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Digital Divide and Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Global South: Quantifying and Explaining the Nexus

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Motivated by the imperatives enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 5, SDG 9, SDG 10) the study applies the concept of digital divide to the willingness of individuals to undertake entrepreneurial activities. The aim is to explore the relationship between digital skills, propensity to adopt technology, and entrepreneurial orientation of individuals in developing countries. By adopting a quantitative approach, this study seeks to identify the weight (and so the impact) of digital skills (therefore, the possible digital gap) in the dual context of entrepreneurship-related technology adoption in entrepreneurial activities. This paper, including its conceptual approach and findings (including the managerial implications), adds to the broader debate on digital divide and ways of addressing it, all in context of the SDG debate.

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Visvizi, A., Troisi, O., Grimaldi, M. (2023). Digital Divide and Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Global South: Quantifying and Explaining the Nexus. In: Visvizi, A., Troisi, O., Grimaldi, M. (eds) Research and Innovation Forum 2022. RIIFORUM 2022. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19560-0_62

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