Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298166 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 720
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
Digitalization transforms how entrepreneurs pursue opportunities. To understand this transformative impact on entrepreneurship, we present the Global Index of Digital Entrepreneurship Systems (GIDES), a composite indicator developed to assess the performance of the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem at the national level. To address existing conceptual gaps, GIDES concurrently monitors the general, structural and digital framework contexts supporting digital entrepreneurship. The digital framework conditions, describing the general level of digitalization of the economy, affect entrepreneurial activity through their impact on general and systemic framework conditions. Unlike traditional entrepreneurship or most entrepreneurial ecosystem measures, GIDES takes a systemic approach utilizing the Penalty for Bottleneck (PFB) algorithm to spot bottlenecks connecting elements that could potentially degrade overall system performance. With GIDES, we provide a measure of the digital transformation of entrepreneurship for policymakers who want to improve the quality and productivity potential of the entrepreneurial resource allocation dynamic in their countries. For illustration, GIDES profiles the digital entrepreneurship systems of 113 countries, with a special focus on 21 in developing Asia.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
digitalization
digital entrepreneurship ecosystem
composite indicator
GIDES
Asian developing countries
JEL: 
L26
O32
O33
O57
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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