The role of environmental factors for the success of digital start-ups
- Digital start-ups are perceived as an engine for innovation and job promotor. While success factors for non-IT start-ups have already been extensively researched, this study sheds light on digital entrepreneurs, whose business model relies primarily on services based on digital technologies. Applying the Grounded Theory method, we identify relevant environmental success factors for digital entrepreneurs. The study’s research contribution is threefold. First, we provide 16 relevant and less relevant environmental success factors, which enables a comparison with prior identified factors. We found out that several prior environmental success factors, such as accessibility to transportation or the availability of land and facilities are less relevant for a digital entrepreneur. Second, we derive and discuss hypotheses for the influence of these factors on digital start-up success. Third, we present a theoretical model that lays the foundation for explaining the environmental influence on digital entrepreneurship success.
| Author: | Mathias EggertORCiD, Constanze Chwallek, Frederik Wollf |
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| Parent Title (German): | Thirtieth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022) |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | German |
| Year of Completion: | 2022 |
| Date of the Publication (Server): | 2022/07/04 |
| Tag: | Digital start-up; Entrepreneurship; Environment; Grounded Theory; Success Factors |
| Length: | 16 Seiten |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 16 |
| Note: | Thirtieth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022), Timișoara, Romania. Paper Number 1045 |
| Link: | https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2022_rp/9/ |
| Zugriffsart: | weltweit |
| Institutes: | FH Aachen / Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
