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Navigating the brain drain crisis: Knowledge, visibility, sentiment, and divergence on X (formerly Twitter) among English, Spanish, and Italian users 应对人才流失危机：英语、西班牙语和意大利语用户在X（以前的Twitter）上的知识、可见度、情绪和分歧

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100906

Jimi Park , Nicole Pitassi

Brain drain, the emigration of highly skilled workers, is both a pressing policy issue and a cultural frame for examining how societies negotiate belonging, loss, and opportunity. Using data from X (formerly known as Twitter) across English, Spanish, and Italian debates, this study examines engagement dynamics through three dimensions: visibility, sentiment shifts, and thematic divergence. In the present context, we define visibility as the weighted exposure of replies and likes that are standardized within each language. The dataset includes approximately 3100 English, 4500 Spanish, and 250 Italian tweet–reply pairs collected between 2020 and 2024. The findings show that visibility consistently drives engagement but carries distinct cultural meanings. The discourse in English illustrates coherence: engagement is amplified when replies remain thematically aligned, reinforcing bonding capital and collective narratives. The Spanish discourse illustrates plurality: visible divergent replies broaden participation, reflecting bridging capital while introducing volatility. The Italian discourse illustrates optimism: positive sentiment shifts sustain institutional trust with divergence. For policymakers, these results highlight the following specific pathways to tailor crisis communication: reinforce coherence in English debates, embrace plurality in Spanish contexts, and sustain optimism in Italian discourse.

人才流失，即高技能工人的移民，既是一个紧迫的政策问题，也是研究社会如何协商归属、损失和机会的文化框架。使用来自X（以前称为Twitter）的数据，通过英语、西班牙语和意大利语的辩论，本研究从三个方面考察了参与动态：可见性、情绪变化和主题分歧。在当前的上下文中，我们将可见性定义为在每种语言中标准化的回复和点赞的加权曝光。该数据集包括在2020年至2024年间收集的大约3100对英语、4500对西班牙语和250对意大利语推特回复。研究结果表明，可见性始终会推动用户粘性，但它带有不同的文化含义。英语中的话语说明了连贯性：当回答保持主题一致时，参与度就会被放大，从而加强了纽带资本和集体叙事。西班牙的论述说明了多元化：可见的分歧答复扩大了参与，反映了桥接资本，同时引入了波动性。意大利的论述说明了乐观主义：积极情绪的转变维持了制度信任与分歧。对于政策制定者来说，这些结果强调了以下具体途径：加强英语辩论的连贯性，在西班牙语语境中接受多元化，并在意大利语话语中保持乐观。

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Green, digital, or twin strategic orientation: What drives environmental sustainability and digitalization in German innovative SMEs? 绿色、数字化或双重战略导向：是什么推动了德国创新型中小企业的环境可持续性和数字化？

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100896

Nika Hein , Markus Thomas Münter , Volker Zimmermann

Firms are facing a substantial challenge in their journey towards a twin transformation to achieve greater environmental sustainability and digitalization simultaneously. Research lacks a deeper understanding on how firms respond to the need for a twin transformation. This study examines resources and capabilities that drive the green, digital, or twin transformation, in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Utilizing cross-sectional data from a sample of 7531 German firms sourced from the KfW SME panel, we conduct probit analysis to empirically test our hypotheses. Based on the different patterns observed with respect to the strategic orientation of a firm, we identify three distinct clusters: (1) firms solely prioritizing digitalization, which benefit primarily from size (number of employees and investments) and are situated in cities with access to a large number of graduates; (2) those emphasizing sustainability, typically smaller in scale with limited access to graduates and the tendency to be located in less densely populated areas; and (3) firms engaging in twin transformation, exhibiting similar characteristics to those focused on digitalization but possessing more experience and often being older. We find that the presence of college graduates as well as regular innovation activities have a significantly positive impact on digitalization, but a negative one on sustainability. This study contributes to research on understanding the strategic orientation of SMEs choosing between digitalization, environmental sustainability, and twin transformation, focusing on firm size as well as resources and capabilities. JEL Codes: D22, L21, O14, O32, R11

