Digital Entrepreneurship: Foundations, Trends, and Future Directions

ABSTRACT Digital entrepreneurship (DE) merges digital technologies with entrepreneurial activities, fostering innovation, scalability, and competitive advantage. Despite its significance, the field remains fragmented with an inconsistent theoretical framework. Attempting to address this shortcoming, we conduct a bibliometric analysis of 1708 Scopus‐indexed articles. We employed performance analysis and science mapping to identify key contributors and thematic trends. Broadly, the findings reveal eight major research clusters, including AI‐driven decision‐making, sustainability in digital business models, digital ecosystem resilience, and globalization strategies. Applying the resource‐based view (RBV), we show that firms achieve sustained competitive advantage through digital resources. Through our findings, we contribute significantly to literature by integrating bibliometric methodologies with theoretical advancements and offering a structured roadmap to enable future research. Moreover, mapping the intellectual structure of DE provides a foundational reference for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, advancing theory and practice in a rapidly evolving digital economy.

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Global Business and Organizational Excellence
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2025-04-14
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https://doi.org/10.1002/joe.22300
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5
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Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
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ABSTRACT Digital entrepreneurship (DE) merges digital technologies with entrepreneurial activities, fostering innovation, scalability, and competitive advantage. Despite its significance, the field remains fragmented with an inconsistent theoretical framework. Attempting to address this shortcoming, we conduct a bibliometric analysis of 1708 Scopus‐indexed articles. We employed performance analysis and science mapping to identify key contributors and thematic trends. Broadly, the findings reveal eight major research clusters, including AI‐driven decision‐making, sustainability in digital business models, digital ecosystem resilience, and globalization strategies. Applying the resource‐based view (RBV), we show that firms achieve sustained competitive advantage through digital resources. Through our findings, we contribute significantly to literature by integrating bibliometric methodologies with theoretical advancements and offering a structured roadmap to enable future research. Moreover, mapping the intellectual structure of DE provides a foundational reference for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, advancing theory and practice in a rapidly evolving digital economy.

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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IN), Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IN), Westminster International University in Tashkent (UZ)
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