Análisis del impacto de las tecnologías de la información en el emprendimiento como herramientas impulsoras de las capacidades y las intenciones emprendedoras

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In recent years, our world has been characterized by continuous changes in the field of economics and companies environment. The progress of IT’s is becoming a key element to boost entrepreneurial ecosystems (Cabello y González, 2018). Being part of the changes, this IT’s boom offers a new impetus to entrepreneurship and allows the development of new innovative and creative processes which leads to the improvement and optimization of ressources in such a way that the new digital tools are easily accessible to develop and innovate economic models. This thesis tries to determine: If the use of IT’s promotes entrepreneurship What technological tools are being used to achieve this The factors that can boost this dynamics In order to achieve this goal, several methodologies have been used in the different research works. In the first one, entrepreneurial competencies are explored through an entrepreneurial self-assessment web platform. Its aim is to identify the characteritics, compentencies, skills and behaviours that entrepreneurs have through the analysis of surveys (n=1,547) collected between 2018-2019 In the second work, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) has been carried out through a bibliometric analysis to observe the connection between the evolution of entrepreneurship and the use of technologies in the period 2017-2021. The third work identifies how Virtual Reality (VR) applied to tourism in rural areas can help to favour digital entrepreneurship in natural parks as boosters of sustainable development. It has been done through a SLR from 2018 to 2022 and an empirical research (survey, n=455). In the fourth, a survey (n=331), has been made in 2022 through a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to study the factors affecting entrepreneurship due to the use of e-learning tools. In addition to the contribution in terms of content, this thesis provides theorical basis, empirical increases and quantitative-based knowledge. The main objective is to support the achievement of a new strategic orientation by the institutions, so that they could encourage entrepreneurship thanks to the contribution of IT’s. The main objective is to support the achievement of a new strategic orientation by institutions, so that they can foster entrepreneurship through the contribution of IT. Studies show that the increasingly frequent use of IT’s favours entrepreneurship and encourage the start-up of new businesses. There is a direct influence between the ability to use technological tools (web, platforms, e-learning, VR, …) and the entrepreneurial intention prior to the creation of a business. The results of this thesis show which are the decisive factors to consider when it comes to making the move towards entrepreneurship and how they are connected to each other. This thesis is of great interest for institutional and technical managers who are in charge of supporting entrepreneurship as well as for academics, professionals, mentors and investors, as it provides them with the knowledge about the factors that influence entrepreneurship. Also, it shows that the growth in the use of IT’s at a global level has led to the increase and the improvement of entrepreneurial intentions. This research completes the results of previous researches about the factors that link IT’s to entrepreneurship, based on the fact that technological tools boost entrepreneurial intentions. The factors that generate positive results in increasing entrepreneurship rates have been identified as following.