Buyer behavior · Systematic literature review

Digital entrepreneurship research: A systematic review

Journal of Business Research · 2023

Justin Paul, Ibrahim Alhassan, Nasser Binsaif, Prakash Singh

Summary

Identifies themes, contexts, methods, and gaps in digital entrepreneurship research; digital technologies affect venture formation and business models while resource and know-how constraints remain important for smaller firms.

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Possible founder application

Use the review’s themes to audit digital venture design: platform/ecosystem position, technology-enabled value creation, resource constraints, and the capabilities needed to turn digital activity into a business model.

Reported result

What the study found

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Systematic literature review

Sample and setting

40 peer-reviewed articles from 25 SSCI journals, selected from five databases

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

The final corpus and findings depend on database coverage, keywords, date cutoff, and journal-index restrictions; review does not estimate pooled effects.

Research sources

full_text

Study strength

4/5 Research record provides a clear design and context; apply the finding within its stated limits.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 1/1

Full text was identified.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.

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