Description
This edited volume explores the prospects for entrepreneurship and digital transformation across the Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf economies. Through in-depth scholarly discussions, it highlights the significance of these twin forces in shaping economic and social development within a region that occupies a critical position in global trade and international interdependence.
Chapter contributions to this volume investigate diverse themes relevant to digital and entrepreneurial ecosystems in the PGAG (Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf) region. Topics include: consumer adoption of contactless payments; government initiatives supporting digital readiness; the role of emerging technologies in entrepreneurship education; challenges in digital entrepreneurship; comparative analyses of artificial intelligence practices; the impact of digital transformation on youth entrepreneurship; bibliometric insights into digital sports marketing; and sociological analyses of social exploitation and agency.
Together, these chapters offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of how entrepreneurship and digital transformation can advance regional development, economic resilience, and global partnership. As such it will be of particular interest to students and scholars in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, development economics, Middle Eastern politics, and political economy, as well as practitioners and policymakers interested in strengthening entrepreneurial systems, advancing economic diversification, and promoting social inclusion in an era of rapid technological change.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Institutional Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, and the Sustainable Energy Transition.- Chapter 3: Factors Influencing Contactless Payment Adoption in Egypt: A Quantitative Analysis of Consumer Perceptions, Merchant Readiness, and Government Initiatives.- Chapter 4: Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurship Education in the United Arab Emirates Implication for Startups and Universities.- Chapter 5: Challenges and Opportunities faced by Entrepreneurs in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf (PGAG) Region from the Use of AI Comparison with Practices in Other Regions (Kuwait and Greece).- Chapter 6: Impact of Digital Transformation on Youth Entrepreneurship in the MENA region (the Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf PGAG - region).- Chapter 7: Unlocking Potential in the MENA Region (the Persian Gulf and Arabian Gulf PGAG - Region) Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, and Social Impact.- Chapter 8: Digital Sport Marketing and Sport Management: A Bibliometric Perspective.- Chapter 9: Entrepreneurship education and university graduates entrepreneurial intention the mediating role of business planning.- Chapter 10: Analysis of the Paradox of Social Exploitation with sociological approach of practice and agency Duality.
Nezameddin Faghih is an UNESCO Chair Professor Emeritus, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research (Springer). He has published more than 70 books and 100 fully refereed research articles, and presented more than 120 invited talks in academia, industry, and professional meetings.
Ebrahim Bonyadi is an applied statistician in the areas of business and economics, and is an independent researcher, whose scholarly research focuses on factors influencing entrepreneurship, business and economic growth. He has published 3 books and several fully refereed research articles on entrepreneurship since 2017.
Lida Sarreshtehdari is an applied statistician focusing on entrepreneurship, with expertise in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) dataset. She is a researcher at the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran (Iran). She has published 3 books, several fully refereed research articles and reports on domestic entrepreneurship since 2011.
