Hello Diversity! Opportunities and Challenges of Entrepreneurial Diversity in the Digital Age

This report outlines the key insights gained at the “Hello Diversity! Conference” held in June 2019 at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). The two-day event featured 14 talks from experts in academia and practice who shared their perspectives on how entrepreneurial diversity affects the exploration and exploitation of digital innovation potentials. Their insights highlighted the lack of holistic knowledge on the topic, especially concerning the role of digital technologies in fostering entrepreneurial diversity. The shortcomings of related discourses were debated in several panel discussions with the 170 participants involved in research or in fostering entrepreneurial diversity through management practices, policies, and special interest groups. The conference culminated in a “Paperthon”, which kick-started interdisciplinary research projects aimed at increasing our understanding of entrepreneurial diversity in the digital age.