Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100690
Nabeel Mehdi , Tooba Naz
Over the past decade, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing have rapidly transformed manufacturing systems, introducing unprecedented levels of autonomy, precision, and scalability. While these technologies enhance productivity, they also challenge traditional labor relations and regulatory frameworks. Existing laws including the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA) were not designed for AI-driven workplaces. Despite growing industrial adoption, limited research examines their implications for human behavior, labor relations, and union law. This manuscript addresses these gaps and proposes an open governance framework based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that can enable transparent communication between industrial AI systems and regulatory bodies to strengthen compliance, accountability, and worker protection in the evolving Industry 4.0 landscape.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100691
Yaneth Patricia Romero-Alvarez , Lisana B. Martinez , Carolina Pasciaroni , Katherinne Salas-Navarro , Ronald Zamora-Musa
This paper examines how financing channels, capital structures, and asset investments influence innovation outcomes in service-sector SMEs in Colombia. Despite extensive research on innovation finance, most studies focus on manufacturing firms in OECD economies, leaving a gap regarding the dynamics of service-sector SMEs in emerging markets. Using data from the national EDITS 2020–2021 survey, we analyze a sample of 384 innovative firms through ordered logit models. The results show that internal financing is the most frequently used channel but primarily sustains low levels of innovation, with limited effects on high-level outcomes. Public funding is positively associated with medium innovation but negatively linked to high innovation, while private external funding follows a similar pattern. Cooperative financing has the strongest negative impact on advanced innovation, highlighting the risks of informal financial mechanisms. Regarding asset composition, tangible investments foster incremental and medium-level innovation, whereas intangible investments—such as R&D, skills development, and organizational knowledge—significantly increase the probability of high innovation. These findings contribute to the literature on innovation finance in emerging economies by demonstrating that resource composition and institutional context critically condition SMEs’ innovation trajectories. From a policy perspective, the results suggest that supporting intangible assets, strengthening absorptive capacities, and diversifying financial ecosystems beyond traditional credit lines are essential to enable SMEs in Colombia and similar contexts to transition from incremental to high-level innovation.
{"title":"Exploring funding channels and innovation in Colombian SMEs: Insights from the service sector","authors":"Yaneth Patricia Romero-Alvarez , Lisana B. Martinez , Carolina Pasciaroni , Katherinne Salas-Navarro , Ronald Zamora-Musa","doi":"10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100691","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100691","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper examines how financing channels, capital structures, and asset investments influence innovation outcomes in service-sector SMEs in Colombia. Despite extensive research on innovation finance, most studies focus on manufacturing firms in OECD economies, leaving a gap regarding the dynamics of service-sector SMEs in emerging markets. Using data from the national EDITS 2020–2021 survey, we analyze a sample of 384 innovative firms through ordered logit models. The results show that internal financing is the most frequently used channel but primarily sustains low levels of innovation, with limited effects on high-level outcomes. Public funding is positively associated with medium innovation but negatively linked to high innovation, while private external funding follows a similar pattern. Cooperative financing has the strongest negative impact on advanced innovation, highlighting the risks of informal financial mechanisms. Regarding asset composition, tangible investments foster incremental and medium-level innovation, whereas intangible investments—such as R&D, skills development, and organizational knowledge—significantly increase the probability of high innovation. These findings contribute to the literature on innovation finance in emerging economies by demonstrating that resource composition and institutional context critically condition SMEs’ innovation trajectories. From a policy perspective, the results suggest that supporting intangible assets, strengthening absorptive capacities, and diversifying financial ecosystems beyond traditional credit lines are essential to enable SMEs in Colombia and similar contexts to transition from incremental to high-level innovation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity","volume":"11 4","pages":"Article 100691"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145614318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100692
Nataliya Chukhray, Kateryna Yarmola
The article is devoted to the development of theoretical foundations and practical recommendations for “digital reengineering”. It addresses contradictions and gaps in the modern understanding of this concept, leading the authors to propose their own definition. Unlike classical interpretations, digital reengineering is presented as a transformation process where IT serves as the core driver, rather than an auxiliary tool, with a particular emphasis on its application in the tourism sector. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the systematization of existing approaches to interpreting digital reengineering and in conceptualizing its role for tourism enterprises. The authors integrate consumer expectations with technological capabilities by combining primary data (a survey of 196 respondents on consumer attitudes and expectations regarding the digitalization of tourism services) with secondary data (an analysis of digital solutions already applied in the sector). This methodological approach enables the design of more effective and personalized tourism products. Based on the Ukrainian tourism market, the authors developed and tested a methodology for reengineering digital business processes that enables managers to enhance customer communication, offer personalized service options, and foster customer satisfaction and loyalty. The findings demonstrate that applying digital reengineering can generate both financial and reputational advantages for tourism enterprises. The main limitation of the research is the regional and qualitative nature of the sample, which points to the need for further studies across different industries, broader geographic contexts, and with quantitative verification, while also considering varying perceptions of digital technologies in tourism.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100680
