Haifa Alsughayer
Academic and research departments
Department of Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Centre of Digital Economy.About
My research project
Towards a more sustainable digital entrepreneurial ecosystemThe digital entrepreneurial ecosystem (DEE) has emerged from the integration of two previously known concepts in the literature: the digital ecosystem and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. DEE is the integration of social, political, economic and cultural factors within a region that supports the development of digital firms. Many firms have considered moving online to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, governments have come under pressure to provide a sustainable DEE to improve economic development. This shows the interactions between different levels as global issues, such that the COVID-19 pandemic (macro-level), indirectly drive governments (meso-level) to support digital firms (micro-level).
Entrepreneurship policymakers tend to make their decisions based on economic databases and the available resources at the regional level. However, it is also important to engage entrepreneurs when allocating resources to provide them with the support they need. Understanding policymakers’ perspectives at the regional level and engaging entrepreneurs at the firm level is essential to identify the key characteristics of a sustainable DEE.
Supervisors
The digital entrepreneurial ecosystem (DEE) has emerged from the integration of two previously known concepts in the literature: the digital ecosystem and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. DEE is the integration of social, political, economic and cultural factors within a region that supports the development of digital firms. Many firms have considered moving online to survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, governments have come under pressure to provide a sustainable DEE to improve economic development. This shows the interactions between different levels as global issues, such that the COVID-19 pandemic (macro-level), indirectly drive governments (meso-level) to support digital firms (micro-level).
Entrepreneurship policymakers tend to make their decisions based on economic databases and the available resources at the regional level. However, it is also important to engage entrepreneurs when allocating resources to provide them with the support they need. Understanding policymakers’ perspectives at the regional level and engaging entrepreneurs at the firm level is essential to identify the key characteristics of a sustainable DEE.