Abstract:
Adaptive Digital Entrepreneurship (ADE) is a new concept that combines digital innovation with
socio-institutional flexibility to help lift people out of poverty and promote inclusive development.
Thus far, most studies on digital entrepreneurship have focused on its economic impacts, while
its contribution to social harmony and peace-oriented growth is still inadequately theorized.
This paper performs a systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines, synthesizing
interdisciplinary work published between 2020 and 2025. Through combining adaptive systems
theory, social capital theory, the capability approach, and institutional theory, this paper puts
forward a multi-level conceptual framework that connects ADE with social harmony. It focuses on
the main channels through which ADE produces the features of cohesive and inclusive societies,
such as digital inclusion, trust-building, and economic stabilization supported by institutions.
Still, the article also stresses the limitations and reveals the dark sides of digital entrepreneurship,
e.g. the monopolization of platforms and labor insecurity. By combining technology, social, and
institutional aspects, this study broadens the theoretical limits of entrepreneurship research and
advocates that ADE can be an important strategic tool to bring about peace-oriented inclusive
growth. The results give practical suggestions for policymakers and practitioners and also lay
down a well-organized plan for future empirical research.