企业在同时实现更大的环境可持续性和数字化的双重转型过程中面临着重大挑战。研究缺乏对企业如何应对双重转型需求的更深入理解。本研究考察了推动中小企业绿色、数字化或孪生转型的资源和能力。利用来自KfW中小企业小组的7531家德国公司样本的横截面数据，我们进行概率分析以实证检验我们的假设。根据观察到的企业战略导向的不同模式，我们确定了三个不同的集群：(1)企业完全优先考虑数字化，主要受益于规模（员工数量和投资），并且位于能够获得大量毕业生的城市；(2)那些强调可持续性的大学，通常规模较小，毕业生接触机会有限，倾向于位于人口密度较低的地区；(3)从事双转型的企业，表现出与专注于数字化的企业相似的特征，但拥有更多的经验，往往是年龄较大的企业。我们发现，大学毕业生的存在以及定期的创新活动对数字化有显著的正向影响，但对可持续性有负向影响。本研究有助于理解中小企业在数字化、环境可持续性和孪生转型之间选择的战略取向，关注企业规模、资源和能力。JEL代码：D22， L21, O14, O32, R11

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Steered by digitization and incentives: The configuration and effect of improving innovation efficiency in manufacturing companies 数字化与激励驱动：制造业企业创新效率提升的配置与效果

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100900

Haixiong Deng , Fang Yang , Wei Huang

Digitization has reshaped corporate innovation. However, few studies have explored how companies can fully incentivize their human capital in the digital transformation process to improve innovation capabilities. To address this gap, this study proposes a configurational framework that incorporates the degree of digitization and five key incentive mechanisms—namely, executive compensation incentives, executive equity incentives, employee compensation incentives, employee stock ownership plans, and pay gaps. Based on dynamic qualitative comparative analysis and regression analysis, this study utilized balanced data of 1387 listed manufacturing companies in China from 2016 to 2023 to explore the complex causal mechanisms driving high corporate innovation efficiency (IE). We found that no single factor constitutes a necessary condition for high corporate IE, but the necessity of executive and employee compensation incentives increased over time. Moreover, seven configuration paths leading to high corporate innovation efficiency were identified and integrated into four strategic solutions that vary across temporal dimensions, company size, and marginal effects. Our study demonstrates that the key to improving IE in the digital age lies in managing the relationship between digital value creation and human capital value distribution. The results provide important theoretical and practical insights into promoting high-quality innovation development in companies.

数字化重塑了企业创新。然而，很少有研究探讨企业如何在数字化转型过程中充分激励其人力资本以提高创新能力。为了解决这一差距，本研究提出了一个配置框架，该框架结合了数字化程度和五种关键激励机制，即高管薪酬激励、高管股权激励、员工薪酬激励、员工持股计划和薪酬差距。本文采用动态定性比较分析和回归分析相结合的方法，利用2016 - 2023年中国1387家制造业上市公司的平衡数据，探讨企业创新效率高的复杂因果机制。我们发现，没有单一因素构成高企业IE的必要条件，但高管和员工薪酬激励的必要性随着时间的推移而增加。此外，我们还发现了七条导致企业创新效率高的配置路径，并将其整合为四种不同时间维度、公司规模和边际效应的战略解决方案。我们的研究表明，在数字时代，改善企业信息化的关键在于管理好数字价值创造与人力资本价值分配之间的关系。研究结果为促进企业高质量创新发展提供了重要的理论和实践见解。

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Dual nature of innovation’s impact on income inequality: A comparative panel study of developed and developing countries 创新对收入不平等影响的双重性质：发达国家和发展中国家的比较面板研究

