On Capability Needs for AI Utilization in Innovation Networks: Critical Literature Review

Abstract

The potential of AI has been a growing trend in research in recent years. From a business perspective, the use of AI places new demands on skills and resources. Innovation networks are one option to tap into resources that companies themselves do not have. Although there has been research on combining AI and innovation, there is not enough research on the capabilities needed for an innovation network to use AI. This study aims to present a snapshot of the research on the topic and to show how the capabilities of the network for using AI are formed. The findings of the study are that research on innovation network capabilities for using AI does not match the requirements of using AI, and it is argued that innovation network capability needs remain the same in terms of the terms presented, but that the use of AI places entirely new requirements on them.