Digital Entrepreneurship
Preface
References
Contents
Contributors
Digital Entrepreneurship and Value Beyond: Why to Not Purely Play Online
1 Introduction
2 Digital Entrepreneurship
3 Brick-and-Mortar, Click-and-Mortar, and Online Pure Playing
4 Method
5 Motives to Not Purely Play Online
5.1 Functional Dimension
5.2 Emotional and Social Dimension
5.3 Economical Dimension
5.4 Status Dimension
6 The Future of Online Pure Playing
7 Conclusion
References
The Role of Innovation and IP in AI-Based Business Models
1 A Short History of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1.1 The First Phase of AI: The 1950s
1.2 The Second Phase of AI: The Middle of the 1960s to the Middle of 1970s
1.3 The Third Phase of AI: The Middle of the 1970s to the Middle of 1980s
1.4 The Fourth Phase of AI: The Beginning of the 1990s
2 Overview of AI Applications and AI-Based Business Models
2.1 General Forms of AI
2.2 Common AI Techniques
2.3 Functional AI Applications
2.4 Application Fields of AI
3 State of the Art and (Newer) Innovations in AI-Based Business Models
3.1 Classification of AI-Based Business Models
3.2 Classification in a Monetarization-Defensibility Matrix
3.3 Classification Along the Degree of Integration
3.4 Implications from AI-Based Business Model Classifications for IP
4 The Role of IP in AI-Based Business Models
4.1 Formal and Informal Protection Strategies for Business Models
4.2 Challenge to Apply Formal IP Strategies to AI
4.3 Status quo in Patenting AI-Related Innovations
4.4 IP Protection Strategies for AI-Based Business Models
4.5 Conclusions and Managerial Implications
References
Digital Absorptive Capacity in Blockchain Start-ups
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework and Review of Relevant Literature
2.1 The Theoretical Concept of Absorptive Capacity (AC)
2.2 The Concept of Firm Performance
2.3 The Concept of Start-up
2.4 What Is Blockchain?
3 Methodology
3.1 Objectives
3.2 The Survey
3.3 First Section: Control and Filter Questions
3.4 Second Section: Independent Variable, AC
3.5 Third Section: Dependent Variable, Firm Performance
3.6 The Sample
3.7 Data Management and Statistics
3.8 Frequencies: Firm Performance
3.8.1 Acquisition
3.8.2 Assimilation
3.8.3 Transformation
3.8.4 Exploitation
3.9 Level of Absorptive Capacity. Firm Performance
3.10 Means: Acquisition, Assimilation, Transformation, and Exploitation Versus Firm Performance
3.11 Research Question and Hypotheses Validation
4 Conclusion
Appendix
References
Entrepreneurship in a New Digital Industry: The Emergence and Growth of Mobile Health
1 Introduction
2 The Emergence of the mHealth Industry
2.1 Mobile Internet and Smartphones
2.2 Rising Healthcare Costs
3 Overview of Players in the mHealth Industry
4 New Ventures in the mHealth Industry
5 A Research Agenda: Digital Entrepreneurship in Emerging Industries
6 Conclusion
References
Entrepreneurship as an Innovation Driver in an Industrial Ecosystem
1 Introduction
2 Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
2.1 Ecosystems, RIS, and Clusters
2.2 Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
2.3 Interaction Between Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems
3 Research Design
4 Historical View on the Development of DenmarkΒ΄s Wind Energy Ecosystem
4.1 First Phase: Formative Stage: 1972-1980
4.2 Second Phase: Growth Stage: 1980-2000
4.2.1 Building Trust and Legitimacy in an Emerging Industry
4.2.2 Unusual Collaboration Arrangements with Suppliers and Competitors
4.3 Third Phase: Globalization Stage 2000-2006
4.3.1 Park Developers as Innovation Intermediaries
4.3.2 Competition and Internationalization
4.4 Fourth Phase: Restructuration Phase 2006-Present
4.4.1 Changing to an Open Supply Chain Structure: Innovation for a Global Industry
5 A Value Chain View of Entrepreneurial Opportunities
5.1 One Industry but Different Maturity Levels
5.2 A Substantial Barrier for New Entrants with Digital Technologies
5.3 The Value Chain Structure Determines the Gaps for New Entrants
5.3.1 Three Major Barriers and a Surprise for New Entrants in the Turbine Development Activities
5.3.2 Opportunities in the Operation and Maintenance Activities of the Value Chain
5.3.3 Where Did New Entrants Go in the Wind Industry?
5.4 The Future of the Industrial Innovation Ecosystem
6 Implications for Research and Practice
6.1 Keeping the Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Region
7 Limitations and Further Research
References
Virtual Reality as a Digital Learning Tool in Entrepreneurship: How Virtual Environments Help Entrepreneurs Give More Charisma...
1 Background and Assumptions
2 Study Design and Expectations
3 Acoustic Parameters
4 Experiment 1
4.1 Participants
4.2 Procedure
4.3 Acoustic Analysis
4.4 Statistical Analysis
4.5 Results
4.6 Interim Discussion
5 Experiment 2
5.1 Method
5.2 Results
5.3 Discussion of the Production Data
6 Experiment 3
6.1 Participants
6.2 Stimuli
6.3 Procedure
6.4 Statistical Analysis
6.5 Results
6.6 Discussion of the Perception Data
7 General Discussion, Conclusions, and Implications
References
Effects of Internal Corporate Venturing on the Transformation of Established Companies
1 Corporate Venturing as a Strategic Tool to Transform Established Companies
2 Corporate Venturing to Strengthen Organizational Ambidexterity
3 Research Methods
3.1 Data Sample
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Data Analysis
4 Results: Two Types of CV Forms with Different Effects on the Transformation of the Core Organization
5 Discussion: Renewing Established Companies in Times of the Digital Transformation with CV
5.1 Limitation of the Study
5.2 Managerial Implications
5.3 Future Research Agenda
References
The Internet of Things in a Business Context: Implications with Respect to Value Creation, Value Drivers, and Value Capturing
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 The Internet of Things
2.2 Value Creation, Value Drivers, and Value Capturing in Traditional Business Environments
3 Value Creation, Value Drivers, and Value Capturing in an IoT Context
3.1 Potential Impacts of the IoT on Value Creation
3.2 Potential Impacts of the IoT on Value Drivers
3.3 Value Capturing in the IoT
4 Discussion
References