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100871

Yu Qian , Zeshui Xu , Yong Qin , Marinko Skare

The continuous expansion of income disparities poses serious threats to sustainable socioeconomic development. Concurrently, as a key driver of technological advancement, the influence of innovation on shaping income inequality trends has been extensively debated. This study employs panel structural vector autoregression to examine the complex effects of innovation on income inequality using panel data from 59 countries spanning 1995–2021. The two-stage empirical analysis reveals that innovation shocks negatively affect income inequality in developed countries while positively impacting it in developing countries. Further qualitative investigations indicate that differences in developed and developing countries’ institutional guarantees may be a key reason for this distinction. We also determine that innovation only accounts for a small proportion (≤8 %) of the causes of income inequality changes in either case, and fluctuations in and solidification of income distribution patterns are the most significant influences within the scope of this study. Recommendations include strengthening institutional guarantees to ensure equitable distribution of innovation benefits, enhancing educational attainment, and promoting targeted skills training programs to bridge workforce skills gaps. By addressing these issues, policymakers can develop more effective strategies to balance the pursuit of innovation and the imperative goal of improving income distribution.

收入差距持续扩大，严重威胁社会经济可持续发展。同时，作为技术进步的关键驱动力，创新对形成收入不平等趋势的影响也受到了广泛的争论。本研究使用1995-2021年间59个国家的面板数据，采用面板结构向量自回归来检验创新对收入不平等的复杂影响。两阶段实证分析表明，创新冲击对发达国家的收入不平等产生负向影响，对发展中国家的收入不平等产生正向影响。进一步的定性调查表明，发达国家和发展中国家在体制保障方面的差异可能是造成这种差别的一个关键原因。我们还确定，在这两种情况下，创新只占收入不平等变化的一小部分原因（≤8%），收入分配模式的波动和固化是本研究范围内最显著的影响。建议包括加强制度保障，确保创新收益的公平分配，提高教育程度，促进有针对性的技能培训计划，以缩小劳动力技能差距。通过解决这些问题，政策制定者可以制定更有效的战略来平衡追求创新和改善收入分配的迫切目标。

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Sustainability reporting assurance: Knowledge, lags, levels, and providers in leading global companies 可持续发展报告保证：全球领先公司的知识、滞后、水平和供应商

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100899

Viviana Paola Delgado Sánchez , Ana Zorio-Grima , Paloma Merello

This study investigates the factors influencing the adoption of assurance practices in sustainability reporting among leading companies across 42 countries from 2019 to 2022. Using panel data models, it examines the assurance lag, duality between the choice of audit firm and assuror for financial and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assurance, and level of assurance (reasonable vs. limited). The results indicate that auditor–assuror duality may reduce the assurance lag through improved consistency and efficiency. However, this choice is not driven by expected benefits such as the inclusion of ESG information in annual reports or a preference for audit firms over consultants as assurors. Additionally, when audit firms follow specific assurance standards, there is evidence of a negative impact on the percentage of ESG information verified at the reasonable assurance level. This apparent negative impact is probably due to conservative approaches and strict methodological requirements. The findings offer insight to support decision-making for companies and regulators in enhancing transparency and trust in sustainability reports. This insight is particularly relevant in light of changes in European Union (EU) regulations that may impact assurance trends. Specifically, the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive allows for different options that may be transposed differently by EU member states. The study thus has valuable implications regarding the future regulatory environment in many contexts.

本研究调查了2019年至2022年42个国家的领先公司在可持续发展报告中采用保证实践的影响因素。使用面板数据模型，它检查了保证滞后，选择审计公司和财务、环境、社会和治理（ESG）保证之间的二元性，以及保证水平（合理vs有限）。结果表明，审计-鉴证二元性可以通过提高一致性和效率来减少鉴证滞后。然而，这种选择并不是由预期的好处驱动的，比如在年度报告中包含ESG信息，或者更倾向于审计公司而不是咨询公司作为担保人。此外，当审计公司遵循特定的保证标准时，有证据表明，在合理保证水平上验证的ESG信息的百分比会受到负面影响。这种明显的负面影响可能是由于保守的方法和严格的方法要求。研究结果为企业和监管机构在提高可持续发展报告的透明度和信任度方面的决策提供了支持。鉴于欧盟（EU）法规的变化可能会影响保险趋势，这种见解尤其相关。具体来说，新的《企业可持续发展报告指令》允许不同的选择，这些选择可能会由欧盟成员国进行不同的转换。因此，这项研究在许多情况下对未来的监管环境具有重要意义。

