Algorithmic isomorphism: The implications of artificial intelligence for organizational structures

Algorithmic isomorphism: The implications of artificial intelligence for organizational structures

Authors: Roberto Martin N. Galang, Petra Nylund, Xavier Ferràs-Hernández, Alexander Brem Publication date: 2025/7 Source: Esade Working Paper Series, Volume 279,  Report number 279, Pages 1-42 Description The paper theorizes artificial intelligence as a novel form of technology that produces new knowledge and encourages the automation of decision-making across multiple fields. The increasing use of AI has led to new institutional processes across organizations. The processes leading to these new organizational structures are distinct from the human-led co-evolution of institutions brought about by the adoption…
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Regulate or Innovate in Artificial Intelligence? Mapping Contingent Risks and Oversight Needs

Regulate or Innovate in Artificial Intelligence? Mapping Contingent Risks and Oversight Needs

Authors: Xavier Ferràs-Hernández, Petra Nylund, Roberto Martin Nolan Galang, Alexander Brem Publication date: 2025 Journal:  Academy of Management Proceedings Volume 2025, Issue 1, Pages 13569 Publisher: Academy of Management   AI is perhaps the most disruptive technology of our era, and debates are intensifying over its reliability, explainability, and inherent risks. How should artificial intelligence (AI) be subject to regulation or, at least, human supervision? While major powers, especially the United States, China, and Europe, have initiated legislative processes to regulate AI, excessive regulation may…
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Unpacking the complexities of crisis innovation: a comprehensive review of ecosystem-level responses to exogenous shocks

Unpacking the complexities of crisis innovation: a comprehensive review of ecosystem-level responses to exogenous shocks

Authors: Alexander Brem, Petra A Nylund, Saeed Roshani Publication date: 2024/8 Source: Review of Managerial Science Volume: 18 Issue: 8 Pages: 2441-2464 Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Abstract Innovation in times of crisis has experienced a flood of research in the wake of recent events. These studies are dispersed over a broad range of fields and do not adequately reflect earlier research or prior crises. To encourage the convergence of related literature streams, we define crisis innovation as an ecosystem-level process to meet the needs of—and overcome…
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The Complex Diffusion of Electric Vehicles: A Dominant Design Perspective

The Complex Diffusion of Electric Vehicles: A Dominant Design Perspective

Authors: Petra Nylund, Alexander Brem Publication date: 2024/7/22 Journal: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Publisher: IEEE Abstract: The electric vehicle industry is staggering along an arduous path to dominant design and subsequent mass-market reach. We examine technology-specific factors that influence the emergence of a dominant design and posit that the technologies most central to technological and regional innovation are also those furthest away from establishing a dominant design. We find support for our hypothesized model in a panel data analysis of 2958 electric vehicle patents…
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The Impact Of Crisis On Interecosystemic Innovation: Dynamics Of Enel’s Hydrogen Ecosystem

The Impact Of Crisis On Interecosystemic Innovation: Dynamics Of Enel’s Hydrogen Ecosystem

Authors: Petra A Nylund, Alexander Brem, Parul Chaudhary, FEDERICO D’ALBERTI Publication date: 2024/6/5 Journal: International Journal of Innovation Management Pages: 2450006 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Abstract Crisis highlights conflicts but also helps disparate organisations rally around common objectives through forming ecosystemic relationships. To improve future crisis response, we study the influence of crisis-driven transitions on innovation in ecosystems. We illustrate the study with the dynamics of hydrogen innovation at Enel. Here, innovation caters to multiple value propositions; therefore, we define interecosystemic innovation as an…
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Connecting The (Invisible) Dots: When Artificial Intelligence Meets Open Innovation

Connecting The (Invisible) Dots: When Artificial Intelligence Meets Open Innovation

Connecting The (Invisible) Dots: When Artificial Intelligence Meets Open Innovation Authors: Xavier Ferràs, Petra Nylund, Alexander Brem Publication date: 2024/2/8 Oxford Academic Description Open innovation requires the correct diagnosis of the situation, a differentiated value proposal, and a coherent, consistent action plan. In at least the first phases of this related funnel, open innovation can profit tremendously from artificial intelligence (AI) applications. How? Today, numerous sources of unstructured and scattered information, which may provide strategic insights, are accessible and can be automatically and systematically scanned…
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Crisis as a catalyst of idle innovation ecosystems: Evidence from ecosystem exaptation of a water partnership

Crisis as a catalyst of idle innovation ecosystems: Evidence from ecosystem exaptation of a water partnership

Crisis as a catalyst of idle innovation ecosystems: Evidence from ecosystem exaptation of a water partnership Authors: Petra A Nylund, Xavier Amores-Bravo, Xavier Ferràs-Hernández, Alexander Brem Publication date: 2023/12/1 Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 197 Pages 122865 Publisher: North-Holland Abstract The pandemic challenged industries and entire social systems. Hence, investigating overarching innovation ecosystems in this context can uncover the intriguing effects of innovation and technological change. Based on an inductive case study of a water ecosystem in Catalonia, Spain, with eleven interviews and…
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