This cluster investigates the key actors driving digital transformation, with a focus on digital entrepreneurs, startups, and established organizations navigating change. We study how designers and scientists become entrepreneurs across disciplines, how digital resilience affects entrepreneurs under extreme conditions, and how strategic framing impacts scaling ventures within digital ecosystems.

Whether you are an academic looking to collaborate on the frontiers of organizational science, or a student aspiring to launch your own venture through initiatives like SMART GUIDE, our aim is to uncover the individual and organizational mechanisms required to successfully build and manage organizations that spearhead digital innovation for a better future.

Why this is vital: Empowering and understanding digital innovators is of vital importance because these entrepreneurial actors are catalysts for translating technological potential into sustainable socio-economic impact.