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COVID-19 as an entrepreneurship, innovation, digitization and digitalization accelerator: Spanish Internet domains registration analysis

Sorin Gavrila Gavrila (Facultad de Ciencias Economicas Empresariales y Turismo, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Alcala de Henares, Spain)
Antonio de Lucas Ancillo (Facultad de Ciencias Economicas Empresariales y Turismo, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Alcala de Henares, Spain)

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 19 May 2021

Issue publication date: 21 October 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to comprehend and determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business organizations and society, together with its relationship to entrepreneurship, innovation, digitization or digital transformation, by means of analysis of the Spanish Internet domains registration data set.

Design/methodology/approach

Following existing literature regarding time series analysis, the authors have designed a SARIMA methodology involving the forecasting of a non-COVID-19 data set from the available data and compared it to the existing COVID-19 data set in order to validate the formulated hypothesis.

Findings

The COVID-19 pandemic was found to be an unfortunate accelerator, regarding entrepreneurship and innovation as a digitization and digital transformation lever, with the results of the Internet domain registration analysis as a reliable indicator.

Originality/value

This research confirms the existence of new non-invasive approaches to complementary information, such as Internet domain registration analysis, that could serve as an early and quick indicator of innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives within business activities.

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Acknowledgements

Declarations of interest: None

Citation

Gavrila Gavrila, S. and de Lucas Ancillo, A. (2021), "COVID-19 as an entrepreneurship, innovation, digitization and digitalization accelerator: Spanish Internet domains registration analysis", British Food Journal, Vol. 123 No. 10, pp. 3358-3390. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-11-2020-1037

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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