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{"title":"The key role of design and transparency in enhancing trust in AI-powered digital agents","authors":"Iris Glassberg,&nbsp;Yael Brender Ilan,&nbsp;Moti Zwilling","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100770","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100770","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the factors that influence user trust in AI-powered digital agents within organizational contexts. Employing an integrated framework that combines the Expectation Confirmation Model and the Technology Acceptance Model, we investigated how user expectations, attitudes toward AI, information transparency, visual design, and exposure duration contribute to trust formation. A sample of 118 organizational participants in Israel interacted with ChatGPT across simulated workplace scenarios. The findings indicate that while expectations alone do not significantly predict trust, transparency and effective visual design serve as crucial mediators. Attitudes toward AI were also positively associated with trust. The experimental manipulation of expectations did not yield a significant effect, suggesting that pre-existing user perceptions may override brief interventions. These results highlight actionable design and implementation strategies for organizations aiming to foster user trust and promote AI adoption. Limitations include sample bias, constraints in subgroup analysis, and the need for longitudinal research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100770"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144712921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainability-focused business curricula educating corporate sustainability professionals: A knowledge-based view from Italian universities","authors":"Carla Del Gesso,&nbsp;Paola Parravicini","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100771","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to mounting sustainability challenges, integrating sustainability into business-related education has become crucial for preparing specialized professionals capable of advancing sustainable business models. Addressing key research gaps and building on the knowledge-based view (KBV), this study examines trends in the implementation of sustainability-focused business degree programs across Italian universities, offering insights into the role of business education in facilitating corporate sustainability knowledge acquisition. Statistical evidence reveals an unprecedented shift in Italian business curricula toward sustainability, characterized by an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses economic, environmental, social, and governance dimensions. Moderate evidence of a positive impact of these curricula on employability suggests an evolving labor market demand for corporate sustainability professionals. Qualitative findings highlight the targeted preparation of roles such as sustainability managers and business consultants, followed by sustainability-savvy accountants, managers in sustainable digital innovation, circular economy specialists, and a range of emerging niche positions. This study contributes novel insights to the literature by foregrounding the strategic role of universities in supplying corporate sustainability knowledge as a specialized resource that organizations can acquire to support the development of sustainable business models. It also offers practical insights that may inform efforts by universities and policymakers to reimagine business education strategies, effectively equipping the contemporary corporate world with the evolving expertise required to meet growing sustainability challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100771"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144712920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Consumer behavioral intention for sustainable garments: do materials used and the level of garment’s visibility and skin contact matter?","authors":"Valerio Schiaroli ,&nbsp;Rosa Maria Dangelico ,&nbsp;Luca Fraccascia","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100764","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100764","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable fashion consumption can be promoted only by understanding the motivation behind consumers’ decision to purchase sustainable clothing. This study explores the determinants of consumers’ purchasing intentions for two clothing items with different functions, characterized by different levels of visibility and skin contact (underwear and jacket) made with two sustainable materials (biobased and recycled). A conceptual framework was tested using the SEM technique on data collected through a questionnaire administered to 768 Italian consumers. Sustainable fashion knowledge, availability of sustainable garments, influence of celebrities and influencers, and environmental concerns significantly affected purchase intentions for the four product categories investigated. Moreover, gender and age significantly influenced purchase intention. The findings highlighted that purchase intentions and their determinants vary based on the levels of visibility and skin contact associated with the products and the type of sustainable materials used. Several contributions to the theory and managerial implications are provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100764"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144712923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of information and communication technology development on China’s carbon emissions","authors":"Xiaoqin Zheng ,&nbsp;Tian Liu ,&nbsp;Wenli Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100769","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100769","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years information and communication technology (ICT) development and its relationship with carbon emissions has become a significant research focus. Using data from 30 Chinese provinces and cities covering 2010–2022, we conduct an empirical study on the impact mechanism of ICT on carbon emissions employing a spatial Durbin model. Six relevant results emerge. 