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Evidence (871 claims)

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Claims by outcome category

Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 1820 479 278 1820 4588
Organizational Efficiency 2711 616 401 173 3922
Governance & Regulation 2075 886 459 246 3714
Technology Adoption Rate 1467 530 258 206 2488
Decision Quality 1281 496 289 152 2228
Output Quality 1227 447 207 138 2025
AI Safety & Ethics 634 754 207 83 1688
Research Productivity 826 241 114 422 1624
Firm Productivity 1052 154 163 66 1441
Task Allocation 685 211 331 99 1335
Market Structure 433 423 242 46 1150
Innovation Output 639 91 105 34 871
Task Completion Time 476 113 43 36 672
Firm Revenue 445 126 58 25 656
Skill Acquisition 364 119 109 34 626
Consumer Welfare 288 167 104 31 592
Employment Level 214 140 174 50 582
Error Rate 230 251 35 16 535
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 268 136 71 50 532
Inequality Measures 100 307 96 12 515
Worker Satisfaction 221 173 60 30 484
Automation Exposure 155 138 65 36 398
Regulatory Compliance 171 120 30 13 335
Developer Productivity 222 58 27 13 321
Team Performance 188 56 50 24 320
Wages & Compensation 146 104 46 16 312
Training Effectiveness 207 41 21 26 298
Job Displacement 23 153 52 4 232
Hiring & Recruitment 102 57 30 11 202
Skill Obsolescence 16 102 24 6 148
Creative Output 71 42 23 6 143
Social Protection 57 30 11 3 101
Labor Share of Income 29 42 24 2 97
Worker Turnover 43 29 6 4 82
Industry 1 1
Science has a positive local effect on co-located digital and artistic activity while exerting a negative regional backwash effect that draws creative capacity away from neighbouring districts.
Spatial Durbin model estimating within-district and between-district effects for digital technology, science, and arts segments.
high mixed Below critical mass: Marshallian constraints, Jacobian syner... Digital and artistic specialization within districts and in neighbouring distric...
Creative agglomeration in Slovakia is conditional on reaching segment-specific density thresholds and is shaped by asymmetric cross-district spillovers and industrial legacy.
District-level analysis using segment-specific location quotients, population density, manufacturing specialization, a spatial Durbin model, random-forest simulations, and breakpoint tests.
high mixed Below critical mass: Marshallian constraints, Jacobian syner... Segment-specific creative specialization and agglomeration
Governance-by-design may shift innovation toward safer and more auditable systems, while potentially slowing time-to-market.
Theoretical and interpretive analysis of how embedded compliance requirements may affect product design and innovation incentives; no quantitative innovation or time-to-market estimate is provided.
high mixed Governing at a distance: The EU AI act and GDPR as twin pill... AI product design, system auditability, and time-to-market
Digital-green synergy is more strongly associated with strategic, breakthrough, and exploitative innovation than with substantive, incremental, and exploratory innovation.
The study compares associations across different innovation types using panel-level empirical analysis.
high mixed Digital-green synergy and corporate innovation efficiency: K... Innovation output by type, including strategic, breakthrough, exploitative, subs...
Data volume alone does not guarantee innovation; data quality and effective use are more important for realizing innovation value.
Review synthesis citing Ghasemaghaei and Calic (2020), which is listed in the evidence table as a firm-innovation study.
high mixed Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning Inte... Firm innovation associated with big-data use.
The magnitude of the AI–green technology innovation relationship depends on local economic, industrial, and innovation conditions rather than being uniform across cities.
Distributional estimates from panel quantile regression and heterogeneity analyses by city size, resource dependence, and regional location.
high mixed Artificial intelligence development promotes green technolog... Green technology innovation measured by approved renewable-energy-related patent...
The strength of the positive AI–green technology innovation relationship varies by city size, resource dependence, and regional location; it is relatively stronger in large cities, more stable in non-resource-rich cities, and strongest in western China.
