This introduction to the special issue on Data Governance, Digital Innovation, and Grand Challenges highlights the importance of data governance when seeking to address grand challenges through the innovative use of digital technologies. The benefits, risks, and consequences of data, ubiquitous in today's data-rich world, can be harnessed for innovation and societal good. However, there are no guarantees that (only) desirable outcomes will develop. The creation and exploitation of vast data stockpiles raise substantial concerns about privacy, data security, equity, and the potential for harm from data misuse. Meaningful approaches to data governance within and across organizations are critically important to facilitate digital innovation and to balance social, economic and technical benefits and risks for individuals, organizations, and societies. In this introductory paper, we reflect on foundations established to date in information systems (IS) research and highlight possible future directions for scholarship on data governance across multiple levels to enhance digital innovations for transformation and societal good.

这篇关于数据治理、数字创新和重大挑战的特刊的介绍强调了数据治理在寻求通过数字技术的创新使用来应对重大挑战时的重要性。在当今数据丰富的世界中，数据的好处、风险和后果无处不在，可以用于创新和社会公益。但是，不能保证（仅）会产生理想的结果。大量数据存储的创建和利用引起了人们对隐私、数据安全、公平以及数据滥用可能造成危害的严重担忧。有意义的组织内部和跨组织数据治理方法对于促进数字创新以及平衡个人、组织的社会、经济和技术利益与风险至关重要，和社团。在这篇介绍性论文中，我们反思了迄今为止在信息系统 (IS) 研究中建立的基础，并强调了跨多个层面的数据治理学术未来可能的方向，以加强数字创新以实现转型和社会公益。