This open access book explores the global challenges and experiences related to digital entrepreneurial activities, using carefully selected examples from leading companies and economies that shape world business today and tomorrow.

PART 1: Characteristics of Digital Entrepreneurs.- ​Developing a digital entrepreneurial mindset for data-driven, cloud-enabled, platform-centric business activities: Practical implications and the impact on society.- Unleashing the creativity of entrepreneurs with digital technologies.- Digital entrepreneurship and agile methods in a hackathon case study.- PART 2: Perspectives on Digital Business Models.- Business model development and validation in digital entrepreneurship.- Development and validation of platform businesses in digital entrepreneurship.- Blockchain as an approach for secure data storage on digital consulting platforms.- Artificial intelligence-enhanced business models for digital entrepreneurs.- PART 3: Settings/Contexts of Mobilising Digital Entrepreneurship.- The role of an entrepreneurial mindset in digital transformation: A case study of the Estonian Business School.- Digitalcreativity: Upgrading creativity in digital business.- Corporate digital entrepreneurship: Leveraging the industrial Internet of things and emerging technologies.- New sources of entrepreneurial finance.- Digital intrapreneurship: The corporate solution to a rapid digitalisation.- PART 4: Global Environments and Digital Entrepreneurship.- Pursuing international opportunities in a digitally-enabled world.- Challenges and opportunities for digital entrepreneurship in developing countries.- Digital entrepreneurship for the ‘decade of action’.

This open access book explores the global challenges and experiences related to digital entrepreneurial activities, using carefully selected examples from leading companies and economies that shape world business today and tomorrow. Digital entrepreneurship and the companies steering it have an enormous global impact; they promise to transform the business world and change the way we communicate with each other. These companies use digitalization and artificial intelligence to enhance the quality of decisions and augment their business and customer operations. This book demonstrates how cloud services are continuing to evolve; how cryptocurrencies are traded in the banking industry; how platforms are created to commercialize business, and how, taken together, these developments provide new opportunities in the digitalized era. Further, it discusses a wide range of digital factors changing the way businesses operate, including artificial intelligence, chatbots, voice search, augmented and virtual reality, as well as cyber threats and data privacy management. “Digitalization mirrors the Industrial Revolution’s impact. This book provides a complement of perspectives on the opportunities emanating from such a deep seated change in our economy. It is a comprehensive collection of thought leadership mapped into a very useful framework. Scholars, digital entrepreneurs and practitioners will benefit from this timely work.” Gina O’Connor, Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College, USA “This book defines and delineates the requirements for companies to enable their businesses to succeed in a post-COVID19 world. This book deftly examines how to accomplish and achieve digital entrepreneurship by leveraging cloud computing, AI, IoT and other critical technologies. This is truly a unique “must-read” book because it goes beyond theory and provides practical examples.” Charlie Isaacs, CTO of Customer Connection at Salesforce.com, USA  "This book provides digital entrepreneurs useful guidance identifying, validating and building their venture. The international authors developed new perspectives on digital entrepreneurship that can support to create impact ventures.”  Felix Staeritz, CEO FoundersLane, Member of the World Economic Forum Digital Leaders Board and bestselling author of FightBack, Germany

“Digitalization mirrors the Industrial Revolution’s impact. This book provides a complement of perspectives on the opportunities emanating from such a deep seated change in our economy.  It is a comprehensive collection of thought leadership mapped into a very useful framework. Scholars, digital entrepreneurs and practitioners will benefit from this timely work.” - Gina O’Connor, Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College.“This book provides digital entrepreneurs useful guidance identifying, validating and building their venture. The international authors developed new perspectives on digital entrepreneurship that can support to create impact ventures.” - Felix Staeritz, CEO FoundersLane, Member of the World Economic Forum Digital Leaders Board and bestselling author of FightBack.“This book defines and delineates the requirements for companiesto enable their businesses to succeed in a post-COVID19 world. This book deftly examines how to accomplish and achieve digital entrepreneurship by leveraging cloud computing, AI, IoT and other critical technologies. This is truly a unique “must-read” book because it goes beyond theory and provides practical examples.” - Charlie Isaacs, CTO of Customer Connection at Salesforce.com.“The digitalisation of the economy is profoundly changing how we work, innovate, compete, and organise. The creation of new value through entrepreneurship is also transformed by digitalisation. This edited volume assembles excellent contributions from scholars, entrepreneurs and managers who examine digital entrepreneurship’s impact on business and society. It should be read by all digital entrepreneurs.” - Annabell Gawer, Chaired Professor in Digital Economy at University of Surrey.“Within thisbook, entrepreneurs, researchers and managers truly reveal their knowledge on corporate innovation. Soltanifar, Hughes, and Göcke have assembled an exciting set of works embracing the landscape of theoretical and empirical dimensions of digital entrepreneurship. The book is covering an impressive breadth of subjects and perspectives that lay the groundwork for many novel topics and approaches.” - Florian Meßner-Schmitt - Head of Corporate Entrepreneurship, Deutsche Bahn.

Clarifies the influence of digitalization on entrepreneurship following distinct themes from practice Places special emphasis on business ethics as an overarching theme for digitalization Features contributions by active entrepreneurs with a focus on the value and behavioral aspects of customer co-creation

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