TY - CHAP
T1 - Entrepreneurship in a new digital industry
T2 - The emergence and growth of mobile health
AU - Denoo, Lien
AU - Yli-Renko, Helena
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Digital technologies have changed the nature of entrepreneurship, leading to new types of opportunities, processes, and challenges, as well as to the emergence of new digital industries. In this chapter, we examine the origins, evolution, and structure of the mobile health industry since its emergence around 2005. Using data of 193 young mobile health ventures, we discuss the rapid growth and maturing of the industry, as well as the importance of interorganizational relationships and ecosystem partners. We present an interdisciplinary future research agenda focused on entrepreneurship in emerging digital industries, structured around research themes of business model evolution, ecosystem and alliances, and innovation and data security. This chapter contributes to the understanding of industry emergence, in particular the co-evolution of new ventures and a novel digital industry.
AB - Digital technologies have changed the nature of entrepreneurship, leading to new types of opportunities, processes, and challenges, as well as to the emergence of new digital industries. In this chapter, we examine the origins, evolution, and structure of the mobile health industry since its emergence around 2005. Using data of 193 young mobile health ventures, we discuss the rapid growth and maturing of the industry, as well as the importance of interorganizational relationships and ecosystem partners. We present an interdisciplinary future research agenda focused on entrepreneurship in emerging digital industries, structured around research themes of business model evolution, ecosystem and alliances, and innovation and data security. This chapter contributes to the understanding of industry emergence, in particular the co-evolution of new ventures and a novel digital industry.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-20138-8_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-20138-8_4
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783030201371
T3 - FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
SP - 79
EP - 98
BT - Digital Entrepreneurship
A2 - Baierl, Ronny
A2 - Behrens, Judith
A2 - Brem, Alexander
PB - Springer
CY - Heidelberg
ER -