At a broad level, our discussion shows that digitization of entrepreneurial initiatives implies a new set

of accompanying assumptions—(1) more fluid or less bounded entrepreneurial processes and

outcomes, and (2) less predefined and more distributed entrepreneurial agency.

Importantly, the research issues highlighted here are centered on enhancing our understanding of a
more central concern in entrepreneurship: the nature of entrepreneurial uncertainty and the ways in
which entrepreneurs (individually and collectively) address it.

As our discussion further indicates, the adoption of appropriate theoretical perspectives (e.g.,
sociomateriality, technology affordance, generativity, digitalization, etc.) that allow for the joint
consideration of entrepreneur/venture (individual, group, firm level) constructs and digital–
technology–related constructs could help decipher the intermingling of human/social/institutional
and material agencies in entrepreneurial pursuits and offer critical insights on how digitally fuelled
entrepreneurial processes unfold and on how entrepreneurs’ interactions and actions both shape and
are shaped by the use of digital technologies. Importantly, as is evident from our discussion, such
research would need to consider issues that span multiple levels—individual entrepreneur, groups or
collectives, venture and ecosystem—and relate to recent calls in this regard

Finally, research on digital entrepreneurship holds, broader public policy implications. For example,
analysis of big data in domains such as public health, transportation, and education has helped
citizens and nonprofit organizations to discover social problems that in turn lead to entrepreneurial
opportunities (e.g., Datakind, Portland CivicApps) (Nambisan & Nambisan, 2013). “Open data”
policies on the part of organizations (government, private, and nonprofit) provide the setting for
citizen entrepreneurs to discover new opportunities. At the same time, such a process of opportunity
discovery is facilitated by new digital infrastructure including data analytics, mobile computing, and
social media. Research on the potential interaction effects of digital infrastructure and data policies
could contribute to building better theories related to digital social entrepreneurship and also inform
on public policies and practices in this area.

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