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Key predictors of entrepreneurship and innovation via the 3C framework: A data-driven machine learning analysis 通过3C框架预测创业和创新的关键因素：数据驱动的机器学习分析

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100963

Yangjie Huang , Yajing Bu , Lina Wei , Xuebo Zhu , Lingling Xu

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The implications of innovation in traditional industries: Revitalizing mature economic sectors 传统产业创新的意义：振兴成熟的经济部门

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100959

Alexandru-Mihai Bugheanu , Oana Pricopoaia , Camelia Madalina Beldiman , Ion Popa , Nicoleta Cristache , Dorin Iancu , Ioana Lazarescu

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Building the efficiency bridge: Artificial intelligence innovation, high-growth firms and industry competition through governance 搭建效率桥梁：人工智能创新、高增长企业和通过治理实现的行业竞争

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100961

Xikai Yu , Kanghao Chen , Zongqiang Ren

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Transition to electric vehicles and the location of key battery-related activities 向电动汽车过渡与电池相关的关键活动地点

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100951

Jesús F. Lampón, Miguel A. Crespo-Velando, María del Mar Rodríguez-Domínguez, Hugo Pérez-Moure

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Digital orientation and the hybrid tipping point: Balancing in-person and remote work 数字导向和混合引爆点：平衡面对面和远程工作

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100949

Francesca Sanguineti, Costanza Baldrighi, Stefano Denicolai, Pietro Previtali

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Digital leadership, digital platform capability and digital business model innovation of start-ups 初创企业的数字化领导力、数字化平台能力和数字化商业模式创新

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100970

Xiaozhou Ding

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When does artificial intelligence innovation pay in servitization? A combined organizational learning and socio-technical systems perspective 人工智能创新什么时候会带来服务化？结合组织学习和社会技术系统的观点

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100960

Kaining Yan , Xue Pang , Qingxue Li , Ge Tian , Xinyu Dong

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Exploring the configurations and evolutionary dynamics of industrial symbiosis networks: A complex adaptive systems-based perspective 探索工业共生网络的结构和进化动力学：基于复杂适应系统的视角

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100974

Stefano Abbate , Piera Centobelli , Maria Di Gregorio , Giuditta Pagnotto Mogrovejo

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Mismatch in perceptions and knowledge? Prominent entrepreneurial resources through collaborative workspaces for social entrepreneurs 认知和知识不匹配？通过协作工作空间为社会企业家提供卓越的创业资源

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100956

Chen Gao

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Lost in transmission: Knowledge, academia and the origins of design thinking 迷失在传播中：知识、学术和设计思维的起源

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2026.100969

Mark Parry , Griffin W. Cottle

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