Digital Gazelles: Challenges of Digital Startups during Phases of High Growth

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Digital Gazelles: Challenges of Digital Startups during Phases of High Growth. / Tschoppe, Nils Johann; Drechsler, Andreas; Drews, Paul.
ACIS 2023 Proceedings. Wellington, New Zealand: Association for Information Systems, 2023. 51.

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Tschoppe, NJ, Drechsler, A & Drews, P 2023, Digital Gazelles: Challenges of Digital Startups during Phases of High Growth. in ACIS 2023 Proceedings., 51, Association for Information Systems, Wellington, New Zealand, 34th Australasian Conference on Information Systems - ACIS 2023, Wellington, New Zealand, 05.12.23. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2023/51/>

APA

Tschoppe, N. J., Drechsler, A., & Drews, P. (2023). Digital Gazelles: Challenges of Digital Startups during Phases of High Growth. In ACIS 2023 Proceedings Article 51 Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2023/51/

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Tschoppe NJ, Drechsler A, Drews P. Digital Gazelles: Challenges of Digital Startups during Phases of High Growth. In ACIS 2023 Proceedings. Wellington, New Zealand: Association for Information Systems. 2023. 51

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abstract = "To investigate the challenges that high-growth digital startups (“digital gazelles”) face, we conducted an exploratory study of this under-researched class of enterprises at the intersection between information systems and entrepreneurship research (“digital entrepreneurship”) and propose a digital gazelle definition. We base our findings on an interview study with high-ranking representatives of 14 digital gazelles of different company ages and from different countries and industries. By following a groundedtheory approach, we identified nine key challenges across the three areas of management, organization structure, and technology/systems. Building on this, we aim to better capture the strong link between the management and the digital technology use of startups in the digital age. Digital gazelles{\textquoteright} leaders can draw on our results to prepare their organizations for further growth.",
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