Heterogeneity analysis stratifying the city-level panel by city size, resource dependence, and geographic region.
high mixed Artificial intelligence development promotes green technolog... Green technology innovation measured by approved renewable-energy-related patent...
Benchmark incentives structure the AI community's innovation efforts by motivating researchers to design systems that compete well on established benchmarks.
Conceptual argument supported by citations to Orr and Kang (2024); no original causal or quantitative analysis is reported.
high mixed The Benchmark Trap: Structures of Power and Injustice in AI ... Direction and diversity of AI research and innovation activity
Generative AI accelerates creative content production and cultural circulation while altering the returns to different forms of DFC.
Theoretical synthesis linking generative AI, creative labor, and digital-capital returns; no large-scale quantitative causal test is reported.
high mixed Digital Footprint Capital: AI, identity, and the algorithmic... Creative production, cultural circulation, and returns to digital capital
Heightened security concerns are expected to accelerate dual-use AI research and increase tensions between broad diffusion for economic growth and controls intended to manage security risks.
Forward-looking analysis of dual-use research incentives, export controls, vetting regimes, and provenance tracing; no empirical estimates of research growth or control effects were provided.
high mixed FROM WHOLE OF SOCIETY RESILIENCE TO INTEGRATED DETERRENCE. H... Dual-use AI research activity and international R&D collaboration
Neither unrestricted scientific openness nor wholesale technological decoupling is adequate: unrestricted openness creates security risks, while decoupling can stifle innovation.
Comparative conceptual reasoning contrasting the risks and costs of the two policy extremes; not supported by a new quantitative estimate.
high mixed Scientific Collaboration in the Age of <scp>AI</scp> Geopoli... Innovation and security consequences of alternative openness policies
Ex ante constraints may reduce incumbents' ability to use platform rents to subsidize risky AI research and development, potentially slowing some large-scale innovation, while also reducing anti-competitive foreclosure that can hinder startup innovation.
Trade-off analysis based on the legal and economic implications of ex ante platform regulation; no empirical estimate is provided.
high mixed The regulatory mechanism for gatekeepers in the digital mark... Innovation incentives and startup innovation
The paper's Digitally Enabled Fragmentation framework defines a condition in which digital technologies sustain global connectivity while geopolitical and institutional divisions constrain cross-border innovation activities.
Conceptual framework developed through structured literature review, open coding, axial coding, and theoretical integration across three analytical levels.
high mixed Navigating digital-geopolitical disruptions: reconfiguring G... Cross-border innovation connectivity under geopolitical and institutional fragme...
The positive relationship between AI application and green technological innovation operates partly through R&D investment, financing constraints, and managerial overconfidence.
The chapter's abstract and mechanism-analysis description identify these three channels; mechanism tests use firm-level fixed-effects regressions with differing available observations.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Transformation Corporate green technological innovation
The appearance of predicted relationships in later literature validates knowledge association emergence but does not establish technological feasibility, scalability, or commercial value.
The study uses later-literature emergence as temporal validation, while explicitly identifying the absence of direct evidence on commercial viability and technical scalability as a limitation.
high mixed Research on an Innovation Opportunity Identification Method ... Validity and limits of literature-based knowledge-link validation
The patent landscape reveals divergent geographical, actor, sectoral, and functional orientations rather than a single clear direction of the AI-enabled energy transition.
The study applies an anticipatory framework that classifies patenting across four dimensions: geographical, actor, sectoral, and functional.
high mixed Uncovering the directionality of innovation in artificial in... Directionality of upstream innovation activity
The jurisdictions differ in the types of actors responsible for patenting: private corporations dominate patenting in Europe, Japan, and the United States, whereas universities and public institutions play a larger role in China and South Korea.
Classification of patent applicants by actor type across the five jurisdictions in the patent-landscape analysis.
high mixed Uncovering the directionality of innovation in artificial in... Distribution of patenting activity by actor type
The moderating effect of digital transformation is concentrated in examination-intensive green invention patents and is absent for utility model registrations.
