“…Dynamic firm-level capabilities that are urgently needed in order to cope with competitors could be developed by incorporating external innovations in start-ups and accelerators (Enkel & Sagmeister, 2020;Bagnoli, Massaro, Ruzza & Toniolo, 2020). Digitalization is therefore seen as an entrepreneurial process (Argun & Kilic, 2023;Autio, Nambisan, Thomas & Wright, 2018) where firms in pursuit of DT upgrade formerly successful but obsolete business models (BM) by implementing business model innovation (BMI) (Acciarini, Borelli, Capo, Cappa & Sarrocco, 2021;Kiel, Arnold & Voigt., 2017). Contarty to traditional business models, data streams are considered to have a central role in supporting DT strategies in digital adopters (Pigni, Piccoli & Watson, 2016;Vaska et al, 2020).…”