Dongwoo Kim , Kwangsoo Shin
The objective of this study is to investigate whether Mergers and Acquisitions (hereafter, M&A) can promote Business Model Innovation (hereafter, BMI) in the medical device industry by examining 101 M&A cases in the U.S. from 2018 to 2024. Medical device firms have strived to achieve accelerated growth by innovating their business models. Despite the device firms’ significant efforts to deliver additional value to stakeholders, many of these firms find themselves with their backs against the wall. While a vast amount of research exists on the topic of BMI, there are very few studies specifically focused on the BMI of medical device companies. This study aims to understand how established medical device companies drive their BMI by leveraging M&A. To identify emerging M&A trends in major markets such as the U.S., this research adopts a case study approach as an appropriate method to explore how each device company is pursuing innovation in its business model. The findings of this study suggest that established medical device companies in the U.S. continue to achieve sustainable competitive growth by actively pursuing M&A in a dynamic market landscape.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-27DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100693
Bright Appiah Adu-Gyamfi
The aviation industry faces mounting pressure to align with international decarbonization goals, yet its digital sustainability efforts remain fragmented and narrowly focused. Digital twin (DT) technology has emerged as a critical enabler of real-time system modeling, predictive analysis, and operational optimization; however, its application in aviation has predominantly focused on isolated domains, such as maintenance and component design. This state-of-the-art review critically examines the current landscape of DT adoption across aviation, highlighting its traditional roles and identifying key limitations in addressing holistic sustainability objectives. Drawing insights from advanced implementations in adjacent sectors, including energy, automotive, maritime, and smart cities, the review proposes a comprehensive, multi-domain digital twin framework for sustainable aviation. The framework encompasses six interrelated domains: fuel and propulsion systems, lifecycle sustainability assessment (LCSA), certification support, sustainable airframe design, operational optimization, and end-of-life management. Through this integrated lens, DTs are positioned not merely as tools for performance enhancement but as strategic infrastructures capable of embedding environmental intelligence across the aviation lifecycle. This work synthesizes academic advances and industrial progress between 2010 and 2025, providing a critical foundation for future digital transformation initiatives in aviation. It advocates for the development of interoperable, lifecycle-aware DT architectures to accelerate the sector’s transition toward net-zero emissions and sustainable value creation.
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Public infrastructure faces rising pressures from climate change and other environmental factors, requiring it to mitigate negative impacts and adapt to diverse social needs. The United Nations (hereinafter – UN) Sustainable Development Goals have set multiple objectives to be achieved by 2030, the Paris Agreement requires limiting global warming to a certain level, and the European Union, in its Green Deal policy package and the follow-up Clean Industry Deal package, has established its ambition to become climate-neutral by 2050 and invest in this direction. These targets require construction and operation of sustainable infrastructure, which may facilitate achievement of economic, environmental, and social goals on equal terms. While existing research has defined the characteristics of sustainable infrastructure, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding their practical implementation and strategies to promote adoption. This paper examines how various public infrastructure managers (state- or municipality-owned companies) across the energy (electricity and heating), transport (air and rail), and water management sectors apply sustainable infrastructure criteria in their operations as well as the reasoning behind their approach. This study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, including content analysis of 30 reports and structured interviews with 11 experts. The results of the research demonstrate that the companies do consider certain sustainability aspects in their infrastructure development decisions; however, they mostly focus on short- to medium-term benefits rather than long-term gains and radical improvements of their infrastructures and the services they enable. Specifically, resilience to diverse external impacts (including climate hazards) and timely assessment of future risks and their mitigation are rarely considered. The paper highlights potential solutions for that through the development of a decision-making model that encompasses both outputs (solutions to current short- and medium-term issues and related benefits) and outcomes (long-term impacts and radical changes to the infrastructure systems and their service models).
