“…The concept of digital entrepreneurship refers to the use of digital technology to support the creation of new ventures and the transformation of existing ones (European Commission, 2015). In particular, these firms are characterized by a high intensive use of digital technologies to execute different business operations and activities (Ismail et al, 2012), define new business models and strategies (Elia et al, 2020) and engage with customers and stakeholders (Shabbir et al, 2016). For example, technologies such as social media, analytics and big data are strongly supporting the new venture creation process, from idea generation and opportunity recognition to production, marketing and distribution, reducing the barriers between invention and business creation (Steininger, 2019).…”