The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been a devastating crisis affecting the physical, social, and financial well-being of people the world over. Unlike business-as-usual, crises create unique context conditions in which to study digital innovation. Crises can create widespread suffering. Crises can also trigger the creation of “compassionate ventures” started by emergent entrepreneurs, who, by being themselves victims of adversity, are driven to start ventures to alleviate people's suffering. In this essay, we appropriate the literature from management and entrepreneurship on compassionate venturing to suggest a framework for helping to clarify distinctions in the ways in which digital innovation may emerge during crises.

冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行是一场灾难性的危机，影响着世界各地人们的身体，社会和经济福祉。与通常的情况不同，危机为研究数字创新创造了独特的环境条件。危机会造成广泛的苦难。危机还可以触发由新兴企业家发起的“富有同情心的企业”的创立，这些企业家本身就是逆境的受害者，因此被迫开办企业以减轻人们的痛苦。在本文中，我们从管理和企业家精神方面的同情冒险研究文献中选出一个框架，以帮助阐明在危机期间数字创新可能出现的方式上的区别。