EmDigital to Promote Digital Entrepreneurship: The Relation with Open Innovation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review: Entrepreneurial and Digital Competences
3. Methodology
3.1. Research Questions and Objectives
- Performing a comparative study of the EntreComp and DigComp models, analyzing their interconnections regarding their dimensions, competences and competency indicators;
- Designing a model of digital entrepreneurship applicable to the training of university students;
- Validating the model and its indicators.
3.2. Method
3.3. Phases and Procedure
3.3.1. Phase 1: Documentary Analysis
3.3.2. Phase 2: Focus Group
3.3.3. Phase 3: Expert Judgement
3.3.4. Phase 4: Final Focus Group
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Discussion: EmDigital Model
5.2. Discussion: The Relation between EmDigital Model and Open Innovation
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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EmDigital Dimensions | EntreComp Areas | DigComp Areas | Description of the EmDigital Dimensions |
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1. Identification of opportunities | A1 | A1 | Initial process of selection and organization of the first lines of action based on certain criteria. |
2. Action planning | A1 and A2 | A2 and A3 | Phase of digital design and definition of the roles involved in the entrepreneurial initiative. |
3. Initiative and collaboration | A2 and A3 | A2 and A3 | Participation of the agents involved in the digital undertaking of the original idea and favoring its progress. |
4. Management and safety | A1, A2 and A3 | A4 and A5 | Continuous cycle of revision and formulation of proposals, based on the results obtained throughout the progress of the initiative, as well as safety and problem-solving guarantees. |
Dimension | Sub-Competence | Description |
---|---|---|
1. Identification of opportunities | C1. Search for and analysis of information | Research and selection of ideas as a point of departure for the creation of an opportunity or entrepreneurial endeavor. |
C2. Creativity and innovation | Identification of the potential innovative values, which can be applied to the entrepreneurial initiative and concretion of creative ideas to tackle current challenges. | |
C3. Prospecting | Exploring the real opportunities of the process of development and implementation of ideas in the immediate future. | |
2. Action planning | C4. Success orientation | Individual and collective efforts to transform the original idea into a reality in the best possible manner. |
C5. Leadership | Capacity to engage and mobilize the work group and influence exerted upon it to set further actions. Promoting the necessary initiatives to optimize the attainment of the objectives established. | |
C6. Planning and management of digital identity | Clear and understandable definition of the digital identity and the different digital sub-identities included in it that project any proposal of digital entrepreneurship. | |
3. Initiative and collaboration | C7. Initiative | Carrying out of the process by which an individual finds the motivations and necessary support to start creating value. |
C8. Communication and collaboration | Interaction and formal and informal discussion in open or private digital spaces on specific issues and related to the action undertaken. | |
C9. Creation of digital value | Development of the digital content related to the initiative, for its further sharing with society or the community or the corresponding actors. | |
C10. Responsibility and commitment | Assumption of obligations and personal and ethical involvement (like the use of copyright and licenses) acquired throughout the process of inception and development of an idea, which can generate value. | |
4. Management and safety | C11. Learning from experience | Evaluation of the different actions implemented to optimize the processes and enhance the accomplishment of the objectives. |
C12. Problem solving | Intervention or mediation when solving technical, communication, management or other type of problems. | |
C13. Planning and organization | Appraisal of the degree of accomplishment of the objectives set and classification of stored information. | |
C14. Techno-ethical approach | Minimization of the potential risks that the design and/or implementation of the proposal could entail and commitment to regular updating. | |
C15. Motivation and perseverance | Crafting an individualized and transferable sense of commitment to ensure the progress of the initiative. |
Sub-Competences | Indicators |
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C1. Search for and analysis of information | C1.1. Development of searches implementing information organization and management mechanisms. |
C1.2. Identification of entrepreneurship needs or opportunities within a virtual or based-on-technologies face-to-face environment. | |
C1.3. Assessment of limitations, opportunities and risks of potential entrepreneurship with technologies. | |
C2. Creativity and innovation | C2.1. Specification of the most adequate digital contents and tools to respond to the possibilities found. |
C2.2. Specification of ideas and opportunities in a creative manner. | |
C3. Prospecting | C3.1. Exploration of the real possibilities of the development and implementation process of ideas within an immediate future team. |
C4. Success orientation | C4.1. Enhancement of the participation of other professionals providing the necessary support to the development of the idea. |
