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Table 3 Results of an investigation of new entrepreneurs’ difficulties in developing digital firms

From: Digital and innovative entrepreneurship in the Indian handicraft sector after the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities

Main categories

General categories

Subcategories

Code

Necessary destruction in the development of Craft industry innovation through digitisation and entrepreneurship

Challenges in handicraft new Entrepreneurship skills

Business prowess

Creativity in marketing tactics and placing advertising (4)

(3) Building strong client relationships and trust by providing excellent service

  

Information technology skill for craft innovation

The technology used for skill development in the handicraft sector

  

Personal management skills

Tenacity/patience when conducting business

Live-selling self-assurance (2)

Constraint/psychological breakdown Effective use of time (5)

  

Financing in small-scale handicraft business

The problem in the collection of capital investment in the small craft industry (2)

Proper and regular lack of capital in the craft industry (2)

 

Market Problems for New Online Businesses

Market Situation

Significant competition between vendors (6)

Handicraft industries face problems with digital Innovation

Electronic transactions

A limited number of subscribers/clients/customers (5) For starts, modest profits (2)

various target markets

   

Supply availability (5)

Supplier/seller legitimacy

Order quality (2)

Non-payment of delivered goods and cancelled orders (3)

 

Difficulties in Today’s Business Climate

Misdirected shipment

Access to Reliable Technology

Weak online presence (6)

Restrictions on Leaving the Quarantine Area

Devices for conducting business online are readily available. Brownouts of electricity (2)

  1. Sources: table compiled by authors