Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation
Intersections of Regional Development, Innovation Systems, and Sustainability
1st Edition
Published on 10. September 2025
116 pages
978-1-040-44378-1 (ISBN)
Description
A new generation of entrepreneurs are leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and other revolutionary technologies for greater social and environmental good. These digital entrepreneurs are developing disruptive solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges of our time. Yet, behind every case of a successful digital entrepreneur is a wider network of governments, startup incubators and accelerators, incumbent firms, universities and other actors that form a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Through in-depth case studies, this book explores how digital entrepreneurs across various geographic regions use disruptive innovation within their regional entrepreneurial ecosystems to leverage digital technologies that create and develop novel business solutions crucial to meeting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Exploring the perspectives of digital entrepreneurs themselves, each chapter in this book presents a case study that reveals how cultural differences and local socio-economic factors enable digital entrepreneurship driven by disruptive innovation.
This book offers insights and recommendations through the stories of digital entrepreneurs across geographic regions for researchers, graduate students, practitioners and public- and private-sector leaders on harnessing the combined power of disruptive innovation and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems to fuel regional economic growth and sustainable development.
Through in-depth case studies, this book explores how digital entrepreneurs across various geographic regions use disruptive innovation within their regional entrepreneurial ecosystems to leverage digital technologies that create and develop novel business solutions crucial to meeting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Exploring the perspectives of digital entrepreneurs themselves, each chapter in this book presents a case study that reveals how cultural differences and local socio-economic factors enable digital entrepreneurship driven by disruptive innovation.
This book offers insights and recommendations through the stories of digital entrepreneurs across geographic regions for researchers, graduate students, practitioners and public- and private-sector leaders on harnessing the combined power of disruptive innovation and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems to fuel regional economic growth and sustainable development.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
5,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-44378-1 (9781040443781)
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Jordi Diaz | Daphne Halkias | Tatiana Harkiolakis
Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation
Intersections of Regional Development, Innovation Systems, and Sustainability
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Persons
Jordi Diaz, DBA, is the Dean of EADA Business School Barcelona and the Director of the Executive Academy of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD Global). Dr. Diaz holds an Executive Doctorate of Business Administration (EDBA) from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School (France), a Master's degree in Human Resources Management from EADA Business School, and professional certificates from Harvard Business School.
Daphne Halkias, PhD, is the Dean of Doctoral Programs at EIM - European Institute of Management, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Policy and Competitiveness at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School, and Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She is a research affiliate at the Cornell Center for the Social Sciences, Cornell University, and CEO and Founder of Executive Coaching Consultant.
Tatiana Harkiolakis, MSc, is a DBA candidate at ISC Paris Business School and a research fellow at the Center for Policy and Competitiveness at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School. She is also the Director of Communications at Executive Coaching Consultants and holds an MSc in Communications and Media from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Daphne Halkias, PhD, is the Dean of Doctoral Programs at EIM - European Institute of Management, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Policy and Competitiveness at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School, and Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She is a research affiliate at the Cornell Center for the Social Sciences, Cornell University, and CEO and Founder of Executive Coaching Consultant.
Tatiana Harkiolakis, MSc, is a DBA candidate at ISC Paris Business School and a research fellow at the Center for Policy and Competitiveness at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Business School. She is also the Director of Communications at Executive Coaching Consultants and holds an MSc in Communications and Media from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction: Digital Entrepreneurship and Disruptive Innovation: How Regional Ecosystems Shape the Future of Business Chapter 2. SaludAbierta: An E-Healthcare Service Innovation Case Study for Enhanced Healthcare Access in Peru Chapter 3. United Arab Emirates: Disrupting Food Waste in the UAE: The Case of The Waste Lab Chapter 4. Spain: Challenging Established Norms: Wine in a Can, Inc. and Disruptive Innovation in the Wine Industry Chapter 5. India: AI in Diagnostics and Healthcare Accessibility: The Disruptive Model of Larkai Healthcare Chapter 6. Ivory Coast: Djamo: Bridging the Financial Divide in Francophone Africa Chapter 7. Cyprus: Transforming the Workspace Culture in Cyprus-The Journey of MyOffice Cyprus Chapter 8. Jordan: Ethnic Fashion and Sustainability in the MENA Region: The Case of Sanaa Mohammad in Jordan
