Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice at HICSS-55

Since its inception six years ago, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice minitrack of the Hawaiian International Conference on System Science (HICSS) has focused on the intersection of knowledge management and system science with innovation and entrepreneurship. Whereas the context of traditional knowledge management research is established organizations, this minitrack features the works of researchers who apply system science methods to knowledge management in the context of innovation and entrepreneurship, which is distinguished by uncertainty and resource constraints. The minitrack, part of the HICSS Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems track, continues to attract quality manuscripts relevant to the researcher, instructor, and practitioner, despite this being the second year that the coronavirus pandemic has forced the conference format to be virtual. This year's eight minitrack papers investigate environments for innovation including accelerators, incubators, and makerspaces, the digitalization of innovation, and sustainability.