Artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technologies and infrastructures are reshaping the foundations of organizational strategy, governance, and transformation at an unprecedented pace. Breakthroughs in predictive analytics, automation, and generative technologies are permeating business processes, altering decision-making, redefining organizational boundaries, and challenging long-held assumptions about how digital technologies create value. Firms now face both extraordinary opportunities and disruptive pressures as AI-enabled systems transform modes of organizing, governance mechanisms, and strategic alignment.

Track Chairs
Hind Benbya, Western Sydney University
Franz Strich, University of Paderborn
Ning Nan, University of British Columbia
Xiao Xiao, Copenhagen Business School
Abhay Nath Mishra, University of Arkansas Fayetteville

Schedule
2026
Monday, December 14th
12:00 AM

Adaptation, Assurance, and Control: How Agentic AI Reshapes SaaS Markets

Namil Kim, Yonsei University
Sukwoong Choi, University at Albany

12:00 AM

AI and the Red Queen Race: Coevolution on Rugged Landscapes

Junjie Zhou, National University of Singapore
Jungpil Hahn, National University of Singapore

12:00 AM

AI Investment under Pressure

Junyong Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jialu Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

12:00 AM

Attention Externalities in Collective Complaints: How Platform Aggregation Reallocates Response Effort and Creates Unequal Satisfaction Outcomes

Qingyi Li, Tsinghua University
Juan Feng, Tsinghua University

12:00 AM

Balancing Identity and Transformation: The Digital and IT-Enabled Organizational Transformation of Hidden Champions

Dix Maik Rölke, TU Dresden

12:00 AM

Beyond Strategy: A Practice-Based View 
on Digital Transformation at the 
Business Unit Level

Tim Scheerschmidt, Munich University of Applied Sciences HM
Dennis Renee Metzler, Independent Researcher

12:00 AM

Build, Apply, Operate: AI Role Complementarities and Firm Value

Kim Melissa Bär, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Christian Schumacher, Vienna University of Economics and Business

12:00 AM

Business Models of AI-driven Sustainability Startups: A Taxonomy

Kathleen Liebe, Technical University Darmstadt | Software & AI Business
Niclas Brune, Technical University Darmstadt
Oliver A. Vetter, Technical University of Darmstadt
Jan Heidrich, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Joshua Beck, Technische Universität Darmstadt

12:00 AM

Data protection and servitization performance of manufacturing firms

Jiawen Chen, Guangzhou University
Qiuyi Zhu, Guangzhou University
Linlin Liu, South China University of Technology

12:00 AM

Differentiated Value Realization Paths of Hospital Data Sharing in China: Data Types and Transaction Modes

Xin Ji, Fudan University
Yi Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

12:00 AM

From Digital Restoration to Synthetic Personas: Navigating the Systematic Tensions of AI in the Music Industry

Gerrard Li, National Chung Cheng University
Cheuk Hang Au, Edith Cowan University
Chih-Yuan Chou, College of Commerce, National Chengchi University

12:00 AM

From Divergence to Stabilization: Governance Adaptation Through Conflict in Decentralized Banking Consortia

Hichem Ben Aoun, Technical University of Munich
Niclas Kannengießer, Technical University of Munich
Benjamin Sturm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ali Sunyaev, Technical University of Munich

12:00 AM

From Pilot to Production: Microfoundations and Responsibility Structures for Enterprise AI Projects

Daniel Hendriks, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ida Meier, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Henrik Wiegand, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Carina Benz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Daniel Heinz, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Philipp Spitzer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

12:00 AM

Governing AI Scaling Through Temporal Alignment: A Process Model of Governance-Innovation Co-Evolution

Till Bohmfalk, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Margeret Hall, University of Nebraska at Omaha

12:00 AM

How Deterministic and Probabilistic Information Systems Shape Complicatedness, Complexity, and Performance in Knowledge Work

Ankur Jaiswal, University of Texas at Austin
Hüseyin Tanriverdi, University of Texas at Austin

12:00 AM

Implications of AI Boundaries: Evidence from Finance and HR Professionals

Yannik Gehrke, University of Hamburg
Lars-Eric Brüske, University of Hamburg
Nicole Ratzinger-Sakel, University of Hamburg

12:00 AM

Keeping Policy Operative: A Cybernetic Runtime Architecture for Governing User–GenAI Interaction in Educational Tutoring

Ali Simaei, University of Delaware

12:00 AM

Knowledge Graphs as Boundary Objects: A Sociotechnical Framework for Data Governance in Resource-Constrained Organizations

Bushra Al Sulayyim, University of Technology Sydney
Madhushi Bandara, Data science lab
Asif Gill, University of Technology Sydney
Ghassan Beydoun, University of Technology Sydney

12:00 AM

Lessons Learned from a Governance Transition in Deep Learning Ecosystems

Jose Teixeira, Aalto University

12:00 AM

Making Sense of Responsible AI: An Institutional Complexity Perspective

Benjamin Brauer, University of Goettingen
Eryk Maciej Wiecki, University of Goettingen

12:00 AM

Platform Authority vs. Managerial Authority: Who Really Controls Work in Digitized Organizations

Josue Kuika Watat, University of Oslo
Silvia Masiero, University of Oslo
Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan, Stockholm University

12:00 AM

Tailoring Intelligence to Context: Configurational Pathways to Context-Oriented AI Innovation

Yingjie Bai, School of Business, Renmin University of China
Hai Guo, School of Business, Renmin University of China
Mengxiang Li, Hong Kong Baptist University

12:00 AM

Valuing the Uncertain: Identifying AI Investment Preferences in Organizations

Victoria Sofia Santos Gabriel, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg

12:00 AM