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(Lardinois 2019, p. 1). Founded in 1999, D-Wave is a privately held company. Quantum technologies are believed to be “driving forward a technological revo- lution”and tobecome“the engineof innovations in science, economics andsociety in the twenty-first century”, as experimental physicist Prof. Dr. Rainer Blatt sums up the results of the 2016LindauNobelLaureateMeetingon the “secondquantum revolution” (von der Stein 2016, p. 1). Regarding the COVID-19 crisis as well as the issues targeted by SDG-3 in general, particularly quantum computing is at the coreofD-Wave’s impact.According tooneofD-Wave’spartners, Prof.Dr.Kristel Michielsen from the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, it is promising “to accelerate the solution of complex problems in pharmacology and epidemiology, such as those that have arisen in the unprecedentedCOVID-19 crisis, bymeans of hybrid workflows from quantum-classical computer simulations” (Forschungszentrum Jülich 2020). As Analytics Insight sums up, “The company’s hybrid quantum- classical cloud service could conceivably help researchers simulate molecular interactions between coronavirus and its target cells, or simulate the spread of the COVID-19disease in complex settings. It could alsohelpplannersoptimize supply chains and hospital logistics” (Srivastava 2020) In an interviewwith IEEE Spec- trum, gathering thefirstweek’sworth of submissions fromcoronavirus researchers applying forD-Wave time, theCEOofD-Waveclaimed that the initial response to their offer came from teams tackling a range of coronavirus-related problems: “We’ve seenproblemsbeingexplored in the followingareas: (1) themodellingand simulationof the spreadof thevirus, (2) the schedulingofnurses andotherhospital resources, (3) assessing the rate of virus mutation, and (4) the assessment of existingdrugsaspotential treatments” (Anderson2020).Openingupaccess to their resources also allowsother companies in the spacewhich are already committed to the SDGs such as ZAPATA, to work with D-Wave and interested parties to leverage domain, quantum-software and hardware expertise, thus showing the potential of the simultaneous consideration of the aspects “proposed value to SDGs”, “key partner”, “beneficiaries”, and “key activities” (notably its sub-aspect “How are FETs incorporated?”) of our “Decade ofAction”—Canvas. 5 Conclusion and Implications:MakingOpen Innovation, Social Business, andFutureandEmergingTechnologies Work forDigital Entrepreneurship and the “Decade of Action” ThecurrentCOVID-19pandemicshowshowimportant thefight for theSustainable Development Goals really is and howCOVID-19 has prompted awide variety of open, collaborative responses (Chesbrough2020).While all SDGsare impactedby the pandemic—especially the neglected issues in SDG-3 (good health and well-being) become apparent—and the need for more and better digital health applications became obvious. Digital entrepreneurs nowhave to step up and build the next wave of impactful start-ups, notably social (digital) businesses, for the Digital Entrepreneurship for the “Decade of Action” 319