Unequal Distribution of Technologies in Entrepreneurship: Business Conflicts in Digital Competition and Opportunities for Conflict Management

Abstract

This chapter is aimed at proving that digital competition is widespread, and the unequal distribution of technologies in entrepreneurship leads to business conflicts. Official Russian and international statistical data for 2021 is used. The variation analysis method is used to reveal differences in the level of digital development of enterprises from various sectors of the Russian economy, as well as differences in the level of digital development of enterprises throughout the world. The contribution of this chapter to the literature consists of the development of the Conflict Theory through the identification of business conflicts in digital competition as a particular type of business conflict, which is characterized by an unequal distribution of technologies in entrepreneurship. The novel nature of the chapter lies in the fact that it has for the first time systematized the factors of unequal distribution of technologies in entrepreneurship. The authors’ classification of business conflicts in digital competition in entrepreneurship according to their determining factors has been put forward. The essence has been clarified and the cause-and-effect relations of business conflicts in digital competition in entrepreneurship have been identified. Recommendations have been developed for the management of business conflicts in digital competition in entrepreneurship, taking into account their peculiarities.

Citation

Litvinova, T.N. (2022), "Unequal Distribution of Technologies in Entrepreneurship: Business Conflicts in Digital Competition and Opportunities for Conflict Management", Popkova, E.G. and Chatterji, M. (Ed.) Technology, Society, and Conflict (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 30), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-832320220000030003