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How automotive firms enable value creation within mature innovation ecosystems: The case of Polestar 汽车企业如何在成熟的创新生态系统中实现价值创造：以北极星为例

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103218

Maya Hoveskog , Magnus Holmén , Anya Ernest , Magnus Bergquist

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Beyond ‘good’ or ‘bad’: Investigating trust and techno-resistance in postgraduate students' voluntary use of AI technologies 超越“好”或“坏”：调查研究生自愿使用人工智能技术的信任和技术抵制

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103213

Norzaidi Mohd Daud

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Causal forest estimation of heterogeneous effects of digital technologies on the national entrepreneurial process in emerging and developing countries 新兴和发展中国家数字技术对国家创业过程异质效应的因果森林估计

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103208

Najeh Aissaoui , Zahida Ayari , Abir Smiti

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Industrial upgrading policies and export resilience: An empirical assessment of technology investment in Taiwan's manufacturing sector 产业升级政策与出口弹性：台湾制造业技术投资的实证评估

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103204

Chiu-Chia Chen , Chien-Yi Huang

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Rethinking AI anthropomorphism: A holistic conceptualization and scale across AI systems and service contexts 重新思考人工智能拟人化：在人工智能系统和服务环境中的整体概念化和规模

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103189

Yingwei (Wayne) Xu , Christina G. Chi , Dogan Gursoy , Ruiying (Raine) Cai

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Grassroots digital humanitarianism and regenerative synergy in the 2023 Türkiye earthquake 2023年日本地震中的基层数字人道主义和再生协同

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103174

Deniz Tuncalp , Dilek Cetindamar

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Technology assessment through a hybrid scenario-based decision Making: Case of wind energy 基于混合场景决策的技术评估：风能案例

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103205

Chih-Hung Hsieh , Dana Bakry , Tugrul Daim

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Innovating against the odds? The impact of regulatory challenges on technology commercialization and product innovation performance 克服困难进行创新？监管挑战对技术商业化和产品创新绩效的影响

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103214

Samuel Adomako , Mai Dong Tran

{"title":"Innovating against the odds? The impact of regulatory challenges on technology commercialization and product innovation performance","authors":"Samuel Adomako , Mai Dong Tran","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103214","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2026.103214","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how regulatory burden influences product innovation performance in emerging markets. Integrating the institutional theory, we propose that regulatory burden undermines firms’ perceived ability to commercialize new technologies, termed technology commercialization potential, which mediates the negative impact on innovation outcomes. We further examine how this relationship is shaped by two contextual factors: intangible resource advantage and environmental hostility. Using a two-wave, multi-informant survey data from 336 Vietnamese SMEs, the results confirm the mediating role of commercialization potential. Moreover, while intangible resource advantage strengthens the commercialization–innovation link, environmental hostility unexpectedly weakens it, indicating that external pressures can overwhelm firms’ commercialization efforts. These findings contribute to regulatory science and innovation research by highlighting commercialization potential as a critical mechanism through which institutions affect innovation. The study offers insights for managers seeking to overcome institutional barriers and for policymakers aiming to create more innovation-friendly regulatory environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 103214"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145924195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Paradoxical adoption of consumer-facing service technologies: Investigating the role of mindset, learning paradox, and technological context 面向消费者的服务技术的矛盾采用：调查心态、学习悖论和技术背景的作用

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103196

Xiaodi Liu , Kum Fai Yuen , Miao Su , Xueqin Wang

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Why smallholders (do not) adopt productivity-increasing technologies? Developing a smallholder adoption-process model through an in-depth qualitative study in Ethiopia 为什么小农（不）采用提高生产力的技术？通过在埃塞俄比亚进行深入的定性研究，开发一个小农收养过程模型

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103211

Tamiru Amanu Abetu , Paul T.M. Ingenbleek , K.E. Giller , Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel , Edward Baars

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