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{"title":"Organisational self-identity policy analyser: An innovative AI-driven approach","authors":"Dr. Aliyu Sani Sambo ,&nbsp;Dr. Dennis Gabriel Pepple","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100972","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100972","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organisational self-identification (OSI) refers to a shared understanding of an organisation’s collective identity. This identity shapes the organisational culture, employee engagement and commitment, and overall performance. While policy documents define rules and interactions, both their substance and tone reinforce or diminish the OSI. However, traditional policy reviews often overlook whether the language and tone of these documents truly reflect organisational values. In this study, we introduce an AI-powered sentiment analysis framework that offers a novel and systematic approach to evaluate OSI alignment in policy texts. Our OSI Sentiment Analyser combines a customised lexicon with rule-based scoring to identify and classify sentiments at multiple levels while ensuring transparency, explainability, and respect for privacy. The analyser was validated across 78 public policies (where it achieved over 90 % agreement with expert judgement) and further tested in two NHS hospital trusts as case studies. The proposed framework not only supports evidence-based policy refinement but also fosters inclusive and value-driven communication. Its modular design promises broad application, from employee surveys to strategic organisational messaging. Accordingly, it advances both theory and practice in organisational identity analytics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100972"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134334","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":"How digital transformation enhances firm performance: Underlying knowledge and mechanisms from the perspective of value creation","authors":"Lulu Cheng ,&nbsp;Nan Mei ,&nbsp;Guodong Yi","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100952","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100952","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The performance implications of digital transformation (DT) have been extensively scrutinized; however, few studies have focused on the mechanisms that boost performance. This study investigates the potential benefits of digital transformation (DT) from a value creation perspective within the value creation-appropriation (VCA) framework. Using panel data from listed firms in China, we show that DT improves firm performance by simultaneously enhancing innovation capability and reducing cost stickiness, two critical determinants of efficient value creation. We also identify customer concentration and relative capital intensity—key structural bases of value creation activities—as moderating these value creation mechanisms. Specifically, customer concentration weakens the positive effect of DT on innovation capability, while relative capital intensity strengthens both the innovation-enhancing and cost-reducing effects of DT. These findings contribute to existing literature on DT by revealing the underlying mechanisms linking digital initiatives to economic outcomes and identifying critical contingencies that shape this relationship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100952"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146032725","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":"Exploring configurations of industrial internet platforms’ empowerment for the integration of industrial and innovation chains: An fsQCA approach","authors":"Haijun Wang,&nbsp;Huiyan Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100962","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100962","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Amid the challenges arising from deglobalization and market volatility, modernizing industrial systems requires the integration of industrial and innovation chains (“dual-chain integration”). Industrial internet platforms (IIP) have demonstrated potential to facilitate dual-chain integration, but their empowerment mechanisms remain theoretically and practically underspecified. To address this research gap, this study examines how platform capabilities drive dual-chain integration through a configuration analysis of 46 IIP cases. Applying the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework with necessary condition analysis (NCA) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), we identify three distinct platform empowerment patterns: technology-organization internal drive, multi-core resonance dominant, and ecological embedded leap. Resource integration capability consistently emerges as a universal empowerment factor across all pathways. Under specific objective conditions, the innovation capabilities of architecture and industry foundation of IIP can achieve high levels of dual-chain integration through equivalent substitutions. This study constructs a context-adaptive theoretical framework, providing a new analytical paradigm for addressing the pathway dependency issues in empowering the dual-chain integration of IIP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100962"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146080133","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 impact of artificial intelligence innovation networks on collaborative governance of urban pollution reduction and carbon reduction","authors":"Xue Han ,&nbsp;Weixiang Xu ,&nbsp;Jianping Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban pollution and carbon reduction synergy (UPCRS) has become key to achieving sustainable urban development. Research on artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) impact on urban pollution control and carbon emission management is relatively well-established. However, studies examining the influence of AI innovation networks (AIIN) on UPCRS from a network perspective still require significant improvement and further development. Using data from 282 Chinese cities, this study constructs AIIN indicators through AI cooperative patents, measures urban pollution and carbon emission synergy index (UPCESI) by employing urban pollution index (PI) and carbon emission intensity (CEI) data and subsequently examines AIIN’s impact on UPCRS using double machine learning methods. Results indicate that: (1) AIIN generates UPCRS through channels such as green innovation promotion, industrial structure upgrading and economic efficiency enhancement. (2) In cities with strong environmental regulation, high market integration levels and high resource dependence, the UPCRS effects of AIIN are more