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The study aims to identify and analyze institutional gaps hindering digital entrepreneurship on online shopping platforms in Iran.

May 27, 2026Open Access

شناسایی خلاهای نهادی در توسعه کارآفرینی دیجیتال در بستر پلتفرمهای خرید آنلاین

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Qualitative analysis identifies barriers affecting digital entrepreneurship in Iran's e-commerce sector, suggesting necessary reforms.

The study aims to identify and analyze institutional gaps hindering digital entrepreneurship on online shopping platforms in Iran.
Qualitative thematic analysis based on semi-structured interviews with 12 digital entrepreneurs using snowball sampling.
Data collected was analyzed thematically to uncover major and sub-themes, resulting in 9 main themes and 42 sub-themes related to institutional gaps.
Triangulation and inter-coder reliability were employed to ensure validity and reliability of findings.
Identified institutional gaps categorized into regulatory, cognitive, and normative dimensions affecting digital entrepreneurship.
Regulatory gaps included ambiguous laws and bureaucratic barriers increasing transaction costs and decreasing entrepreneur trust.
Cognitive gaps highlighted lack of digital skills and insufficient technology infrastructure limiting digital opportunity exploitation.

داوری et al. (2026) studied this question.

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May 27, 2026Open Access

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Qualitative analysis identifies barriers affecting digital entrepreneurship in Iran's e-commerce sector, suggesting necessary reforms.

The study aims to identify and analyze institutional gaps hindering digital entrepreneurship on online shopping platforms in Iran.
Qualitative thematic analysis based on semi-structured interviews with 12 digital entrepreneurs using snowball sampling.
Data collected was analyzed thematically to uncover major and sub-themes, resulting in 9 main themes and 42 sub-themes related to institutional gaps.
Triangulation and inter-coder reliability were employed to ensure validity and reliability of findings.
Identified institutional gaps categorized into regulatory, cognitive, and normative dimensions affecting digital entrepreneurship.
Regulatory gaps included ambiguous laws and bureaucratic barriers increasing transaction costs and decreasing entrepreneur trust.
Cognitive gaps highlighted lack of digital skills and insufficient technology infrastructure limiting digital opportunity exploitation.

داوری et al. (2026) studied this question.

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