HOW DOES AI CAPABILITY ENABLE DIGITAL PRODUCT INNOVATION? A MIXED METHODS DESIGN

Shuwen Li, Jiaxing Liu () and Xiaotian Yang ()
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Shuwen Li: School of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, P. R. China
Jiaxing Liu: School of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, P. R. China
Xiaotian Yang: School of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, P. R. China

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2025, vol. 29, issue 03n04, 1-46

Abstract: Despite the fact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) in innovation management has been a topic of interest for several decades, little is known throughout the literature about how and why AI capability creates product value. In this work, we proposed a dual process model to explore the effects of AI capability on digital product innovation and tested it using quantitative and qualitative methods. In quantitative analysis, based on AI–Open Innovation matrix and dynamic capability theory, we tested the model using a total of 314 managers from 127 firms in the Chinese mainland. We found that AI capability enables digital product innovation by enhancing online value co-creation (a process of external asset) and digital resilience (a process of internal asset). Moreover, socio-cognitive sensemaking strengthens the mediation process of digital resilience but has no significant moderating effect on the mediation process of online value co-creation. The qualitative analysis enables us to better interpret the reasons why sensemaking plays different roles in mediation processes and suggests that it strengthens the effects of online value co-creation and digital resilience on digital product innovation through the external loop (time effect) and the internal loop (interactive effect), respectively. Our findings provide insights into how firms can scale digital product innovation using AI, with important implications for management.

Keywords: AI capability; online value co-creation; digital resilience; socio-cognitive sensemaking; digital product innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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