The Effects of Digital Technology on Opportunity Recognition

ABSTRACT: Recognizing opportunities enabled by digital technology (DT) has become a competitive necessity in today’s digital world. However, opportunity recognition is a major challenge given the influence of DT, which not only disperses agency across various actors, but also blurs boundaries between customers, companies, products, and industries. As a result, traditional entrepreneurship knowledge needs to be rethought and the effects of DT on opportunity recognition need to be better understood. Drawing from opportunity recognition theory – as one of the central theories in the entrepreneurship domain – this study builds on a structured literature review to identify and explain three direct as well as three transitive effects of DT on opportunity recognition. These effects have been validated with

SUBMITTER: Kreuzer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811742 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature