Digitalization and Big Data: Friend or Foe for Entrepreneurs?


Mutlu T., Büber Kaya H.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management in the Context of the Knowledge Economy and Digitalization, Yusuf Esmer,Oğuzhan Aytar, Editör, NOVA Science Publishers Inc. , New York, ss.51-59, 2025

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Yayınevi: NOVA Science Publishers Inc.
  • Basıldığı Şehir: New York
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.51-59
  • Editörler: Yusuf Esmer,Oğuzhan Aytar, Editör
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This chapter explores the under-researched interplay between Big Data (BD) and entrepreneurship in the context of digitalization. Digitalization has been the most significant driver and facilitator of change in the business ecosystem, and entrepreneurs are both affected by and contributing to this change. Even though it presents some challenges for entrepreneurs, digitalization is both the enabler and facilitator of entrepreneurial activities, and has a crucial role in the formation and survival of new businesses. Powerful technologies offered by digitalization have opened new avenues for entrepreneurs. Nevertheless, the advent of these technologies has also brought with it a number of potential challenges and problems. This chapter is the result of a comprehensive literature review to explain and discuss the concepts of digitalization, big data, entrepreneurship and their relation to one another. We provide a general outlook in to these three concepts and the interplay between them and go on to details with each concept explaining their relationship to entrepreneurship in relation to the potentials and challenges. More specifically, we explain the concept of digitalization and digital entrepreneurship, big data and it is powerful partner artificial intelligence in relation to the entrepreneurial context. This chapter sets out to provide an account of the ways in which digitalization and big data can assist entrepreneurs in pursuing entrepreneurial activities and to identify the areas in which they should be aware. The chapter ends with concluding remarks where we present and overview of the entire chapter.