1) ICT development increases local carbon emissions and reduces surrounding carbon emissions but reduces overall carbon emissions. 2) ICT development can indirectly reduce local carbon emissions by promoting industrial structure upgrading and technological innovation. 3) Technological innovation has significant spillover effects, wherein ICT development reduces carbon emissions in surrounding areas, which is generated by technological innovation, but the spatial spillover effect of industrial structure optimisation is insignificant. 4) Heterogeneity tests reveal that ICT development in western and eastern regions increases local carbon emissions, reduces carbon emissions in surrounding areas and reduces total carbon emissions. Furthermore, the carbon emissions reduction effect in the western region is better than that in the eastern region, ICT development in the northeast region reduces carbon emissions in local and surrounding areas and ICT development in the central region has no significant impact on local and surrounding carbon emissions. In addition, the carbon emissions reduction effect of ICT is better in ICT-intensive areas. 5) Segmented regression reveals that the inhibitory effect of ICT development on carbon emissions during the 2010–2016 period was greater than that during the 2016–2022 period. 6) We also compare and analyse the impact of ICT manufacturing and service sectors on carbon emissions, the impact of ICT input on carbon emissions in the production process of different industries and the moderating effect of energy structure on the impact of ICT development on carbon emissions. Finally, we present targeted policy recommendations and propose future research directions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100769"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144712922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Innovation-driven growth: the power of technological capability in regional development","authors":"Yixin Dai ,&nbsp;Yuanhong Hu ,&nbsp;Manzoor Ahmad ,&nbsp;Yunting Mou","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100763","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100763","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As regional development becomes increasingly technically complex, technological capability has a growing influence on economic growth. Traditional theories predominantly concentrate on macro-level concepts, often overlooking the relationship between technological capability and regional economic growth, which has seldom been empirically examined. From the perspective of ‘technology space’, we select data on Chinese invention patents to construct indicators and explore its impact on economic growth. Our empirical results reveal that technological capability is a significant driver of regional economic growth. Our findings reveal four notable results. (1) Technological capability positively promotes regional growth but exhibits certain non-linear characteristics wherein as technological capability improves, its marginal effect on economic growth diminishes. (2) Technological capability primarily fosters regional economic growth through technological upgrading, industrial diversification and knowledge spillover mechanisms. (3) The policy environment and market conditions moderate the promotional effect of local technological capability on regional economic growth. (4) The economic growth effect of technological capability is time-dynamic and exhibits regional heterogeneity. The conclusions of this study deepen the understanding of regional development theory in terms of technology path dependence and breakthrough mechanisms, revealing technological capability as a core driving force behind regional economic evolution and redefining the logic of regional economic growth. These insights offer actionable guidelines for policymakers to tailor strategies according to local technological endowment stages.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100763"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Technological spillovers from imported intermediate goods on heterogeneous innovation","authors":"Nannan Dong ,&nbsp;Xiaohui Chen ,&nbsp;Changbiao Zhong","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of the profound adjustment of the global value chain, how technological spillovers from imported intermediate goods affect the heterogeneous innovation paths of firms is a core issue for developing countries. Based on the panel data covering 278 prefecture-level cities in China, this paper constructs micro-trade and spatial Durbin models to empirically examine the differential impacts of technological spillovers from imported intermediate goods on high- and low-technology innovation and their spatial effects. This study finds that (1) technological spillovers from imported intermediate goods significantly increase the high-technology innovation level of local firms, generating a 'technological dividend'. However, they have no significant effect on low-technology innovation, potentially triggering a 'low-end lock-in' effect. (2) Technological spillovers reduce innovation costs by enhancing regional absorptive capacity, where the import of semifinished products directly drives high-technology breakthroughs through product innovation, while the import of components indirectly optimizes innovation efficiency through process innovation. (3) The spatial spillover effect of high-technology innovation is significant, forming innovation clusters centred on the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas, while the regional collaborative effect of low-technology innovation is relatively weak. This research provides a theoretical basis for developing countries to balance import expansion and independent innovation. It suggests strengthening regional absorptive capacity and innovation ecosystem construction to avoid the risk of low-end lock-in and to achieve global value chain upgrading.