C4.2. Creative design of a digital entrepreneurship plan and its updating, according to the ideas provided by the work team. | |
C4.3. Estimate of the costs of the proposals made. | |
C4.4. Design of inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurship proposals. | |
C5. Leadership | C5.1. Creation of online communication spaces for the involved individuals to contribute and assess new ideas. |
C5.2. Mobilization of human resources to make an idea become a product. | |
C5.3. Management of decisions and strategies of development offered by users to persuade other teammates and determine new actions. | |
C5.4. Communicating new actions to teammates/users and training them on interest areas, such as financial education and economy. | |
C6. Planning and management of digital identity | C6.1. Creation of digital identities according to their role to protect reputation and deal adequately with the data spread and disseminated online. |
C6.2. Assessment of the protection possibilities and projection of the professional digital identity in the entrepreneurship proposals established. | |
C6.3. Establishment of a net label, both at a general and specific level addressed to the target population of the entrepreneur proposal. | |
C7. Initiative | C7.1. Setup of processes creating value. |
C7.2. Development and usage of digital channels and contents to enhance participation and collaboration of different agents. | |
C7.3. Management of the different digital identities and the data provided by each one of them to facilitate negotiation and effective communication processes. | |
C8. Communication and collaboration | C8.1. Collaboration and teamwork to develop and implement the idea through different technologies. |
C8.2. Interaction between two or more people privately or publicly to discuss aspects related with the proposal through digital devices. | |
C8.3. Sharing the information and the developed digital content with others. | |
C8.4. Knowledge of virtual behavior rules to cover personal needs and attain goals in the most effective possible fashion. | |
C9. Creation of digital value | C9.1. Collection and management of materials and resources to create or update digital value in different formats (multimedia, texts, data, etc.) and available for several electronic devices. |
C9.2. Interaction with others to create, integrate and re-elaborate digital content. | |
C10. Responsibility and commitment | C10.1. Taking charge and committing with people (people, institutions) involved in the developed plan. |
C10.2. Authorship declaration of the published information and digital content and presentation of the licenses each product has online. | |
C10.3. Application of an online behavior and interaction facilitating communication in favor of the attainment of social, cultural and/or economic goals. | |
C11. Learn from experience | C11.1. Error proofing and improvement proposals using digital tools to find new opportunities. |
C11.2. Being able to transform success and failure into a learning opportunity, control over frustration. | |
C11.3. Improvement of digital entrepreneurship based on strategies to study its performance. An example would be the application of a key performance indicator. | |
C12. Problem solving | C12.1. Identification and solution of any kind of problem (technical, communicative, related with management, etc.) involved in the action. |
C12.2. Selection and usage of the most adequate resources to find solutions, implement them and assess them collaboratively. | |
C12.3. Programming (planning and development of instructions sequences) to solve problems occurring before or during the process. | |
C13. Planning and organization | C13.1. Monitoring of compliance with the programmed updates within the estimated deadlines. |
C13.2. Management of the data and information gathered. | |
C13.3. Effective and quick action against unexpected events happening during the development and implementation process of an idea. | |
C14. Techno-ethical approach | C14.1. Pro-environmental commitment and reduction of the impact the proposal might have on the environment. |
C14.2. Development of improvements for the implemented proposal to be always updated. | |
C14.3. Development of an online identity supported by ethical and responsible criteria. | |
C14.4. Attention to basic online safety aspects and guaranteed confidentiality of the entrepreneurship proposals implemented. | |
C14.5. Attention to basic aspects of participants’ privacy. | |
C15. Motivation and perseverance | C15.1. Perseverance on deficiency identification and ability to set innovative and digital proposals to overcome them. |
C15.2. Self-trust and motivation to offer the most adequate technological responses. |
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Prendes-Espinosa, P.; Solano-Fernández, I.M.; García-Tudela, P.A. EmDigital to Promote Digital Entrepreneurship: The Relation with Open Innovation. J. Open Innov. Technol. Mark. Complex. 2021, 7, 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010063
Prendes-Espinosa P, Solano-Fernández IM, García-Tudela PA. EmDigital to Promote Digital Entrepreneurship: The Relation with Open Innovation. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity. 2021; 7(1):63. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010063
Chicago/Turabian StylePrendes-Espinosa, Paz, Isabel María Solano-Fernández, and Pedro Antonio García-Tudela. 2021. "EmDigital to Promote Digital Entrepreneurship: The Relation with Open Innovation" Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 7, no. 1: 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010063