TechnovationPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-30DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103463
Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro , David A. Kirby , Alessandro Muscio
{"title":"Literature, the arts, and the societal impact of research","authors":"Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro , David A. Kirby , Alessandro Muscio","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103463","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The societal impact of research increasingly extends beyond commercialisation and policy uptake, engaging broader publics through cultural and creative practices. This special issue explores how literature and the arts open alternative pathways for knowledge transfer, public engagement, and societal relevance. We introduce the LASIR model, which conceptualises two complementary mechanisms: direct collaborations between researchers and creative practitioners, and the cultural representation of science and technology in literary and artistic narratives. The contributions examine cases ranging from science-theatre and art–science policy programmes to speculative fiction shaping public imaginaries of artificial intelligence. Together, these contributions advance understanding of how creative practices intersect with research impact, demonstrating how literature and the arts serve as sites where research is co-produced, societal meaning is negotiated, and the cultural legitimacy and practical relevance of science are constructed. The issue calls for expanded innovation policy and research evaluation frameworks that fully recognise creative practices as integral to knowledge valorisation and research impact, and for the development of dedicated funding instruments and evaluation approaches to support them.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 103463"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145883648","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103479
Elias G. Carayannis , Kyriaki I. Kafka , Pantelis C. Kostis , Theodora Valvi
{"title":"Cyber-physical systems for climate adaptation: Pathways to sustainable technological progress in Greek regions","authors":"Elias G. Carayannis , Kyriaki I. Kafka , Pantelis C. Kostis , Theodora Valvi","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study fills the crucial crossover between Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) actions and Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) in the transformed environment within the evolving contexts of Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0. Based on field research conducted in various Greek regions, the analysis examines the strategies of adaptation to climate change and compares them based on the use of sustainable technological innovations. It connects climate resilience strategies with governance, stakeholder involvement, and public policy innovation guided by ambidextrous sustainability principles in CPS. It presents the notion of ambidextrous cybersecurity, combined with the Quintuple Helix Innovation (QHI) framework, as it has the potential to drive the sustainable development of CPS. Industry and Society 5.0 must be balanced between technological advancement and human-centered focus. The QHI framework reveals the joint contributions from government, industry, academia, civil society, and the environment when transitioning into the new era. The analysis proposes strategic interventions that would ensure an optimal alignment of the development of CPS in Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 towards CCA endeavours, and thereby forward future sustainable progression. These insights have significant implications for policymakers, firms, and academics concerned with sustainability transitions, technological change, and economic development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 103479"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146076969","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103485
Manuel Expósito-Langa , María José López-Sánchez , Jeanneth Marcela Valdivieso-Uvidia , Emilio Golf-Laville
{"title":"What do firms need to broker knowledge in clusters? absorptive capacity and institutional connectedness. A case study of the Valencian toy Valley","authors":"Manuel Expósito-Langa , María José López-Sánchez , Jeanneth Marcela Valdivieso-Uvidia , Emilio Golf-Laville","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study adds to the ongoing discussion regarding the brokerage activities of firms within a cluster. Considering the cluster as a network metaphor derived from the relationships established among actors within it, the existing literature confirms that a firm's location in the network is a strategic factor. However, the literature also argues that overly central positions can have negative or locking effects, so firms must expand their relational horizons outside the cluster to explore new knowledge. This activity, which may seem to reduce the firm's connection to its local network, may increase its value as a knowledge broker. In turn, this brokerage capacity is enhanced by other factors, such as absorptive capacity and links to local supporting institutions. To explore these research questions, an empirical investigation was conducted within the Valencian cluster of the Toy Valley. The results reveal that extra-cluster links benefit the firm's brokerage activity. They also show that meeting certain levels of absorptive capacity and local supporting institution connectivity is necessary for this dynamic to occur. Finally, we consider that this paper makes interesting contributions to the open debate in the literature on the value of knowledge brokers in networks or clusters.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 103485"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146076968","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103483
Weiyi Zhang , Yong Wang , Zhen Sun , Ke Rong