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100766"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unpacking digital transformation – Constructing a framework based on industry use cases","authors":"Khawaja Asjad Saeed ,&nbsp;Andrew William Green ,&nbsp;Alison Brooke Hedrick","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100759","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100759","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on industry use cases, we identify six distinct types of digital transformation (DT), each grounded in a specific concept or enabling technology. These DT types can be implemented individually or combined to drive transformation initiatives. While deploying a single DT type often focuses on improving operational efficiency or streamlining existing workflows, initiatives that combine multiple DT types tend to pursue more ambitious goals, such as the creation of new products, services, or business models. However, the complexity increases significantly with the integration of multiple DT types, as organizations must not only address behavioral changes but also overcome technical challenges involving systems integration, data architecture, and interoperability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100759"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Innovative techniques for e-learning log data processing: Trends and methods","authors":"Olga Ovtšarenko","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100765","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100765","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explored potential solutions to identify innovative methods for modern education, where diverse student requirements and rapidly changing contents require advanced approaches to using modern technologies. The Moodle e-learning system collects and records data on student interactions with e-learning resources. However, its learning analytics capabilities are limited and provide insufficient information for optimising the learning process. In this study, available log data from an e-learning course were extracted, pre-processed and analysed using the weighted feature method. A data model based on streaming student activity logs was then tested to verify the compatibility of the selected parameters and validate the method. The effectiveness of the streaming learning-log-data model to dynamically track and optimise the learning process was confirmed. The study results will be useful for e-course developers in assessing their dynamic course structures. Future research will provide personalised real-time recommendations to help students and teachers navigate the vast array of available educational content, making learning more interesting and effective.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100765"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The influence of knowledge and intellectual capital on the economic outcomes of academic spin-offs: Evidence from Italy","authors":"Passavanti Carmine,&nbsp;Simonetta Primario,&nbsp;Rippa Pierluigi","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100768","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the relationship between intellectual capital and the economic performance of academic spin-offs (ASOs). ASOs are hybrid ventures, distinct from more typical startups and small and medium enterprises because their founders pursue both research and market objectives. Using a sample of 295 Italian ASOs over a 10-year period, the study examines the impact of human, relational, and structural capital, extending the latter to include the adoption of digital technology as a critical factor in business performance. The findings suggest that human capital, especially experience accumulated over time, contributes substantially to improved economic outcomes. Adopting digital technology also emerges as a critical driver of performance, increasing operational efficiency and scalability. Conversely, external equity participation and patent ownership—both traditionally regarded as valuable relational assets—are negatively associated with economic success, suggesting a potential misalignment between the needs of stakeholders and ASOs. These insights highlight the strategic importance of capitalizing on digital technologies and building internal capabilities, while carefully assessing external funding sources and intellectual property strategies. This study contributes to the literature on academic entrepreneurship and intellectual capital by offering new empirical evidence on how intangible assets shape ASOs performance and by challenging conventional assumptions regarding patents and external investors in knowledge-intensive ventures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100768"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144570742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Chicken or the egg”: the interplay of non-technological and technological innovations in a high-tech high-growth context","authors":"Olivera Vlahović ,&nbsp;Darija Aleksić ,&nbsp;Matej Černe ,&nbsp;Tomislav Hernaus ,&nbsp;Miha Škerlavaj","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding how technological and non-technological innovations interact remains a critical, yet underexplored challenge in innovation management. Some scholars argue that technological advances trigger organizational change, while others claim the reverse. To address this tension, we conducted an inductive, grounded theory case study of a high-tech, high-growth laboratory that specializes in control systems for particle accelerators. We complemented the primary data collected via interviews and observations in 2013 with a post-hoc digital netnographic and historical analysis based on secondary data for the decade following. The findings show that in the mentioned context technological innovations often precede and necessitate non-technological innovations—such as managerial, marketing, and open innovation practices. In turn, the latter enable successful exploitation and scaling. We also identify the presence of a supportive regional or national innovation ecosystem as a critical boundary condition of this interplay. The study contributes to theory by proposing a context-dependent model of innovation sequencing and highlighting the role of managerial practices in integrating the dispersed knowledge held in inter-organizational networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 5","pages":"Article 100767"},"PeriodicalIF":15.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144563798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}