TY - JOUR
T1 - AI for managing open innovation
T2 - Opportunities, challenges, and a research agenda
AU - Broekhuizen, Thijs
AU - Dekker, Henri
AU - de Faria, Pedro
AU - Firk, Sebastian
AU - Nguyen, Dinh Khoi
AU - Sofka, Wolfgang
N1 - Thijs Broekhuizen is Associate Professor at the University of Groningen, at the Department of Innovation Management & Strategy. His research interests reside in the field of digital transformation and value appropriation.
Henri Dekker is Professor of Management Control at the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and is head of the department of Accounting. In 2003, he received his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for his research on the control of interfirm relationships. Henri currently has visiting positions at Copenhagen Business School and the London School of Economics, and was a professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Pedro de Faria is a full professor University of Groningen, and the head of the department Innovation Management & Strategy. His research interests reside in Innovation Management, Cooperation for Innovation, and Knowledge Protection Strategies.
Sebastian Firk is an Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Auditing. Before joining the University of Groningen, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Goettingen from 2017 till 2019 and a visiting researcher at the Accounting Department of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2017. His research interests reside in Management and Management Accounting.
Dinh Khoi Nguyen is Assistant Professor of the Open University in the Netherlands. He has obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Groningen. His research interests are in Information Systems.
Wolfgang Sofka is Professor for Strategic and International Management at the Department of Strategy and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. He obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Hamburg and Master degrees from Wayne State University Detroit (Economics) as well as the University of Augsburg (Business Administration). He currently also holds a professorial appointment as Chair in International Business (part time, permanent) at the University of Liverpool Management School. Wolfgang’s research focuses on topics in international and innovation strategy.
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - Artificial intelligence (AI) provides ample opportunities for enabling effective knowledge sharing among organizations seeking to foster open innovation. Past research often investigates the capability of AI to perform ‘human’ tasks in structured application fields. Yet, there is a lack of research that systematically analyzes when and how AI can be used for the more complex and unstructured tasks of open innovation (OI). We present a framework for leveraging AI-enabled applications to foster productive OI collaborations. Specifically, we create a 3x3 matrix by aligning the three OI stages (initiation, development, realization) with the three management functions of AI (mapping, coordinating, controlling). This matrix assists in identifying how various AI applications may augment or automate human intelligence, thereby helping to resolve prevailing OI challenges. It provides guidance on how organizations can use AI to establish, execute and govern exchanges across the OI stages. Finally, we lay out an agenda for future research.
AB - Artificial intelligence (AI) provides ample opportunities for enabling effective knowledge sharing among organizations seeking to foster open innovation. Past research often investigates the capability of AI to perform ‘human’ tasks in structured application fields. Yet, there is a lack of research that systematically analyzes when and how AI can be used for the more complex and unstructured tasks of open innovation (OI). We present a framework for leveraging AI-enabled applications to foster productive OI collaborations. Specifically, we create a 3x3 matrix by aligning the three OI stages (initiation, development, realization) with the three management functions of AI (mapping, coordinating, controlling). This matrix assists in identifying how various AI applications may augment or automate human intelligence, thereby helping to resolve prevailing OI challenges. It provides guidance on how organizations can use AI to establish, execute and govern exchanges across the OI stages. Finally, we lay out an agenda for future research.
KW - Open innovation
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Knowledge development
KW - Collaborative innovation
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114196
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114196
M3 - Article
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 167
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
M1 - 114196
ER -