{"title":"Buying from a friend via Online Platforms? A cautionary tale of using friendship to support transactions","authors":"Weiyi Zhang , Yong Wang , Zhen Sun , Ke Rong","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While observational studies have long suggested a positive correlation between social relationships and online transactions, surprisingly little research demonstrates a causal link. Effects identified in observational data generally conflate the causal Information Effect with the non-causal Homophily/environment Effect. Against this background, we conducted a large-scale randomized field experiment on a major Chinese P2P platform, in which we manipulate buyer and seller's <em>awareness</em> of their pre-existing friendship ties. We provide the first empirical evidence that the effect of revealing friendship information between transaction parties is statistically insignificant. To explain this counterintuitive result, we develop a theoretical model of “relationship risk,” proposing that in high-friction settings, the fear of a transaction-related misunderstanding damaging a valuable social bond can counteract the benefits of trust. We also demonstrate that reliance on observational estimates of the “Total Effect” of friendship significantly overstates the benefits of providing friendship information. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of online anonymous P2P transactions, highlight the potential fallacy of relying on observational data in business studies, and introduces the “relationship risk” model to explain why social ties may fail to facilitate, or even hinder, commerce in high-friction settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 103483"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037503","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103486
Yunfang Guan , Hao Tian , Zhen Tang , Ming Tian , Xiaotong Li
{"title":"Can artificial intelligence orientation enhance supply chain trust? evidence of corporate trade credit","authors":"Yunfang Guan , Hao Tian , Zhen Tang , Ming Tian , Xiaotong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103486","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103486","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite extensive research on the internal benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) for organizations, only limited attention has been given to the question of how AI orientation influences external supply chain relationships, particularly with respect to the trust mechanisms associated with financial cooperation. This study addresses this gap by investigating whether and how firms' AI orientation affects suppliers' trade credit provision decisions (a tangible indicator of supply chain trust). Drawing on signaling theory and knowledge spillover theory, we examine how AI orientation serves as both a quality signal and a source of knowledge spillovers that enhance interorganizational trust within supply chain networks. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of 4183 publicly listed Chinese firms from 2000 to 2022, we find that AI orientation positively influences trade credit provision, with supply chain transparency, knowledge breadth, and generalist CEO serving as positive moderators, while supply chain efficiency acts as a negative moderator. Our findings deepen the understanding of AI's external value creation mechanisms and provide new insights for supply chain relationship management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 103486"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037506","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103495
Lin Ma , Longqi Ge , Yan Li , Yetong Wang
{"title":"When employees meet gen AI: The double-edged effects of AI attitude on creativity","authors":"Lin Ma , Longqi Ge , Yan Li , Yetong Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Existing research has primarily focused on the instrumental attributes of Generative AI (Gen AI), such as its usefulness and usage patterns, in influencing employee creativity. However, there is a lack of systematic exploration of Gen AI attitude—defined as the degree of support and willingness to adopt Gen AI—and their underlying mechanisms in shaping creativity. Grounded in role theory, this study uncovers the dual effects of Gen AI attitude on creativity. On the one hand, Gen AI attitude can reduce creativity through increased role ambiguity. On the other hand, it can enhance creativity by facilitating task crafting. Furthermore, this study introduces creative self-efficacy as a moderating factor, revealing that it mitigates the negative impact of Gen AI attitude on creativity via role ambiguity while strengthening its positive effect through task crafting. These hypotheses are tested through two complementary studies. Study 1 employs a multi-wave survey (N = 591) and structural equation modeling to validate the proposed relationships. Study 2 utilizes a large language model-driven text analysis approach, using GPT to analyze 415 social media texts, further reinforcing the robustness of the findings. The results contribute to a deeper theoretical understanding of how Gen AI attitude shapes creativity, offering new insights into the intersection of technology-related attitudes and creativity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"152 ","pages":"Article 103495"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146188180","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-10-29DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103400
Yunsung Lee , Seh-Hyun Yoo
{"title":"Dilemma of direct ties: Secondhand ties to gatekeepers and innovation","authors":"Yunsung Lee , Seh-Hyun Yoo","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103400","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103400","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how individuals leverage social ties to gatekeepers to advance their knowledge into follow-on innovations within firms. In particular, we introduce the advantages of secondhand ties to gatekeepers, wherein individuals are indirectly connected to gatekeepers through an intermediary. We highlight that direct ties to gatekeepers offer legitimacy at the cost of political constraints, such as perceived favoritism or opportunism, whereas indirect ties mitigate such concerns but offer limited legitimacy due to greater social distance from gatekeepers. We argue that secondhand ties effectively balance these trade-offs. By borrowing legitimacy from the gatekeepers while reducing political constraints, knowledge from individuals with secondhand ties is more likely to be adopted and developed into follow-on innovations. Additionally, we propose that individuals rely more heavily on these social ties when their knowledge inherently lacks legitimacy and thus needs more social endorsements. Drawing on intrafirm networks for co-patenting activities, we explore the impact of social ties between gatekeepers—inventor TMT members—and individual inventors on follow-on innovations. Our study offers insights into why some knowledge gets stuck while other knowledge is successfully adopted and further developed within firms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"151 ","pages":"Article 103400"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145420007","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-22DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103422
