TY - JOUR A1 - Füller, Johann A1 - Hutter, Katja A1 - Wahl, Julian A1 - Bilgram, Volker A1 - Tekic, Zeljko T1 - How AI revolutionizes innovation management – Perceptions and implementation preferences of AI-based innovators JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change N2 - The application of AI is expected to enable new opportunities for innovation management and reshape innovation practice in organizations. Our exploratory study among 150 AI-savvy innovation managers reveals four different clusters in terms of how organizations may use and implement AI in their innovation management ranging from (1) AI-Frontrunners, (2) AI-Practitioners, and (3) AI-Occasional innovators to (4) Non-AI innovators. The different groups vary not only in their strategy, organizational structure, and skill-building but also in their perceived potential, understanding of the required changes, encountered challenges, and organizational contexts. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the current state of AI-based innovation management, its impact on future innovation practice, and differences in organizations’ AI ambitions and chosen implementation approaches. KW - AI-based innovation management Innovation process Organizational setup Organizational context Cluster analysis Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121598 SN - 0040-1625 VL - 178 PB - Elsevier BV ER -