The Role of Triple Helix Collaboration in Creating Inclusive Digital Entrepreneurship
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https://doi.org/10.37278/eprofit.v8i2.1591Kata Kunci:
Triple Helix, Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Digital InclusiveAbstrak
Digital transformation has become a critical pathway for expanding economic participation, yet entrepreneurs with disabilities often remain excluded due to limited access, skills, and support systems. Triple helix collaboration, typically involving association, academia, and business, has been proposed as a model to bridge this gap, but its specific role in fostering inclusive digital entrepreneurship among disability entrepreneurs communities remains underexplored. This study aims to examine the role of triple helix collaboration, with disability associations replacing the government pillar, in creating inclusive digital entrepreneurship among members of a community. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed, using in-depth, semi-structured interviews as the primary data collection technique. Informants consisted of eight participants representing three stakeholder groups: entrepreneurs with disabilities affiliated with community, representatives of the disability association coordinating the community, and academic or business actors involved in digital empowerment programs. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, involving reduction, categorization, and interpretation to identify recurring patterns. The findings indicate that collaboration among the three actors has facilitated access to digital payment systems and basic digital literacy training for disability entrepreneurs. However, gaps remain in the accessibility design of digital platforms and the continuity of mentoring programs, with each actor's contribution unevenly distributed, the association providing advocacy and member coordination, academia offering training, and business contributing limited technological access. These findings suggest that this adapted triple helix model can meaningfully support inclusive digital entrepreneurship, but its effectiveness depends on stronger coordination, accessibility-oriented technology design, and sustained, needs-tailored mentoring. This study contributes to the literature on inclusive innovation ecosystems.
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