Digital entrepreneurship : impact on business and society This open access book explores the global challenges and experiences related to digital entrepreneurial activities using carefully selected examples from leading companies and economies that shape world business today and tomorrow. Digital entrepreneurship and the companies steering it have an enormous global impact; they promise to transform the business world and change the way we communicate with each other. These companies use digitalization and artificial intelligence to enhance the quality of decisions and augment their business and customer operations. This book demonstrates how cloud services are continuing to evolve; how cryptocurrencies are traded in the banking industry; how platforms are created to commercialize business and how taken together these developments provide new opportunities in the digitalized era. Further it discusses a wide range of digital factors changing the way businesses operate including artificial intelligence chatbots voice search augmented and virtual reality as well as cyber threats and data privacy management. “Digitalization mirrors the Industrial Revolution’s impact. This book provides a complement of perspectives on the opportunities emanating from such a deep seated change in our economy. It is a comprehensive collection of thought leadership mapped into a very useful framework. Scholars digital entrepreneurs and practitioners will benefit from this timely work.” Gina O’Connor Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College USA “This book defines and delineates the requirements for companies to enable their businesses to succeed in a post COVID19 world. This book deftly examines how to accomplish and achieve digital entrepreneurship by leveraging cloud computing AI IoT and other critical technologies. This is truly a unique “must read” book because it goes beyond theory and provides practical examples.” Charlie Isaacs CTO of Customer Connection at Salesforce.com USA This book provides digital entrepreneurs useful guidance identifying validating and building their venture. The international authors developed new perspectives on digital entrepreneurship that can support to create impact ventures.” Felix Staeritz CEO FoundersLane Member of the World Economic Forum Digital Leaders Board and bestselling author of FightBack Germany. PART 1: Characteristics of Digital Entrepreneurs Developing a digital entrepreneurial mindset for data driven cloud enabled platform centric business activities: Practical implications and the impact on society Unleashing the creativity of entrepreneurs with digital technologies Digital entrepreneurship and agile methods in a hackathon case study PART 2: Perspectives on Digital Business Models Business model development and validation in digital entrepreneurship Development and validation of platform businesses in digital entrepreneurship Blockchain as an approach for secure data storage on digital consulting platforms Artificial intelligence enhanced business models for digital entrepreneurs PART 3: Settings Contexts of Mobilising Digital Entrepreneurship The role of an entrepreneurial mindset in digital transformation: A case study of the Estonian Business School Digital creativity: Upgrading creativity in digital business Corporate digital entrepreneurship: Leveraging the industrial Internet of things and emerging technologies New sources of entrepreneurial finance Digital intrapreneurship: The corporate solution to a rapid digitalisation PART 4: Global Environments and Digital Entrepreneurship Pursuing international opportunities in a digitally enabled world Challenges and opportunities for digital entrepreneurship in developing countries Digital entrepreneurship for the ‘decade of action’.