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How entrepreneurship education and knowledge prevent early school dropouts and the development of NEETs: An exploratory study on italian school cooperatives 创业教育和知识如何预防早期辍学和啃老族的发展：意大利学校合作社的探索性研究

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100898

Giorgio Mion, Angelo Bonfanti, Vania Vigolo, Veronica De Crescenzo

This study investigates how entrepreneurship education delivered through school cooperatives can reduce early school dropout rates and prevent the NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) phenomenon. Drawing on social capital theory, we address the following research questions: (1) What benefits do school cooperatives provide to young people involved in entrepreneurship education activities?; (2) What factors create a favorable setting for developing entrepreneurship education that can reduce the NEET phenomenon?; and (3) What is the role of local actors in promoting entrepreneurship education to contribute to transforming NEET young people into EET (in Education, Employment, or Training) people? We analyze a case in Italy with pupils aged 8–13. Data was collected from 16 in-depth interviews with educators, teachers, and social enterprise managers. We then employed reflexive thematic analysis and social network analysis to examine benefits, enabling conditions, and relationships among actors. We identify six enabling factors of entrepreneurship education. Teachers operate as brokers, linking schools, social enterprises, and community partners. School governance sustains strong ties and proximity. Institutional support, partnerships with municipalities, nonprofits, and firms, and alignment with local labor market opportunities further reinforce the educational ecosystem. We find that school cooperatives develop both bonding social capital (trust and belonging) and bridging social capital (networks and resources) that foster engagement, skills development, and pathways toward EET. The study concludes that entrepreneurship education grounded in school cooperatives mobilizes local networks to combat the risk of NEET and suggests practical priorities, including strengthening teacher brokerage and governance capacity, formalizing community partnerships, and designing education programs that cultivate both bonding and bridging social capital.

本研究探讨了通过学校合作社提供的创业教育如何降低早期辍学率和防止NEET（不受教育、不就业或不接受培训）现象。借鉴社会资本理论，本文研究了以下问题：(1)学校合作社为参与创业教育活动的年轻人提供了哪些好处？(2)哪些因素为发展创业教育创造了有利的环境，可以减少“啃老族”现象？(3)地方行动者在促进创业教育以促进NEET青年转变为EET（教育、就业或培训）人才方面的作用是什么？我们分析了意大利一个8-13岁学生的案例。数据收集自对教育工作者、教师和社会企业管理者的16次深度访谈。然后，我们采用反身性专题分析和社会网络分析来检查利益、有利条件和行动者之间的关系。我们确定了创业教育的六个促成因素。教师充当中介，将学校、社会企业和社区合作伙伴联系起来。学校管理保持着紧密的联系和接近。机构支持、与市政当局、非营利组织和公司的合作，以及与当地劳动力市场机会的结合，进一步加强了教育生态系统。我们发现学校合作社既发展了纽带社会资本（信任和归属感），也发展了桥接社会资本（网络和资源），促进了参与、技能发展和通往EET的途径。该研究的结论是，以学校合作社为基础的创业教育调动了地方网络来对抗啃老族的风险，并提出了切实可行的优先事项，包括加强教师中介和治理能力，使社区伙伴关系正式化，以及设计既能培养纽带又能弥合社会资本的教育项目。

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Governance and greenwashing in the BRICS: The moderating role of national ESG performance in sustainable finance outcomes 金砖国家治理与洗绿：国家ESG绩效对可持续金融成果的调节作用

