The Role of Open Innovations in the Development of e-Entrepreneurship

Dynamic transitions in the enterprise surroundings, including constant moving the traditional market towards the market space available on the Internet and development of new information technologies offer new opportunities for creation and implementation of business projects termed e-entrepreneurship. One factor that stimulates e-entrepreneurship is innovations. This study aims to present the role of selected models of open innovations in e-entrepreneurship processes. It was emphasized that customers play an essential role in creating innovations. Moreover, the study verified the hypothesis that companies are increasingly committed to implementation of e-entrepreneurial processes, thus strengthening their position in the virtual market. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.