Abstract:
Digital social entrepreneurship is increasingly receiving recognition in emerging
economies to maximize societal benefit. The objective of this study is to examine the
factors determining students’ intentions toward digital social entrepreneurial ventures.
The targeted population was students of various programs, namely business, humani-
ties, science, tourism, and pharmacy, of private and public universities in Bangladesh.
This study is quantitative and exploratory in nature, whereas online self-administered
questionnaires were prepared to collect data from 433 students in Bangladesh between
January and June 2023. The model was tested and the hypotheses were confirmed at
the 5% significance level using SPSS v26.0; a Cronbach’s alpha (α) value of 0.70 or
higher was considered adequate for measuring reliability. The results show that stu-
dents’ innovativeness, social pro-activeness, and risk-taking motive positively affect
their intention toward digital social entrepreneurial intention. These results may aid in
developing successful plans and regulations to support the expansion of digital social
entrepreneurial intention in Bangladesh by the government, non-governmental orga-
nizations, the neighborhood, civil society, and researchers