Outcome disaggregation comparing examination-intensive invention patents, which receive greater scrutiny, with utility model registrations.
high mixed Carbon Pricing, Digital Transformation, and Green Innovation... Green invention patent and utility model registration outcomes
The study measures formal inter-city innovation collaboration using joint patent applications and does not directly observe open-source, platform-based, remote, consulting, or informal knowledge-exchange collaboration.
The paper defines its empirical outcome using city-pair patent data and explicitly identifies the unobservability of non-patent collaboration channels as a limitation.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and the Reconfiguration of Innovatio... Observed formal inter-city innovation collaboration.
In the model’s new long-run equilibrium, innovative effort is higher but the productivity gains from innovation are lower because design longevity has declined.
The paper compares transitional and equilibrium outcomes after introducing a permanent increase in the obsolescence rate.
high mixed Technology overload? macroeconomic implications of accelerat... Innovative effort and productivity gains from innovation
Two standard models of data & artificial intelligence innovation project management were identified, which demonstrated various outputs in the studied institutional contexts.
Descriptive classification/typology produced in the study comparing two management models and their observed outputs across institutional contexts (methods and sample not specified in excerpt).
high mixed Improving the economic efficiency of data management and art... outputs of data & AI innovation projects (performance/output differences between...
Two standard models of data & artificial intelligence innovation project management were identified, which demonstrated various outputs in the studied institutional contexts.
Comparative classification/analysis reported in the paper identifying two project-management models and observing differing outputs across institutional/cluster contexts; methodological details and sample size not provided in the excerpt.
high mixed Підвищення економічної ефективності управління даними та шту... outputs of data & AI innovation project management models (varied across context...
Digital platform concentration can either promote or hinder green innovation and sustainable development.
Conceptual analysis linking platform concentration to potential positive and negative effects on green innovation; literature-informed discussion without empirical quantification.
high mixed Competition in the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligen... impact of platform concentration on green innovation and sustainability outcomes
There is substantial variation of model efficiency within companies; a firm can train two models with more than 40x compute efficiency difference.
Within-firm comparisons of models in the dataset showing instances where two models from the same developer differ in compute efficiency by a factor greater than 40.
high mixed Is there "Secret Sauce'' in Large Language Model Development... within-firm compute-efficiency variation (ratio of compute required for models a...
The importance of developer-specific advantages depends on where models lie in the performance distribution.
Heterogeneous effect estimates across performance quantiles/regions of the performance distribution reported in regression analysis.
high mixed Is there "Secret Sauce'' in Large Language Model Development... heterogeneity of developer efficiency across performance quantiles
AI influences agricultural pollutant emissions through green innovation capacity: it initially boosts but later weakens firms’ green innovation capacity.
Mechanism analysis reported in the paper based on firm-level empirical work (semi-parametric additive model); the authors report a nonlinear effect of AI on green innovation capacity (first positive then negative), affecting emissions outcomes.
Generative AI is changing how software is produced and used.
Stated as background premise in the paper (abstract). No empirical data reported in the abstract.
high mixed Vibe Coding Kills Open Source change in software production and use
The effect of AI washing on the technological gap is also mediated by industry-level R&D investment.
Mediation analysis showing industry R&D intensity channels part of the AI-washing → technological gap relationship using panel data of China's A-share firms (2007–2022).
high mixed Unveiling AI washing: Bridging corporate technological gaps ... corporate technological gap (mediated by industry-level R&D investment)
The effect of AI washing on the technological gap is mediated by firm-level R&D investment.
Mediation analysis conducted on the same A-share firm panel (2007–2022) showing internal R&D investment transmits part of the AI-washing effect to the technological gap.
high mixed Unveiling AI washing: Bridging corporate technological gaps ... corporate technological gap (mediated by internal R&D investment)
AI washing initially widens the technological gap (stifles innovation) at low levels, but after a threshold it narrows the gap as firms adapt.
Interpretation of the inverted U-shaped regression results from the panel of China's A-share listed firms (2007–2022); reported sign change across AI-washing intensity.
