The regional environment of smart organisations as a source for entrepreneurship development in the EU

IF 2.6 Q1 ECONOMICS

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.15678/eber.2023.110309

Hanna Godlewska-Majkowska, Agnieszka Komor, Tomasz Pilewicz, Patrycjusz Zarębski

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Objective: The objective of this article is to investigate the relationship between the wealth of the regional environment of a smart organisation and the entrepreneurship level, based on examples of EU regions. Research Design & Methods: This article is based on a quantitative, cartographic analysis combined with a critical analysis of the literature on the subject. Using the method of linear ordering of standardised summary data based on data for European regions, an innovative model of smart IT resources, knowledge and relationships were developed to study their impact on the development of entrepreneurship and innovative enterprises. The model was tested for three groups of firms: in general aggregation, groups engaged in product innovation, and groups engaged in business innovation. The study covered data for 240 regions from 22 EU member states. Findings: The literature lacks a clear definition and measurement methods for smart organizations. The most important resources for their development are relational, IT, human and Research and Development capital, which are also crucial for modern companies. There is no correlation between a region’s prosperity and overall entrepreneurship, but there is a clear link between high potential for smart organization development and smart business development. Research shows a link between innovative enterprise development and IT, relational capital and scientific research capital. Implications & Recommendations: Smart organizations in innovative environments drive socioeconomic development through technological entrepreneurship and digital equivalents of traditional products and services. Dig-italization of the economy through smart organizations is crucial for micro and meso-level competitive advantage. To identify key mechanisms, public statistics must be adapted to the needs of the digital economy. Contribution & Value Added: This article proposes measuring the relationship between regional potential for smart organizations and entrepreneurship, with a new methodology and approach to support regional management in digitalization. It highlights that IT, human, and research and development capital are key factors for entrepreneurship, and offers a new definition of entrepreneurship. The article also identifies a research gap in the theory of locating innovative enterprises.

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期刊介绍： Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review (EBER), as multi-disciplinary and multi-contextual journal, is dedicated to serve as a broad and unified platform for revealing and spreading economics and management research focused on entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurs as well as particular entrepreneurial aspects of business. It attempts to link theory and practice in different sections of economics and management by publishing various types of articles, including research papers, conceptual papers and literature reviews. Our geographical scope of interests include Central and Eastern Europe and emerging markets, however we also welcome articles beyond this scope. The Journal accept the articles from the following fields: -Entrepreneurship and Business Studies (in particular entrepreneurship and innovation, strategic entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship methodology, new trends in HRM and HRD as well as organizational behaviour, entrepreneurial management, entrepreneurial business, management methodology, modern trends in business studies and organization theory, policies promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, R&D and SMEs, education for entrepreneurship), -International Business and Global Entrepreneurship (especially international entrepreneurship, European business, and new trends in international business, IB methodology), -International Economics and Applied Economics (in particular the role of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur in economics, international economics including the economics of the European Union and emerging markets, as well as Europeanization, new trends in economics, economics methodology).