significant. (3) The position of cities’ AIIN has differentiated impacts on UPCESI. These conclusions offer new insights for advancing UPCRS governance in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100926"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145996547","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":"Is cybersecurity outsourcing always effective? Strategic organisational insights and knowledge in the era of digitalisation","authors":"Alessandro Annarelli ,&nbsp;Silvia Colabianchi ,&nbsp;Fabio Nonino ,&nbsp;Eugenio Oropallo ,&nbsp;Giulia Palombi","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100939","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100939","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Today, organisations heavily depend on the data and information that flow through their interconnected systems. As a result of this dependence, a cyber threat can pose significant risks to the uninterrupted functioning of business operations, the unauthorised acquisition of sensitive information, and damage to the organisation's reputation. Cybersecurity awareness is now a top priority for organisations operating in a rapidly changing and highly interconnected environment. The debate regarding the optimal choice between managing cybersecurity practices internally and outsourcing is evolving in this context. Prior research has examined the advantages and disadvantages of both solutions. However, there is still a lack of research on the disparities in the efficacy of cybersecurity practices between internally managed and outsourced cybersecurity processes.</div><div>This research aims to fill this gap by proposing a survey questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale and using a Mann-Whitney U test for the hypothesis analysis, analysing the efficacy of outsourcing and internal management in cybersecurity managerial protocol actions defined using the NIST model framework. The sample surveyed consists of 153 respondents with expertise in cybersecurity or IT practices. Furthermore, a binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to investigate how these practices significantly impact the choice of an outsourcing policy.</div><div>The results indicated notable disparities in the efficacy of internal management versus external cybersecurity outsourcing. Outsourcing is associated with higher perceived effectiveness of disciplinary procedures, whereas internal management is associated with higher perceived effectiveness in safeguarding log information and applying lessons learned to improve recovery strategies.</div><div>Beyond the operational dimension, the findings highlight how cybersecurity management serves as a catalyst for organisational learning and knowledge creation. Internal cybersecurity practices tend to foster experiential learning, codification of tacit knowledge, and continuous feedback loops that enhance resilience. Conversely, outsourcing models often promote managerial innovation through exposure to external expertise and the transfer of specialised knowledge across organisational boundaries.</div><div>With these results, this study offers a deeper understanding of cybersecurity management literature and provides a valuable resource for firms seeking to customise their cyber protocols to fit their organisational context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100939"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146032726","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":"Unveiling the impact of artificial intelligence on corporate misconduct, the perspective of information asymmetry","authors":"Mingyang Zou,&nbsp;Yang Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100971","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100971","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The increasing application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in enterprises is attracting significant academic attention owing to its role in fostering corporate innovation. This study, grounded in the resource integration perspective of the dynamic capability theory, employs data from Chinese listed companies for the period 2011–2022 to investigate the distinct pathways through which AI influences both technological and process innovations within enterprises. The findings indicate that AI enhances the efficiency and quality of corporate innovation by improving resource integration efficiency and optimizing the innovation decision-making process. Additionally, the study elucidates the moderating effects of the chief information officer and chief technology officer on the relationship between AI adoption and enterprise innovation. To ensure the robustness of the results, a Poisson regression model was applied to address the characteristics of count data, and nine robustness tests were conducted to mitigate potential endogeneity issues. This research theoretically extends the understanding of the interplay between AI technology, resource integration, and enterprise innovation, offering valuable insights for practical applications. It assists enterprises in optimizing resource integration via digital technologies and promoting high-quality innovation activities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100971"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146190175","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":"Environmental regulation and green innovation: The moderating roles of green finance and executive green perception","authors":"Lujia Ma,&nbsp;Shuaihe Zhuo","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100954","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100954","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Amid escalating global climate pressures and environmental degradation, the pursuit of sustainable development has intensified scholarly interest in the link between environmental regulation and green technological innovation. This study offers a comprehensive examination of how environmental regulation shapes green technological innovation, with specific emphasis on the moderating effects of green finance and executive green perception. Using a double fixed-effects model and panel data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2023, we find that environmental regulation significantly promotes green technological innovation. Baseline regressions show that a one-unit increase in regulatory stringency corresponds to an approximately 27.4% increase in green patent output. Green finance operates as an important catalyst by reducing the risks and costs inherent in green R&amp;D, while executive green perception aligns corporate decision-making with sustainable innovation objectives. Heterogeneity analyses reveal that regulatory impacts vary substantially