Open Innovation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping Knowledge Search, Collaboration, and Governance

Call for Papers

Open Innovation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping Knowledge Search, Collaboration, and Governance

Journal:Industry and Innovation

Manuscript deadline: 30 September 2026

This special issue examines how AI, generative AI, large language models, and big data are changing open innovation by reshaping knowledge search, partner selection, collaboration, orchestration, and governance. It focuses on how AI can improve scouting, mapping, and coordination, while also raising concerns about transparency, bias, control, and unequal access to data and computing resources.

Special Issue Editors

• Saverio Barabuffi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

• Giulio Ferrigno, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

• Letizia Mortara, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Yogesh K. Dwivedi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Main themes

• AI and inbound open innovation partner search.

• AI-enabled knowledge scouting across patents, publications, code, and social media.

• Orchestration and governance of innovation networks.

• Knowledge flows, spillovers, and innovation mapping.

• AI-enabled absorptive capacity and human-AI interaction.

• Transparency, algorithmic bias, coordination, and access inequalities in innovation ecosystems.

Submission details

The submission window runs from 1 September 2026 to 30 September 2026. Papers will undergo editorial screening and double-blind peer review, and the special issue is expected to be published in Spring 2028.

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