𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬

𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥: Cogent Business & Management

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: Taylor & Francis Group

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 04 February 2027

Cogent Business & Management invites original research, reviews, and letters examining the opportunities, challenges, and risks associated with digital intelligence technologies in entrepreneurship and small businesses.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Rapid developments in artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things, blockchain, and other intelligent technologies are reshaping entrepreneurial activities and small business operations.

Generative AI and predictive technologies offer new possibilities for idea generation, business forecasting, resource allocation, investment decisions, and entrepreneurial problem-solving. These technologies may also help resource-constrained businesses develop innovative strategies and strengthen resilience.

However, digital transformation introduces challenges related to technological adoption, financial limitations, cybersecurity, privacy, distrust, cognitive barriers, and overdependence on automated decision-making.

This Article Collection examines how entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) navigate these opportunities and risks while adapting their strategies, business practices, and organizational capabilities.

The Collection also encourages research exploring how intelligent technologies influence entrepreneurship scholarship, research methods, and theoretical development.

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭

Submissions may address, but are not limited to:

• Digital Intelligence Technologies in Entrepreneurship

• Generative Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Decision-Making

• AI Agents as Entrepreneurial Collaborators

• Predictive AI in Business Planning and Forecasting

• AI-Assisted Idea Generation and Opportunity Recognition

• Digital Transformation of Small Businesses

• Artificial Intelligence Adoption among SMEs

• Entrepreneurial Innovation and Technology Adoption

• Big Data Analytics in Entrepreneurship

• Internet of Things and Small Business Operations

• Blockchain Applications in Entrepreneurship

• Metaverse and Digital Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurial Resilience in Digital Environments

• Technology-Enabled Entrepreneurial Bricolage

• Digital Technologies and Resource-Constrained Businesses

• AI-Based Resource Allocation and Investment Decisions

• Entrepreneurial Judgment under Uncertainty

• Cognitive Barriers to Technology Adoption

• Perceived Risks and Distrust of Intelligent Technologies

• Cybersecurity Risks and Digital Resilience

• Data Privacy in Small Business Operations

• Automation and Entrepreneur–Customer Relationships

• Overreliance on AI and Business Decision-Making

• Digital Inequality and Entrepreneurial Opportunities

• Quantum Computing and Future Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurial Wellbeing and Digital Technology

• Digital Technologies and Entrepreneurship Research Methods

• Theoretical Development in Digital Entrepreneurship

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬

1. Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Decision-Making

Research examining how generative and predictive AI influence entrepreneurial judgment, information search, opportunity recognition, forecasting, and strategic business decisions.

2. Digital Transformation and SME Innovation

Studies investigating how entrepreneurs and small businesses adopt digital intelligence technologies to improve operations, develop capabilities, and pursue innovation.

3. Entrepreneurial Resilience and Adaptation

Research exploring how intelligent technologies influence entrepreneurial resilience, improvisation, bricolage, and responses to uncertainty.

4. Technology Adoption Barriers and Risks

Studies addressing financial constraints, technological knowledge, perceived risks, distrust, cybersecurity, and privacy challenges affecting digital adoption.

5. Digital Technologies and Entrepreneurial Wellbeing

Research investigating how intelligent technologies influence entrepreneurs' daily activities, professional relationships, personal wellbeing, and decision-making autonomy.

6. Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Studies examining big data, blockchain, the Internet of Things, the metaverse, and emerging computational technologies within entrepreneurial ecosystems.

7. Digital Intelligence and Entrepreneurship Research

Research exploring how intelligent technologies reshape entrepreneurship scholarship, research methodologies, theoretical perspectives, and academic practices.

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬

The Article Collection welcomes:

• Original Research Articles

• Review Articles

• Letters

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬

The editors encourage:

• Quantitative research

• Mixed-method studies

• Interpretive qualitative research

• Process-oriented research designs

Process-oriented studies that capture the complexities of entrepreneurship in digital environments are particularly encouraged.

Research may investigate entrepreneurial phenomena at the individual, business, or entrepreneurial ecosystem level.

𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 04 February 2027

Authors should submit manuscripts through the Cogent Business & Management online submission system.

During submission:

• Select the journal section “Entrepreneurship and Innovation.”

• Select “Entrepreneurship and Small Business in the Storm of Digital Intelligence Technologies: Balancing between Promises and Risks” from the Article Collection dropdown menu.

• Follow the journal's Instructions for Authors.

𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

• Submit Manuscript

• Instructions for Authors

• Journal Website

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬

Full Professor Vlatka Škokić University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, Croatia Email: vskokic@efst.hr

Assistant Professor Tamara Šmaguc University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Croatia Email: tamara.smaguc@foi.unizg.hr

Associate Professor Robert Kudelić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Croatia Email: robert.kudelic@foi.unizg.hr

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Dr. Molly Cole Commissioning Editor, Taylor & Francis Group Email: molly.cole@taylorandfrancis.com

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