IF 15.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100893

Zheng Liya , Chi-Wei Su , Salim Baz , Ziru Xue

The environmental sustainability of BRICS nations is connected with green finance and national environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. However, the fundamental mechanisms that regulate this integration have not been thoroughly examined at a macro level. In a period marked by the continuous war against climate change, it is vital to grasp this process to construct a sustainable economic model consistent with developmental aims and ecological responsibilities. By utilizing FMOLS and CCR estimating techniques, this research examines data from 1998 to 2022 to estimate the influence of green finance and national ESG performance on environmental sustainability. It also explores the link between green finance and national ESG performance among the BRICS nations. Additionally, by employing a moderating effect model, the research evaluates the influence of national ESG performance on the link between green finance and environmental sustainability. The results imply that green finance and national ESG performance significantly help to increase environmental sustainability. The research also demonstrates that green finance is crucial in boosting national ESG performance. In addition, the link between green finance and environmental sustainability is significantly moderated by national ESG performance, which also shows the possibility of greenwashing due to possible conflicts of interest between principal and agent. The results of the robustness testing through DOLS and DK standard error estimate techniques are similarly compatible with the baseline findings. Importantly, this research provides fresh insights into the dynamic linkages among green finance, national ESG performance, and environmental sustainability, offering strategic implications that enable governments, investors, lenders, enterprises, and regulators to make informed decisions.

金砖国家的环境可持续性与绿色金融和国家环境、社会和治理（ESG）绩效密切相关。然而，调控这种整合的基本机制还没有在宏观层面上得到彻底的研究。在与气候变化持续作战的时期，把握这一进程，构建符合发展目标和生态责任的可持续经济模式至关重要。本研究运用FMOLS和CCR估算技术，以1998 - 2022年的数据为样本，估算绿色金融和国家ESG绩效对环境可持续性的影响。报告还探讨了金砖国家绿色金融与国家ESG绩效之间的联系。此外，本文采用调节效应模型，评估了国家ESG绩效对绿色金融与环境可持续性关系的影响。结果表明，绿色金融和国家ESG绩效显著有助于提高环境可持续性。研究还表明，绿色金融对提高国家ESG绩效至关重要。此外，国家ESG绩效显著调节了绿色金融与环境可持续性之间的联系，这也表明由于委托人和代理人之间可能存在的利益冲突，绿色金融与环境可持续性之间存在洗绿的可能性。通过DOLS和DK标准误差估计技术进行稳健性检验的结果与基线结果相似。重要的是，本研究为绿色金融、国家ESG绩效和环境可持续性之间的动态联系提供了新的见解，为政府、投资者、贷款人、企业和监管机构做出明智的决策提供了战略意义。

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Green innovation under multiple pressures: examining financial constraints, ESG performance, and environmental regulations 多重压力下的绿色创新：考察财务约束、ESG绩效和环境法规

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100876

Lihui Yu , Pengwei Jin

This study investigates the role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in reshaping the relationship between financial constraints and green innovation among Chinese listed firms from 2010 to 2023. We examine the double-edged sword hypothesis that financial constraints affect innovation differently depending on firms' ESG performance. Our baseline results confirm that financial constraints significantly reduce green innovation. However, we find a significant positive interaction of ESG and financial constraints on green innovation, indicating that ESG performance weakens or offsets the negative impact of financial constraints on green innovation. Furthermore, environmental regulations amplify this moderation effect through a positive triple interaction, suggesting that regulatory pressure strengthens ESG's role in transforming constraints into innovation drivers. Moreover, the positive interaction between ESG and financial constraints is stronger in state-owned enterprises and high-polluting industries. These findings suggest that ESG performance can transform financial constraints from barriers into innovation drivers. We recommend that policymakers prioritize strengthening firms' sustainability capabilities through targeted financial and regulatory instruments, rather than implementing uniform policies or regulatory frameworks without considering the firms' ESG capabilities.

本文研究了2010 - 2023年中国上市公司环境、社会和治理（ESG）绩效在重塑融资约束与绿色创新关系中的作用。我们检验了双刃剑假设，即财务约束对创新的影响取决于企业的ESG绩效。我们的基线结果证实，财政约束显著降低了绿色创新。然而，我们发现ESG和财务约束对绿色创新有显著的正向交互作用，表明ESG绩效减弱或抵消了财务约束对绿色创新的负面影响。此外，环境法规通过积极的三重互动放大了这种调节效应，表明监管压力加强了ESG在将约束转化为创新驱动方面的作用。此外，在国有企业和高污染行业中，ESG与金融约束之间的正交互作用更强。这些发现表明，ESG绩效可以将财务约束从障碍转变为创新驱动因素。我们建议政策制定者优先考虑通过有针对性的金融和监管工具来加强企业的可持续性能力，而不是在不考虑企业ESG能力的情况下实施统一的政策或监管框架。

