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As the guest editor of the special issue “Artificial Management — The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Digital Business and Digital Entrepreneurship” in the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research (Impact Factor 4.6; Citescore 11.7; ISSN 0718-1876), it is the great pleasure of Prof. Dr. Tobias Kollmann to present the first paper accepted for publication: Thabit Atobishi and Saeed Nosratabadi have written a paper entitled “Dynamic Capabilities for AI-Enabled Exploration: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Innovation Outcomes” and investigated the mechanism through which firms leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) for strategic exploration and radical innovation by integrating the Technology–Organization–Environment (TOE) framework with the Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV). Using survey data from 245 senior executives and employing structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), they demonstrated a serial mediation chain in which organizational readiness and technology compatibility drive sensing capability, which in turn powers AI-enabled exploration to enhance innovation performance.

The paper can be downloaded here, and further information on the special issue can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jtaer/special_issues/T7FM8WPNK6

The call for papers remains open until 31 December 2026 – accepted papers will be published on an ongoing basis.

Artificial Management—The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Digital Business and Digital Entrepreneurship Special Issue in journal Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research: Artificial Management—The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Digital Business and Digital Entrepreneurship

Is the "VC or bust" narrative actually true for every founder? 💸 In our latest publication, “What You Want is What You (Maybe) Get — The Influence of the Ambitions of Founders on the Financing of their Startups,” in the Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability (Vol. 21, No. 1, 2026), we give the answers. The reality is that not every founder is chasing a 100x exit or an IPO. Many prioritize long-term stability and linear growth over the high-pressure expectations of external investors.

Fact is, not every founder needs or wants to finance their company with an external investor. Also, not every founder has the goal of developing their startup into rapid growth with as many employees as possible and maximum turnover/profits, leading to an IPO as an exit – not for themselves or external investors. Quite a few founders pursue long-term linear growth and see financing as a means to an end rather than being driven by investors’ expectations. All these circumstances are reflected in the founders' different ambitions for their startups and in the impact, this has on investors' expectations.

In this article, we investigate - based on entrepreneurial ambitions - the effect of the associated different startup types on (1) the goal of sales and profit generation/maximization, (2) capital requirements, (3) business angel, and (4) venture capital financing among a study with 553 startups from Germany.

Kollmann, T./Pröpper, A. (2026): What You Want is What You (Maybe) Get — The Influence of the Ambitions of Founders on the Financing of their Startups. (2026), in: Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, 21(1), p. 12-38.

With heartfelt thanks to my co-author Dr. Anna Pröpper, the link to the article can be found in the comments.