Shaobo Hou , Wenzheng Niu , Baihe Chen , Ke Rong
{"title":"Industrial classification policy and its orientation on digital innovation: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment and attention mechanisms","authors":"Shaobo Hou , Wenzheng Niu , Baihe Chen , Ke Rong","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103422","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103422","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In an era where digital technology serves as a strategic emerging direction, this study aims to explore how industrial classification policy facilitates corporate digital innovation. Regarding China's Strategic Emerging Industries Classification (CSEIC) policy as a quasi-natural experiment, we use the difference-in-difference (DID) method and find that CSEIC has a significant and positive effect on digital innovation. We further find that CSEIC promotes exploratory digital innovation in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and exploitative digital innovation in private-owned enterprises (POEs). The mechanism analysis suggests that in SOEs, the political arrangement and executives' political priority strengthen the positive relationship between CSEIC and exploratory digital innovation, while in POEs, the digital arrangement and executive priority can trigger the positive relationship between CSEIC and exploratory digital innovation. Based on the attention-based view (ABV), this paper provides a comprehensive understanding of how structural arrangement and selective focus match to leverage the influence of policy to innovation breakthrough in a specific attention situation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"151 ","pages":"Article 103422"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145618144","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-07DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103419
Annabeth Aagaard , Wim Vanhaverbeke , Oliver Gassmann
{"title":"Dancing titans: Dual orchestration and governance in industrial digital platforms for B2B value co-creation","authors":"Annabeth Aagaard , Wim Vanhaverbeke , Oliver Gassmann","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The digitization of industrial ecosystems positions B2B industrial digital platforms as central to value co-creation and co-capture. While B2C platform governance is well-researched, few studies examine how manufacturing firms and platform providers collaboratively govern digital business models (DBMs) in B2B platform settings. Our study addresses this gap through a multiple case study of five platform providers and five B2B manufacturers, drawing on 33 semi-structured interviews and document analysis. We introduce the concept of dual orchestration—a governance approach in which platform providers and manufacturers jointly assume and adapt orchestration roles across DBM phases. We develop the Platform DBM Process Model (Figure 1), which illustrates how governance dynamics and relational mechanisms – transparency, reciprocity, commitment, proximity, and coopetition - enable dual orchestration through joint role adaptation. We present the Dual Orchestration Governance Framework for Industrial Platform DBMs (Figure 2), integrating DBM phases, relational issues, and governance mechanisms to theorize dual orchestration as a dynamic co-governance process. The study contributes to platform governance theory by specifying the structural and relational features of dual orchestration and by providing an empirically grounded account of its evolution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"151 ","pages":"Article 103419"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145736869","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}
TechnovationPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103425
Mauro Estefano Kowalski , Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Gomes , Felipe Mendes Borini , Roberto Carlos Bernardes
{"title":"Business-to-business ecosystem smartification for manufacturing: A definition, an integrative framework, and future directions","authors":"Mauro Estefano Kowalski , Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos Gomes , Felipe Mendes Borini , Roberto Carlos Bernardes","doi":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103425","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103425","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how firms reconfigure their ecosystems in response to the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI). While many B2B platforms have embraced digital transformation (DT), few studies examine how ecosystems evolve post-DT, as AI becomes embedded in platforms to enable adaptive processes and offerings. Drawing on a systematic literature review, we develop an integrative framework that identifies three interrelated phases, reconfiguring, experimenting, and expanding, through which smartification unfolds. Each phase presents specific governance mechanisms, coordination challenges, and strategic tensions among ecosystem actors. We define smartification as the integration of AI to create autonomous, context-aware, and self-improving solutions that support the development of business models and strategies. Our findings contribute to the literature on B2B platform ecosystems by clarifying the structural, organizational, and governance transformations that underpin AI adoption.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49444,"journal":{"name":"Technovation","volume":"151 ","pages":"Article 103425"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145569260","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}