Entrepreneurial Dreams in a Digital Age: Insights From Tunisia and Beyond
Keywords:
Digital Entrepreneurship , Artificial Neural Networks, Social Capital, Organizational Performance, Social Enterprises, TourismSynopsis
This book discusses the nature of transformation of entrepreneurship in digital age with the focus on Tunisia and other emerging contexts. It investigates the impacts of innovation, social networks and digital transformation on the organizational performance, intentions, and entrepreneurship. The first chapter uses artificial neural networks to model the complex interactions within Tunisian companies to determine how both the internal and external board social capital are related to social and economic success.. The second chapter explores smart hotels as intelligent tourism entrepreneurship, examining visitor attitudes and emphasizing how creative hospitality techniques and technology solutions support new business models in the travel industry. The third chapter highlights the influence of subjective norms on customer behavior in digital marketing environments by examining how visual advertising inventiveness affects cognitive reactions and purchase intention. This book offers a thorough understanding of how entrepreneurial ambitions are formed, nurtured, and realized in a digitally connected world by fusing empirical data, quantitative modeling, and insights from digital innovation. For academics, corporate executives, and legislators looking to promote innovation-driven entrepreneurship in Tunisia and elsewhere, it provides useful insights.
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