There is a significant inverted U-shaped relationship between 'AI washing' and the corporate technological gap.
Empirical analysis using panel data of China's A-share listed firms (2007–2022); regression models testing nonlinear (quadratic) relationship.
Invention alone is insufficient to create game-changing businesses; real transformation requires alignment of technological advances with business models, organizational capabilities, ecosystem coordination, and societal purpose.
Argument supported by multiple qualitative case studies from sectors such as cinema, digital platforms, entertainment, energy systems, and AI described in the chapter.
high mixed Game-Changing Businesses likelihood that inventions become game-changing businesses
While U.S.-led semiconductor export controls reliably generate short-term disruption and frontier delay, they tend to narrow rather than widen long-term capability gaps unless paired with sustained multilateral coordination and domestic innovation reinforcement.
Synthesis of the four-indicator analytical framework applied to qualitative data and comparative policy responses from 2019–2025; argument based on observed short-term impacts and longer-term adaptation patterns in case studies.
high mixed Strategic Technology Denial: Assessing the Effectiveness of ... long-term capability gap between rivals
Sustained denial pressure systemically reallocates and intensifies innovation effort, accelerating domestic investment, architectural redesign, and the formation of parallel innovation pathways.
Comparative analyses and case studies showing shifts in R&D focus, reported increases in domestic investment and architectural redesign efforts in response to export controls (qualitative evidence, 2019–2025 period).
high mixed Strategic Technology Denial: Assessing the Effectiveness of ... innovation response (investment, redesign, alternative pathways)
While IPRs incentivize innovation, they also generate monopolistic power.
Theoretical argument and literature review contrasting incentive effects of IPRs with their monopolistic consequences; no reported empirical sample size.
high mixed Knowledge capitalism: The legal enclosure of intangibles Balance between innovation incentives and monopoly power created by IPRs
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming Nepal's socio-economic landscape, with far-reaching implications across diverse sectors.
High-level assertion in the paper summarizing perceived impact; supported by the paper's sectoral analyses but no quantitative national-level metrics reported in the excerpt.
high mixed Translating Nepal’s National AI Policy into Action: Strategi... socio-economic transformation (broad)
Platform laborers play an indispensable yet hidden role in building and sustaining AI systems.
Eight-month ethnography of Bangladesh's platform labor industry; qualitative observations and interviews (duration reported; sample size not stated in abstract).
high mixed Ghostcrafting AI: Under the Rug of Platform Labor the contribution of platform laborers to the production and maintenance of AI sy...
The external institutional environment (notably government R&D subsidies and intellectual property protection) significantly moderates these relationships: it generally weakens (diminishes) the positive effect of centrality but strengthens the positive effect of structural holes during the rapid expansion phase.
Moderation tests incorporating measures of government R&D subsidies and intellectual property protection interacting with centrality and structural-hole variables in models of regional innovation performance using provincial patent data (2010–2024).
high mixed Sustainable Innovation Networks in China’s AI Industry: How ... moderated effect on regional collaborative innovation performance
There is an inverted U-shaped relationship between structural holes (brokerage positions) in the network and regional collaborative innovation performance.
Regression analyses using structural-hole measures derived from provincial patent-collaboration networks (2010–2024) showing a quadratic association with regional innovation performance.
high mixed Sustainable Innovation Networks in China’s AI Industry: How ... regional collaborative innovation performance
There is an inverted U-shaped relationship between network centrality and regional collaborative innovation performance across different developmental stages.
Statistical analysis relating provincial centrality measures (from SNA on patent co-application networks, 2010–2024) to regional collaborative innovation performance, reported as an inverted U-shaped (quadratic) effect.
high mixed Sustainable Innovation Networks in China’s AI Industry: How ... regional collaborative innovation performance (innovation output inferred from p...
Comparative analysis shows China's move toward self-reliant AI stacks (e.g., Huawei Ascend chips) and policy-driven innovation, contrasting with U.S. capital-intensive models.
