Challenges and perspectives of digital entrepreneurship in Georgia (ციფრული მეწარმეობის გამოწვევები და პერსპექტივები საქართველოში)
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Date
2020
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Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Press
Abstract
Under the conditions of globalization, the rapid development of information
technology has made it possible to carry out entrepreneurial activities in
the virtual space. The widespread use of the Internet and the create of various
digital platforms have laid the foundation for digital entrepreneurship as a modern
form of entrepreneurial activity. To start a digital entrepreneurship, it is important
to have continuous entrepreneurial and digital innovations, progressive vision of modern technological and electronic market conjuncture, creativity and
the ability to predict future trends.
Georgia is still characterized by low levels of digital entrepreneurial activity.
Nowadays, the main problems of digital entrepreneurship are that the country
has no virtually planned digital entrepreneurial policies, the permanent implementation
of which will make it possible to produce digital products using digital
platforms in the digital ecosystem. With regard to the global pace and prospects
for the development of digital entrepreneurship, funding for digital entrepreneurship
initiatives in Georgia is miserably small. Digital entrepreneurship is an
unorganized and development is mostly driven by individual initiatives.
For the irreversible development of a sustainable digital ecosystem and
digital entrepreneurship in Georgia, it is necessary to: The relevant toolkit of
economic policy should be selected based on the progressive vision of technological
development and on the basis of adequate analysis of the prospects of
the information society; It is necessary to create a strategy for the development
of digital economy and digital entrepreneurship; expand the scale of financial
support programs for digital entrepreneurship initiatives to make it possible to
implement more technologically innovative ideas; creating / expanding a network
of innovation centers and similar educational spaces, which should ensure
the development of technical and entrepreneurial skills of the population in the
field of innovation and technology.
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Keywords
Digital entrepreneurship; digital economy; information technology, innovation, idea
Citation
Economics and Business, №1, 2020, pp. 154-168