Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development through a Formal e- Business Model Framework

The bridging of the so-called digital divide is an important issue in today's development efforts of international and non-governmental organizations and developing countries. This does not only concern access to new information and communication technologies (ICT) such as the Internet, but also access to the know-how to use these technologies for economic development. Many of the recent international initiatives to narrow the digital divide stress the necessity to develop a knowledgeable class of e-entrepreneurs that are able to use ICT. In this paper we outline a concrete methodology and propose some practical tools that shall foster entrepreneurship and enterprise development for the Internet era in developing countries.