{"title":"Application of sustainable infrastructure criteria at publicly owned infrastructure management companies","authors":"Kustova Ieva , Hudenko Justina , Stefano Ricci , Lace Natalja","doi":"10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100689","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100689","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Public infrastructure faces rising pressures from climate change and other environmental factors, requiring it to mitigate negative impacts and adapt to diverse social needs. The United Nations (hereinafter – UN) Sustainable Development Goals have set multiple objectives to be achieved by 2030, the Paris Agreement requires limiting global warming to a certain level, and the European Union, in its Green Deal policy package and the follow-up Clean Industry Deal package, has established its ambition to become climate-neutral by 2050 and invest in this direction. These targets require construction and operation of sustainable infrastructure, which may facilitate achievement of economic, environmental, and social goals on equal terms. While existing research has defined the characteristics of sustainable infrastructure, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding their practical implementation and strategies to promote adoption. This paper examines how various public infrastructure managers (state- or municipality-owned companies) across the energy (electricity and heating), transport (air and rail), and water management sectors apply sustainable infrastructure criteria in their operations as well as the reasoning behind their approach. This study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, including content analysis of 30 reports and structured interviews with 11 experts. The results of the research demonstrate that the companies do consider certain sustainability aspects in their infrastructure development decisions; however, they mostly focus on short- to medium-term benefits rather than long-term gains and radical improvements of their infrastructures and the services they enable. Specifically, resilience to diverse external impacts (including climate hazards) and timely assessment of future risks and their mitigation are rarely considered. The paper highlights potential solutions for that through the development of a decision-making model that encompasses both outputs (solutions to current short- and medium-term issues and related benefits) and outcomes (long-term impacts and radical changes to the infrastructure systems and their service models).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16678,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity","volume":"11 4","pages":"Article 100689"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145568701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-17DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100687
Hari Kumar Suberi
This study develops a conceptual framework to assess sustainable mobility system design, addressing methodological gaps in the analysis of non-deterministic system behaviour. Using the Analysis–Projection–Synthesis (APS) approach in conjunction with the Vester Sensitivity Model, the system is evaluated across 22 global variables: infrastructure, technology, fuel and energy security, institutional capacity, spatial dynamics, accessibility, mobility services, accident resilience, investment, operating costs, economic development, environmental pollution, safety, enabling conditions, cultural values, aesthetics, mobility awareness, participatory culture, justice, political power, rural–urban dynamics, and human well-being. The extensive system scrutiny (projection and synthesis) simulated with the help of Vester Sensitivity Model shows the global variables (Economic development, Mobility service, Enabling condition) leverages the scrutinized system to sustainable mobility. However, for the designed system to be sustainable, current mobility system requires transformation to service centric design fuelled by renewable energy sources which needs to be enabled through behaviour correction of mobility user. The system reaches its saturation in every 15-simulation round which is bound in the negative feedback cycle indicating it can be qualified as self-regulating system. The study presents the conceptual methodological position where empirical grounding is left for future research on a contextual basis.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-15DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100688
Sepehr Ghazinoory , Mahshid G. Zadegan , Robert Phaal
