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A conceptual framework for describing online entrepreneurship

Journal of Small Business Entrepreneurship ISSN - Print - Online Journal homepage https www tandfonline com loi rsbe A Conceptual Framework for Describing Online Entrepreneurship Prakash L Dheeriya To cite this article Prakash L Dheeriya A Conceptual Framework for Describing Online Entrepreneurship Journal of Small Business Entrepreneurship - DOI To link to this article https doi org Published online Dec Submit your article to this journal Article views View related articles Citing articles View citing articles Full Terms Conditions of access and use can be found at https www tandfonline com action journalInformation journalCode rsbe CA Conceptual Framework for Describing Online Entrepreneurship Prakash L Dheeriya Department of Finance California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson ABSTRACT Most of the literature on entrepreneurship relates to the traditional ??brick-and-mortar ? type A review of contemporary research in entrepreneurship literature suggests that online entrepreneurs are di ?erent from regular or ??brick-and-mortar ? entrepreneurs This paper attempts to collate all variables used in prior research to describe entrepreneurs and their ventures into a comprehensive framework This framework considers four major aspects of entrepreneurship characteristics of individuals starting the venture technology used in the venture the environment in which the venture operates and the process by which the venture is created Such a framework can provide useful insights into the process of online entrepreneurship by showing it to be a complex multi- factor phenomenon RÉSUMÉ La majeure partie de la littérature au sujet de l ? entrepreneuriat se rapporte aux entreprises traditionnelles Une revue de la recherche contemporaine sur l ? entrepreneuriat semble indiquer que les entrepreneurs ayant une entreprise en ligne di ?èrent de ceux ayant des entreprises traditionnelles Cette étude tente de réunir toutes les variables qui ont été utilisées dans les recherches antérieures pour décrire les entrepreneurs et leur entreprise au sein d ? un cadre complet Ce cadre tient compte de quatre aspects majeurs de l ? entrepreneuriat les caractéristiques des individus qui démarrent l ? entreprise la technologie utilisée au sein de l ? entreprise et l ? environnement dans lequel l ? entreprise fait a ?aires et le processus par lequel elle est établie Ce genre de cadre peut fournir des indications utiles au sujet du processus de l ? entrepreneuriat en ligne en le démontrant comme étant un phénomène complexe à multiples facettes Introduction Current research in entrepreneurship tends to focus on or prove the notion that entrepreneurs are di ?erent from non-entrepreneurs or that entrepreneurial ?rms are di ?erent from non-entrepreneurial ?rms In these studies the basic assumption is that all entrepreneurs and their new ventures are homogenous The focus of this paper is on di ?erences between brick-and- mortar entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who conduct ventures completely online Di ?erences between these two may be greater than the di ?erences between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs and those between entrepreneurial ?rms and non-entrepreneurial ?rms as discovered in the studies mentioned earlier Once we identify and recognize that online entrepreneurs are di ?erent from regular entrepreneurs it becomes necessary to ?nd a