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Grand Challenges, Innovation, Technofear, and Technosolutionism in the Works of Michael Crichton
This article examines how Michael Crichton’s novels can help us understand how organizations and societies make sense of innovation and technological complexity, uncertainty, and conflicting values when confronting grand challenges. It presents technofear and technosolutionism as contrasting but interconnected ways of interpreting technological situations and justifying action. Based on a narrative analysis of The Andromeda…
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Industry 4.0/5.0 evolution: When operational implementation goes hand in hand with Business Model Innovation
This paper examines the shift from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 as implementation moves beyond operational efficiency toward business model innovation. Building on research on digital transformation and business models, we propose a process framework that links operational implementation stages (preparation, implementation, and operation), to increasing degrees of business model innovativeness (captured through sensing, seizing),…
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Revisiting ba: How generative AI transforms knowledge creation
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to revisit the foundational concept of ba to examine how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) reshapes knowledge creation processes at the individual level. This paper asks whether GenAI is merely an enabler of knowledge or whether it can itself constitute a ba, a dynamic space in which knowledge is…
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Mapping Theoretical Perspectives for Requisite Resilience
In increasingly turbulent environments, organizations must go beyond generic robustness and develop Requisite Resilience, the capacity to align internal variety with environmental variety to sustain core functions during crises. This study situates Requisite Resilience within organizational theory and strategic management, assessing how major theories of the firm contribute to its development. The analysis groups these…
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Unveiling Keith Pavitt as a pioneer of innovation-as-practice
Purpose The current landscape of management scholarship faces criticism for prioritising theoretical development over practical relevance, leading to a disconnect between academic research and industry practices or applications. By exploring Pavitt’s work, the authors aim to highlight the importance of contextual understanding in innovation processes and to advocate for recognising diverse scholarly contributions that challenge…
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Evolving Knowledge Management: Artificial Intelligence and the Dynamics of Social Interactions
This paper examines the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Knowledge Management (KM), highlighting how AI reshapes traditional KM practices in organizations. It starts by reviewing historical KM frameworks, particularly the SECI model, which emphasizes the transformation between tacit and explicit knowledge. It differentiates generative AI from earlier AI models in terms of output nature,…
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Crowdsourcing of Inventive Activities, AI, and the NIH Syndrome
This study examines how crowdsourcing can support innovation in companies. It focuses on the Not Invented Here (NIH) syndrome—a reluctance to adopt external ideas—that varies depending on which organizational boundaries are considered, such as power, competence, and culture. By analyzing how these boundaries influence resistance to crowdsourced solutions, this study finds that although crowdsourcing brings…
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Advance the Research and Development of Orphan Drugs
While artificial intelligence has successful and innovative applications in common medicine, could its application facilitate research on rare diseases? This study explores the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in orphan drug research, focusing on how AI can address three major barriers: high financial risk, development complexity, and low trialability. This paper begins with an overview…
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Japan’s Corporate Governance Transformation: Convergence or Reconfiguration?
Japanese firms have historically followed a country-specific model of corporate governance. Yet, Japan has had to adapt its corporate model over the last 30 years, along with the transformation of distinctive characteristics of Japanese capitalism in the same period. We review the historical evolution of Japanese corporate governance over the last three decades with a…
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Managerial Control in an Online Constructivist Learning Environment: A Teacher’s Perspective
This article presents the lessons learned from an online teaching experience in the field of managerial control. The study aims to identify the determinants which influence collaborative behaviors between students in management studies and more specifically during the construction of performance measures. A business simulation specifically elaborated for this study is used. The study is…