Engaging Online Learners to Consider Virtual Business Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of e-Business

Traditionally, business and management subjects have been linked to what is known by one’s culture and business traditions in terms of how business dealings are operated and managed according to given and proven business and managerial theories, concepts, ideas, and overall best practices. However, as more and more technology has been introduced into today’s modern workplace, changes to the overall business landscape have gone from domestic to global to now virtual opportunities. As a result, what our predecessors may have considered as only a dream for the future, these are becoming reality. It was not that long along with the idea of a computer smaller than a large room might be created. Today, we are now offering not only business, but also educational opportunities on mobile technology, such as mobile phones and PDAs. Therefore, this paper will look through the lens of e-business to see how one can help encourage today’s learner to consider virtual business entrepreneurship, in particular, how each of the new and progressive (virtual) learners can learn a new way of conducting business virtually and manage it accordingly