Effective research design is crucial for ensuring the reliability and validity of research findings. While existing frameworks, models, and typologies offer valuable guidance, they often have limitations such as overemphasizing or oversimplifying philosophical foundations, inadequate integration between design layers, limited flexibility, and poor communication of methodological orientations to stakeholders. To address these challenges, this paper introduces the novel Research Design Roadmapping framework. Inspired by roadmap structures, it is organized into five distinct layers. Layers sequentially guide researchers from defining philosophical paradigmsto the Research Purpose and Question Layer, Research Strategies, Data Analysis Methods Layer, and practical Data Collection Tools. This structure ensures clarity, coherence, and systematic methodological decision-making at each stage. The Research Design Roadmap emphasizes both vertical integration—aligning decisions within each design layer—and horizontal integration—ensuring coherence across different design components. Its flexibility is demonstrated through adaptability to researchers of varying levels. Additionally, two case studies are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the Research Design Roadmap by applying it to develop real research inquiries. The Research Design Roadmap has the potential to transform research design practices by providing a comprehensive, adaptable, and transparent framework, thereby enhancing the overall integrity and effectiveness of research projects.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-13DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100682
Taiwo Temitope Lasisi , Marymagdaline Enowmbi Tarkang , M. Omar Parvez , Ahmet Can Şenlik , Kayode Kolawole Eluwole
This study investigates tourists’ adoption of sustainable mobility by integrating behavioral theories with open-innovation dynamics. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), Expectancy–Value Theory (EVT), Diffusion of Innovation (DOI), and the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the research examines how economic cost (ECI), awareness of sustainable options (ASO), individual sustainability values (ISV), and perceived convenience (PC) shape the tourist adoption of sustainable mobility (TASM). Survey data from 466 respondents were analyzed using PLS-SEM. Results reveal that economic cost positively influences perceived convenience (β = 0.632, p < 0.001), suggesting that price can act as a signal of reliability. Awareness slightly enhances convenience (β = 0.079, p = 0.032), whereas sustainability values reduce convenience (β = -0.172, p < 0.001) but strongly and directly foster adoption (β = 0.814, p < 0.001). Perceived convenience predicts adoption (β = 0.091, p = 0.013) and mediates the cost–adoption link (indirect β = 0.058, p = 0.013). Moreover, economic cost moderates the values–adoption relationship (β = 0.094, p < 0.001), weakening value effects when costs are high. The model explains significant variance (R²_PC = 0.411; R²_TASM = 0.646). Theoretically, this research reconceptualizes cost, convenience, and values as context-dependent constructs shaped by open-innovation ecosystems, including bounded rationality, open social innovation, and platform orchestration. Practically, the findings inform strategies for convenience-first design, inclusive pricing, and interoperable platforms to scale sustainable mobility in tourism.
本研究将行为理论与开放创新动力学相结合，探讨游客对可持续流动的接受程度。利用计划行为理论（TPB）、期望价值理论（EVT）、创新扩散理论（DOI）和技术接受模型（TAM），研究了经济成本（ECI）、可持续选择意识（ASO）、个人可持续价值（ISV）和感知便利性（PC）如何影响游客对可持续交通（TASM）的采用。使用PLS-SEM对466名受访者的调查数据进行了分析。结果显示，经济成本正影响感知便利性（β = 0.632, p <； 0.001），表明价格可以作为可靠性的信号。意识略微提高了便利性（β = 0.079, p = 0.032），而可持续价值观降低了便利性（β = -0.172, p <； 0.001），但强烈而直接地促进了收养（β = 0.814, p <； 0.001）。感知便利性预测采用（β = 0.091, p = 0.013），中介成本-采用（间接β = 0.058, p = 0.013）。此外，经济成本调节了价值-采用关系（β = 0.094, p <； 0.001），当成本高时，价值效应减弱。模型解释了显著方差（R²_PC = 0.411; R²_TASM = 0.646）。从理论上讲，本研究将成本、便利和价值重新定义为由开放创新生态系统（包括有限理性、开放社会创新和平台编排）塑造的情境依赖结构。实际上，研究结果为便利优先的设计、包容性定价和可互操作平台的策略提供了信息，以扩大旅游业的可持续流动性。
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Pub Date : 2025-11-12DOI: 10.1016/j.joitmc.2025.100686
Gautam Sharma, Stuti Haldar
Makerspaces and fabrication laboratories (fablabs) have received growing scholarly attention for their potential to advance innovation. These spaces provide individuals access to technological tools while enabling collaboration and community-building around technology-driven activities. Yet, existing research on how innovation unfolds within these settings remains fragmented. This paper reviews and synthesises eighty-nine peer-reviewed studies to provide a clearer understanding of the innovation dynamics in makerspaces. The paper identifies recurring patterns related to collaboration, resources, motivations, diversity, and the social and regional contexts of maker cultures. By integrating these strands, the study highlights both the opportunities and limitations of makerspaces as sites of innovation. The findings contribute to debates on contemporary innovation spaces and offer insights of relevance to policymakers, practitioners, and scholars.
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