Digital Entrepreneurial Platforms: Capabilities, Opportunity Processes, and Performance Implications (Paperback)

Entrepreneurship is increasingly shaped by digital platforms that connect businesses with customers, markets, data, payment systems, and a growing range of technological resources. Rather than operating independently, many entrepreneurs now build and scale their ventures within platform ecosystems that influence how opportunities are identified, products are marketed, and value is created. These platforms provide powerful tools for innovation and growth, but they also establish rules, algorithms, and governance structures that affect visibility, competition, and long-term success. As a result, entrepreneurial activity is becoming deeply intertwined with digital infrastructures that simultaneously create opportunities and impose new constraints. Understanding how entrepreneurs navigate these evolving platform environments has become essential for examining the future of innovation, business growth, and digital enterprise. Digital Entrepreneurial Platforms: Capabilities, Opportunity Processes, and Performance Implications advances a systematic and theoretically grounded understanding of how digital entrepreneurial platforms reshape the foundations of entrepreneurial action. While prior research has examined entrepreneurship and digital platforms as largely distinct domains, this book integrates them to explain how platform infrastructures influence capability development, opportunity processes, and performance outcomes. Covering topics such as cross-border opportunity processes, third-party marketplace depth, and micro-entrepreneurs, this book is an excellent academic resource for graduate and doctoral students, entrepreneurs, startup founders, small business owners, business strategists, innovation managers, technology professionals, platform developers, policymakers, and more.

Thoudam Prabha Devi , Ph.D., is a Professor and academic leader with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, teaching, research, academic administration, quality assurance, accreditation, and institutional development. She currently serves as a Professor at CamEd Business School, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Over the course of her international academic career, she has held several senior leadership positions, including Vice-Chancellor, Dean, and Professor, and has worked across India, Afghanistan, Oman, and Cambodia. Dr. Devi holds a Ph.D. in Commerce and Management with a specialization in Entrepreneurship, along with postgraduate qualifications in Commerce, Entrepreneurship Development, Human Resource Management, and Artificial Intelligence. Her research and academic interests are interdisciplinary, encompassing Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Entrepreneurial Cognition, Digital Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Platforms, Team Psychology, Team Formation and Team Effectiveness, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour, Consumer Behaviour, and Big Data and Business Analytics. She has published more than 34 research papers in national and international journals and has received more than 1,000 citations, with an h-index of 13 and an i10-index of 14. Her research has appeared in journals indexed in major international databases, including Scopus and Web of Science. Her scholarly work focuses on advancing knowledge at the intersection of entrepreneurship, digital transformation, people, teams, and organizational performance. As an academic leader and researcher, Dr. Devi has contributed extensively to curriculum development, accreditation and quality assurance, faculty development, research mentoring, international academic collaborations, and innovative teaching and learning. She is also the first editor of the present edited volume, .

Veena Prasad Vemuri is an accomplished and highly respected academic professional, particularly in the fields of education and research. With her extensive experience as the Principal of NSM Degree College in Mumbai, India and her contribution to Mumbai University, India, she stands out as an expert and leader in her field. Her active involvement in academic publishing, including authoring and co-authoring textbooks, as well as presenting research at national and international conferences, demonstrates her dedication to advancing knowledge. Additionally, her role on the editorial board of many journals shows her influence in shaping academic discourse. Her recognition through state and national awards speaks volumes about the impact she's had in education and research. The successful completion of many PhD students under her guidance reflects her mentorship capabilities, marking her as a significant contributor to the academic community.

Mohammed Abrar Khan is an economist, educator, and researcher specializing in Development Economics and Business Economics, with research interests spanning entrepreneurship, start-up ecosystems, regional economic development, innovation, and the transformation of enterprises. He currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Dhanamanjuri University, Manipur, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Manipur University, India and a Master’s degree in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, India with specialization in Financial Economics and Development Economics. His research combines primary and secondary data, survey methods, econometric modelling, spatial analysis, and bibliometric techniques to examine contemporary economic and developmental issues. He has published research on start-up ecosystems, entrepreneurship, digital empowerment, violent conflict and consumption, agriculture, and regional development in reputed academic journals and edited volumes. A UGC-JRF awardee and Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Khan has also contributed to curriculum development under NEP 2020, designing and developing courses in macroeconomics, econometrics, and statistical methods at his current affiliation. His broader academic interests lie at the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation, development, and regional economic transformation.

Rahul R. Verma holds a Ph.D. in Commerce from India and serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Delhi. With extensive experience teaching Commerce, Management, and Entrepreneurship, he has contributed significantly to higher education for over a decade. Dr. Verma has authored and co - authored several books with international publishers, including IGI Global and Apple Academic Press, with many works indexed in SCOPUS. His research spans green marketing, sustainability, digital transformation, neuroleadership, and Industry 4.0, and he has published numerous journal articles and book chapters. A recipient of multiple national awards, including the Research Excellence Award (2025) and Best IP Researcher Award (2025), he has also been invited as a keynote speaker and session chair at major academic forums. Dr. Verma holds multiple granted Indian Patent Designs related to AI, analytics, and innovation - driven technologies.