Linking information systems and entrepreneurship: A review and agenda for IT‐associated and digital entrepreneurship research

By Dennis M. Steininger. Information Systems Journal, 2018

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More than 50 years ago, information technology (IT) began to change society, the economy, and industries worldwide. This change has included waves of technological disruption that have been exploited by entrepreneurial actors who seize the associated new opportunities. Research on related phenomena is spread across different disciplines. Recently, there have been calls for further research on the marriage of information systems (IS) and entrepreneurship. We review 292 articles in the IS, entrepreneurship, and general and strategic management literature to create an overview of the IT‐associated entrepreneurship research landscape. On the basis of that review, we elaborate on the different roles that IT can assume to support entrepreneurial operations and value creation in these settings. Our findings suggest that IT plays four major roles in entrepreneurial operations: as a facilitator, making the operations of start‐ups easier; as a mediator for new ventures' operations; as an outcome of entrepreneurial operations; and as a ubiquity, becoming the business model itself. Leveraging these roles of IT, we develop a set of definitions to clear up definition uncertainties surrounding IT‐associated new ventures such as digital start‐ups and digital business models. We also outline a research agenda for IT‐associated entrepreneurship research based on identified roles, types, and gaps.

Subfields: Accounting, Management Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation

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The age of digital entrepreneurship (2019, background): “In the same vein, Steininger (2019) highlights that information and communication technology (ICT) plays four major roles in digital entrepreneurial operations: as a facilitator , making the operations of start-ups easier; as a mediator for new ventures ’ operations; as an outcome of…”
The influence of a digital strategy on the digitalization of new ventures: The mediating effect of digital capabilities and a digital culture (2021, background): “…increasing the degree of digitalization in products/services as well as processes of new ventures with the help of a digital strategy might be a viable measure for new ventures to develop competitive advantages and thus be able to survive in the long run (Rachinger et al., 2018; Steininger, 2019).”
Blockchain applications in supply chains, transport and logistics: a systematic review of the literature (2019, background): “Blockchains can help protect both digital and information assets from being copied, stolen or infringed, thereby adding to the trust levels among agents on the blockchain (Beck et al. 2017; Steininger 2019).”