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This paper falls within the scope of entrepreneurship research focused on entrepreneurs as agents with individual personality traits. This paper first overviews the relevant literature – both early and current theories – of this research agenda. The main conceptual findings are then linked to the value theoretical framework developed by Shalom H. Schwartz, which seems to reflect, with limitations, on the basic content of these framings about entrepreneurial traits. Based on the Schwartzian background, this paper sheds light on the linkages among the individual value structures and specific personality traits considered important for entrepreneurial actors. The empirical portion used data from the European Social Survey to identify four distinct entrepreneurial mindsets among European entrepreneurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The explosion of digital technologies marks the beginning of a new industrial revolution. Digitalization has transformed not only our everyday lives, but also the entrepreneurial processes. We are now seeing the integration of digital and entrepreneurial ecosystems at the heart of the digital revolution with the rapid rise of platform organisations. We aim to track this integration using the Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (DEE) Index developed in Szerb et al. (2022). In the paper, we present the structure of the DEE index and the steps to calculate the composite indicator. Our study focuses on a comparative analysis of Hungary's digital entrepreneurship ecosystem, identifying its strengths and weaknesses for the period 2020-2022. The reference European countries were grouped into six categories, with Hungary being selected as one of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) EU members. In the DEE Index ranking of 170 countries in 2022, Denmark was at the top of the ranking, with the US second. Hungary is ranked 36th, 23rd in the EU, with Poland, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria trailing behind in the CEE countries. The four sub-indices, twelve pillars and 24 variables of the DEE Index are used to analyze the Hungary's digital entrepreneurship ecosystem profile. While we are relatively well placed in terms of laying the foundations of the digital economy and developing the physical infrastructure, the benefits of the platform economy are hindered by the relatively low number of fintech firms and the low level of digital skills of the population, while the diffusion and adoption of digital technologies is hampered by the digitalization deficiencies at the business level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]