"Digital social entrepreneurship is increasingly receiving recognition in emerging

economies to maximize societal benefit. The objective of this study is to examine the

factors determining students’ intentions toward digital social entrepreneurial ventures.

The targeted population was students of various programs, namely business, humanities, science, tourism, and pharmacy, of private and public universities in Bangladesh.

This study is quantitative and exploratory in nature, whereas online self-administered

questionnaires were prepared to collect data from 433 students in Bangladesh between

January and June 2023. The model was tested and the hypotheses were confirmed at

the 5% significance level using SPSS v26.0; a Cronbach’s alpha (α) value of 0.70 or

higher was considered adequate for measuring reliability. The results show that students’ innovativeness, social pro-activeness, and risk-taking motive positively affect

their intention toward digital social entrepreneurial intention. These results may aid in

developing successful plans and regulations to support the expansion of digital social

entrepreneurial intention in Bangladesh by the government, non-governmental organizations, the neighborhood, civil society, and researchers."