Comparative synthesis using external benchmarks/reports (MERICS, RAND) and the authors' analysis; examples cited (Huawei Ascend).
high mixed The State of Enterprise-Level AI Commercialization in China:... technological stack orientation and policy influence
The impact of the NAIPZ/DIT policy on corporate GI is heterogeneous and is moderated by firm size and industry characteristics.
Heterogeneity analysis reported in the paper showing differential policy effects across firms of different sizes and across industry types.
high mixed How Urban Digital and Intelligent Transformation Affects Cor... corporate green innovation (GI)
Generative AI is transforming work, creativity, and economic security in ways that extend beyond automation and productivity.
Conceptual framing supported by the paper's hybrid approach (labour market modelling, sectoral diffusion analysis, policy review, qualitative critique); no empirical sample size reported for this general claim.
high mixed Beyond Automation: Rethinking Work, Creativity, and Governan... transformation of work, creativity, and economic security (aggregate)
Innovation capability and logistics efficiency appear to function as complementary mechanisms linking perceived AI utilization to perceived firm performance, with a smaller capability-to-process (innovation→efficiency) pathway.
Interpretation based on the pattern of significant individual and sequential indirect effects from the mediation analyses on the n=254 cross-sectional survey; authors characterize the mediators as complementary with a smaller capability-to-process path.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence Utilization and Perceived Firm Perfo... relative roles of innovation capability and logistics efficiency as mediators
The research contributes by connecting AI adoption to inclusive economic modernization and proposing a governance-based framework for managing its risks in low- and middle-income contexts.
Originality / Value section claims conceptual contribution and a proposed governance framework; based on the paper's synthesis of comparative data and theoretical discussion (not an empirically validated framework in this study).
high mixed Economic and Financial Implications of Artificial Intelligen... conceptual linkage between AI adoption and inclusive economic modernization; exi...
There are two distinct regional catch-up trajectories: Digital Leapfrogging in the Baltic States and Industrial Deepening in the Visegrad Group.
Systematic empirical documentation across the Visegrad Group and Baltic States (2022–2025) using the paper's assessment approach; patterns labeled and interpreted by the author.
high mixed AI-Education and Innovation Competitiveness: EU Moderate Inn... regional catch-up trajectories in AI-driven innovation and development
The LCCP effect on AI industry development varies across local contexts, with stronger effects observed in established innovation hubs and in some follower regions undergoing industrial transition.
Heterogeneity analyses in the staggered DID framework on the 285-city panel (2007–2022) that split the sample by city type/region (innovation hubs vs. followers/industrial-transition regions) and report differential policy coefficients.
high mixed Do low-carbon cities hinder AI industry growth? Evidence fro... city-level AI enterprise development (heterogeneous treatment effects across cit...
Interpreting task-based automation models alongside endogenous-growth and open-innovation frameworks clarifies why similar AI investments may lead to divergent structural outcomes.
Theoretical synthesis combining task-based automation literature with endogenous-growth and open-innovation models, illustrated by examples from the reviewed empirical literature (2015–2025).
high mixed The Impact of Artificial Intelligence as a General-Purpose T... divergence in structural outcomes following similar AI investments
The paper develops an integrative innovation-ecosystem framework linking three core transmission channels: (i) total factor productivity (TFP), (ii) task reallocation and labor-market restructuring, and (iii) innovation and knowledge-generation dynamics.
Conceptual framework constructed by the authors via integrative review of theoretical and empirical literature from 2015–2025; framework synthesizes mechanisms reported across studies.
high mixed The Impact of Artificial Intelligence as a General-Purpose T... structural transformation via linked transmission channels (TFP, task reallocati...
AI has a significant positive impact on value chain upgrading in the eastern and western regions of China, while its effect in the central region is insignificant.
Region-specific panel regressions / heterogeneity analysis using the 30-province 2010–2022 panel split by region; reported significance levels for eastern, western, and central subsamples.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on value chain upgradi... value chain upgrading in the equipment manufacturing industry (by region)