The Twin Transition and Carbon Emissions per Capita: Digital-Green Complementarities and Configuration Effects
Available online 19 August 2026
The twin transition is widely expected to support decarbonization, yet the conditions under which it does so remain poorly understood. This study examines whether and how the twin transition is associated...
Bibliometric insights into innovation capability: Intellectual foundations and emerging themes
Available online 18 August 2026
Innovation capability has emerged as a critical determinant of organisational competitiveness, yet the literature remains fragmented across diverse theoretical perspectives and contexts. This study...
Exploring open innovation mindset, design and strategic thinking skills shape innovative entrepreneurship in Thai new-generation SME entrepreneurs
Available online 17 August 2026
This study examines the influence of an open innovation mindset, design thinking, and strategic thinking skills on innovative entrepreneurship among new-generation Thai SME entrepreneurs operating in...
Mapping the field of design thinking in entrepreneurship: A bibliometric and topic modeling review
Available online 11 August 2026
Design thinking has emerged as a core methodology for innovation and entrepreneurship, providing human-centered approaches to complex problem-solving. Scholarship in this domain, however, remains fragmented...
The Role of AI in Shaping Firm Market Power: A Difference–in–Differences Study
Available online 29 July 2026
This study examines whether investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data technologies are associated with changes in firm-level market power. Drawing on the Resource-Based View and the economics...
Startup ecosystems as catalysts of regional innovation and competitive advantage
Available online 22 July 2026
This paper develops a conceptual framework explaining how startup ecosystems act as catalysts within regional innovation systems and strengthen regional competitiveness. It integrates three complementary...
Marketing the project, making the innovation: A PLS-SEM study in open-source communities
Available online 22 July 2026
In the digital era marked by accelerated technological disruption, open collaboration has become a strategic imperative for innovation and provides an important background for how projects are organized...
Category representativeness in platform ecosystems: Change in appropriate product development orientation for complementor viability
Available online 17 July 2026
This study examines how complementors’ positioning in categories within a platform ecosystem shapes the product development orientation that sustains their viability. Category representativeness is...
Innovation-System Enabling Conditions and the Sustainable Development Goals: Goal-Level Evidence from Africa
Available online 14 July 2026
This study analyzes the link between innovation-system enabling conditions and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) outcomes in 43 African countries from 2005 to 2023 using a pillar-based framework informed...
Dynamic institutional fit and innovation stabilization under paradox: A cross-sector configurational analysis
Available online 14 July 2026
Emerging digital technologies generate persistent paradoxes: they enable trust and efficiency while constraining flexibility and control. Prior research explains adoption through drivers, barriers,...
Decision-making dynamics of digital user innovators: A temporal and regional perspective
June 2026
This study examines how digital user entrepreneurs navigate decision-making under uncertainty across different phases of venture development and institutional contexts. Drawing on effectuation theory...
Farmers’ perceptions and government-farmer value co-creation: The roles of artificial intelligence adoption and government support
June 2026
AI-driven farming technologies are rapidly advancing in developed countries, resulting in increased agricultural productivity, greater accessibility, enhanced equity, and lower costs. However, adopting...
Business model innovation as a channeler of agility and redundancy in the international expansion of food and beverage companies
June 2026
Internationalization studies have considered a broad set of factors influencing this phenomenon. Yet, the literature has not deeply addressed the role of dynamic capabilities, particularly their influence...
Institutional infrastructure for social innovation: The case of Mexico
June 2026
This article examines the institutional infrastructure that supports market-oriented and social innovation in Mexico. Drawing from the premise that institutions are not only background elements but...
Conducting a systematic literature review of environmental emissions performance and eco-innovation research
June 2026
This study systematically reviews 42 articles (2014–2024) on the relationship between eco-innovation and environmental emission performance. The findings show that eco-innovation, mainly measured by...
Global value chain upgrading through international standardization: Evidence from China’s ICT sector
June 2026
In the context of accelerating global integration, the concept of global value chains (GVCs) has emerged as a new model of international production and the division of labor. The development of GVCs...
A feast of knowledge: How AI-powered food councils can transform policymaking in the digital era
June 2026
As global food systems face intensifying challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to nutritional insecurity and fractured supply chains—policymakers are under increasing pressure to formulate...
Public sector innovation and wicked problems in Asia: From reactive to proactive governance
June 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a catalyst for governments to break away from complacency and innovate at unprecedented speeds. By analyzing 15 cases of public sector innovation (PSI) in response to...
Examining product innovation in women-led enterprises: Linking the influential role of innovation orientation, family support and risk management using Smart PLS-SEM
June 2026
In an era where women entrepreneurs are transforming the economic landscape, this study delves into the powerful synergy between family support and innovation orientation. Innovation orientation has...
Are mature firms more sustainable? An analysis of industry 4.0 maturity
June 2026
Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is a new transformation in the manufacturing sector driven by the adoption of cyber-physical systems, internet of things, and advanced analytics to enable digitalized and intelligent...
The mediating role of innovation capability and technological capability in the relationship between absorptive capacity and SMEs' business performance
March 2026
This study aims to fill the research gap by empirically examining the effects of absorptive capacity on business performance within the scope of small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs), with a mediating...
Self-service menu technology adoption in later life: The case of young-old and old-old consumers
March 2026
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors influencing the adoption of self-service menu ordering technology (SSMOT) among older adults in Malaysia. Given the increasing reliance on technology...
How can lower-income countries integrate in the innovation-led global economy?
March 2026
Lower-income countries face a persistent challenge: innovation activities tend to concentrate in more developed regions. Existing research offers limited solutions, often emphasizing local advantages...
Will artificial intelligence, GPS, and inertial navigation systems become new drivers? The moderating effect of trust on the intention to use autonomous vehicles
March 2026
Advancements in both hardware and software technologies, exemplified by the emergence of advanced driver assistance systems, have rendered autonomous vehicles a viable alternative to traditional vehicles....
