Boundary Spanning and the Support of Digital Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Bahrain

TL;DR

This paper examines how public and private sector boundary spanners in Bahrain collaborate to support digital entrepreneurs, leading to the creation and formalization of a community and platform for digital entrepreneurship.

Contribution

It applies the boundary spanners concept to analyze inter-sectoral interactions in digital entrepreneurship support in Bahrain, highlighting their role in community development.

Findings

Boundary spanning facilitated community initiation and formalization.

Inter-sectoral interactions enhanced support for digital entrepreneurs.

Theoretical application of boundary spanners in a real-world context.

Abstract

This paper explores the role of public and private sector teams as they collaborate to form and manage a community and platform for digital entrepreneurs in Bahrain. The paper employed the theoretical concept of boundary spanners to explore the nature of interactions between the two teams as support digital entrepreneurship and the outcomes that emerged from these interactions. The findings present the nature of the inter-sectoral interactions as boundary spanning that contributed to the initiation and formalization of the community and platform.