Information And Communication Technology Adoption And Innovation For Sustainable Entrepreneurship

ICT adoption has experienced an increasing trend in the past two decades and simultaneously, achieving sustainability in entrepreneurship is the major goal of every entrepreneur; this study seeks to empirically investigate ICT adoption's contribution to sustainability in entrepreneurship. The o...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1378; no. 2; pp. 22085 - 22094
Main Authors Ejemeyovwi, J. O., Osabuohien, E. S., Bowale, E. K., O Abuh, O., Adedoyin, J. P., Ayanda, B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2019
Subjects
ECOWAS
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
ICT
Innovation
Physics
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Technology adoption
Technology utilization
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Summary:ICT adoption has experienced an increasing trend in the past two decades and simultaneously, achieving sustainability in entrepreneurship is the major goal of every entrepreneur; this study seeks to empirically investigate ICT adoption's contribution to sustainability in entrepreneurship. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between ICT adoption and sustainable entrepreneurial development in Western Africa. Panel data on ECOWAS countries were collected and estimated using econometric tools for the purpose of the study. The findings show that a positive statistically significant positive relationship exists between ICT adoption and sustainability in entrepreneurship. The outcome of this study is expected to have microeconomic and macroeconomic implications for sustainability in entrepreneurship within and outside ECOWAS.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/1378/2/022085