Sustainable Era provides a timely exploration of the twofold development of entrepreneurship research: refining well-established concepts like social and human capital while responding to emerging trends such as digitalisation and sustainability. The book presents key findings in a variety of contexts, detailing the challenges and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs in today's complex business environment.Expert contributors employ diverse research approaches, including qualitative case studies, FsQCA analysis, and content analysis, to capture the multifaceted nature of entrepreneurship. They explore the critical influence of gender, networks, and entrepreneurial resilience in shaping business success and highlight the transformative impact of digital technologies and sustainable business models, addressing ethical concerns and the evolving role of digital platforms. While many discussions are rooted in the European entrepreneurship landscape, the book also presents case studies from other regions, including Africa, providing a broader international perspective.This book is of interest not only to those studying entrepreneurship but also to those exploring shifts in the economic landscape related to business practices. It is relevant to a broad audience, including doctoral students at the beginning of their research journeys as well as scholars seeking insightful findings in their respective fields.

Entrepreneurial ecosystems constructed by disadvantaged entrepreneurs often exist beside, within, and in opposition to 'mainstream' ecosystems focused on high growth high technology entrepreneurial ventures.Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem addresses the lack of current research concerning disadvantage using an entrepreneurial ecosystem lens, and the failure of entrepreneurship policy to widen engagement in entrepreneurship for disadvantaged people and places. Drawing together issues affecting disadvantaged entrepreneurs as they struggle to access, interact with, and benefit from, the traditional entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE), these findings highlight the importance of their motives for entrepreneurial activity, their resources, and how access to these are affected by issues such as gender and migrant status.The research in this book also suggests policymakers need targeted, supportive, business-support programs taking into consideration the multiple challenges disadvantaged entrepreneurs typically face.