across industries, regions, and firm life-cycle stages, underscoring the need for differentiated policy design. Key transmission channels—including the easing of financial constraints and the enhancement of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance—further support green innovation indirectly. These findings provide actionable insights for optimizing environmental regulation, strengthening green finance, and enhancing executive green perception to advance sustainable development and accelerate the transition to a green economy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100954"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146014257","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":"Why proximity to regional innovation centers matters: A new perspective on green innovation bubbles","authors":"Teng Wang ,&nbsp;Jiaoren Lu ,&nbsp;Xiaotong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100966","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100966","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While regional innovation centers (RICs) can encourage corporate green innovation, firms may opportunistically exaggerate their green innovation activities under RICs’ spatial influence, thereby engendering green innovation bubbles. We theorize that geographic proximity to RICs shapes these bubbles by influencing firms’ capability and motivation to exaggerate green outputs. The results indicate that (1) proximity to RICs exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship with corporate green innovation bubbles; (2) green strategic orientation (GSO) positively moderates this relationship, steepening the inverted U-shaped curve among firms with higher GSO; and (3) political connections shift the peak of the curve, with bubble formation peaking and declining at greater geographic distances. Overall, this study enhances our understanding of geographic influences on green innovation from a strategic response perspective. Moreover, it highlights organizational heterogeneity’s role in shaping how firms interpret and respond to geographic influences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100966"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146109856","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":"Entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems: a scoping review on the complexity of nested configurations","authors":"Giuseppe Ceci ,&nbsp;Andrea Ancona ,&nbsp;Antonio Iovanella ,&nbsp;Eleonora Veglianti","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100973","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100973","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) and innovation ecosystems (IEs) are conceptualised as distinct constructs, yet their interplay remains theoretically fragmented. This study addresses this gap through a scoping review of 48 peer-reviewed publications, investigating how the literature conceptualises their intersection. Guided by complex systems theory, our analysis reveals four nested configurations that emerge from the selected papers: startup ecosystems, entrepreneurial university ecosystems, entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems, and regional innovation ecosystems. These configurations are classified along two dimensions: (i) the dominant orientation of the ecosystem, which leans towards either an entrepreneurial or innovation logic; and (ii) the prevailing form of complexity, shaped by bottom-up or top-down dynamics. Our findings reveal that each configuration varies to the extent to which entrepreneurial processes are embedded within broader innovation structures or how innovation dynamics are driven by entrepreneurial foundations. We also identify systems where complex dynamics originate either at the micro-level or at the macro-level, subsequently influencing the other dimension. Thus, by showing that EEs and IEs can coexist within nested configurations than as separate domains, this study contributes to ecosystem literature and to the theoretical development of complex systems theory. The analysis advances conceptual understanding by explaining how these configurations are shaped by different forms of complexity: bottom-up dynamics are grounded in effectuation logics, and top-down patterns reflect causation and coordinated strategies. The study offers practical guidance for policymakers and ecosystem orchestrators, as it shows how governance strategies can be aligned with the specific systemic dynamics of each configuration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100973"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146153280","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":"How do firms use tacit knowledge in virtual brand communities to improve innovation performance? Based on virtual social capital perspective","authors":"Jian Zheng,&nbsp;Xiaocui Li,&nbsp;Fen Wang,&nbsp;Cheng Wang,&nbsp;Yingzhen Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100953","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2026.100953","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of virtual brand communities (VBCs) and based on social capital theory, this study investigates the effect of each dimension of tacit knowledge (TK) on firm innovation performance (FIP) and the mechanism of the digital dimension of virtual social capital driving the improvement of FIP through the TK transmission chain. This study also examines the moderating effect of social media capability (SMC) on the relationship between TK and FIP. This study uses 647 samples collected from Chinese firms and employs the structural equation model and hierarchical regression analysis to conduct empirical tests. The three dimensions of TK have significant positive effects on FIP, among which skill-based tacit knowledge is the most notable. Network embeddedness has a significant positive effect on cognitive TK and social TK. Digital trust only has a significant positive effect on social TK. Sharing cognition has a significant positive effect on the three dimensions of TK. Social media proficiency has a positive moderating effect on the three dimensions of TK and FIP. Conversely, social media agility only has a positive moderating effect on social TK and FIP. This study tries to divide the dimensions of TK in VBCs, while also clarifying the function path of virtual social capital to improve FIP through TK. Additionally, it explores the moderating effect of SMC on OBL and FIP. This study’s findings provide theoretical support and practical inspiration for firms to use TK from VBCs to improve FIP.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"14 ","pages":"Article 100953"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146032728","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}