Technological developments such as Cloud Computing, the Internet of Things, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence continue to drive the digital transformation of business and society. With the advent of platform-based ecosystems and their potential to address complex challenges, there is a trend towards greater interconnectedness between different stakeholders to co-create services based on the provision and use of data. While previous research on digital transformation mainly focused on digital transformation within organizations, it is of growing importance to understand the implications for digital transformation on different layers (e.g., interorganizational cooperation and platform ecosystems). In particular, the conceptualization and implications of public data spaces and related ecosystems provide promising research opportunities. This special issue contains five papers on the topic of digital transformation and, with the editorial, further contributes by providing an initial conceptualization of public data spaces' potential to foster innovative progress and digital transformation from a management perspective.

云计算、物联网、大数据和人工智能等技术发展继续推动商业和社会的数字化转型。随着基于平台的生态系统的出现及其应对复杂挑战的潜力，不同利益相关者之间存在更大的相互联系，以基于数据的提供和使用共同创建服务。而以往对数字化转型的研究主要集中在内部的数字化转型对于组织而言，了解数字化转型对不同层次（例如，组织间合作和平台生态系统）的影响变得越来越重要。特别是，公共数据空间和相关生态系统的概念化和影响提供了有希望的研究机会。本期特刊包含五篇关于数字化转型主题的论文，并通过社论进一步做出贡献，从管理角度对公共数据空间促进创新进步和数字化转型的潜力进行初步概念化。