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Determinants of generative artificial intelligence use in startups 创业公司使用生成式人工智能的决定因素

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Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100885

Colin Donaldson , Gabriel Linton , William C. McDowell , Joshua Bendickson

This study investigates the adoption of generative artificial intelligence in accelerator-based startups to determine which types of startups most use the technology. Internal and external factors likely to influence high usage are examined, including creativity, proactivity, industry dynamism, and absorptive capacity. Quantitative survey data were collected from 31 Valencia-based startups participating in a leading Spanish accelerator. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was used to determine the influence of key attributes on generative artificial intelligence usage levels. The findings reveal four pathways influencing high usage. This work contributes to the emerging literature on startups’ usage of generative artificial intelligence, offering insights into the roles of internal abilities and external conditions.

本研究调查了基于加速器的初创公司对生成式人工智能的采用情况，以确定哪种类型的初创公司最常使用该技术。研究了可能影响高使用率的内部和外部因素，包括创造力、主动性、行业活力和吸收能力。定量调查数据来自参与西班牙领先加速器的31家瓦伦西亚初创公司。采用模糊集定性比较分析确定关键属性对生成式人工智能使用水平的影响。研究结果揭示了影响高使用率的四种途径。这项工作为创业公司使用生成式人工智能的新兴文献做出了贡献，为内部能力和外部条件的作用提供了见解。

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ChatGPT in science and research: How generative AI drives innovation and knowledge development 科学研究中的ChatGPT：生成式人工智能如何推动创新和知识发展

IF 15.5 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Pub Date : 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100889

Peter Madzík , Lukáš Falát , Renata Skýpalová , Lenka Jašušáková , Dominik Zimon

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT), is transforming how knowledge is produced and innovation unfolds across disciplines. To capture this shift, we analyze 13,942 peer-reviewed publications with Latent Dirichlet Allocation, identifying 120 distinct research topics and grouping them into nine thematic clusters. Drawing on these clusters, we propose a four-lane conceptual model of “ChatGPT-driven value creation,” which portrays the AI pipeline as a sequential, feedback-linked process of knowledge conversion: (i) emerging technologies, (ii) data engineering and algorithmic development, (iii) perception-and-compliance filtering, and (iv) domain adoption. The model reveals where generative AI currently fuels innovation, most prominently in education, healthcare, and business, and where unresolved issues persist, including ethics, security, and misinformation. It also uncovers regional differences in research priorities, signaling diverse innovation dynamics across continents. Overall, by coupling large-scale topic mapping with a theoretically grounded architecture, this study offers scholars, policymakers, and practitioners a coherent framework for harnessing ChatGPT’s potential while addressing governance demands and quality constraints. Effectively, the conceptual model provides both a diagnostic lens for research and a roadmap for responsible, knowledge-intensive deployment of generative AI.

生成式人工智能（AI）的迅速崛起，尤其是聊天生成预训练转换器（ChatGPT），正在改变知识的产生方式和跨学科创新的展开。为了捕捉这一转变，我们分析了13,942篇同行评议的出版物，使用潜在狄利克雷分配方法，确定了120个不同的研究主题，并将它们分为9个主题集群。基于这些集群，我们提出了一个“chatgpt驱动的价值创造”的四车道概念模型，该模型将人工智能管道描绘为一个连续的、反馈链接的知识转换过程：(i)新兴技术，（ii）数据工程和算法开发，（iii）感知和遵从性过滤，以及（iv）领域采用。该模型揭示了生成式人工智能目前在哪些领域推动了创新，尤其是在教育、医疗保健和商业领域，以及哪些领域仍存在未解决的问题，包括道德、安全和错误信息。它还揭示了研究重点的地区差异，表明了各大洲不同的创新动态。总的来说，通过将大规模主题映射与理论基础架构相结合，本研究为学者、政策制定者和实践者提供了一个连贯的框架，用于在解决治理需求和质量约束的同时利用ChatGPT的潜力。实际上，概念模型既为研究提供了诊断视角，也为负责任的、知识密集型的生成式人工智能部署提供了路线图。

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