Mechanisms of Continuous Adaptation
Keywords:
artificial intelligence capabilities, business model innovation, strategic adaptation, adaptive governance, collaborative resilience, strategic renewalAbstract
Artificial intelligence is transforming value creation by altering how organizations sense change, coordinate resources, govern uncertainty, and renew business models. This editorial synthesizes six complementary mechanisms of continuous adaptation: capability, governance, collaboration, optionality, legitimacy, and sensemaking, to explain why AI-enabled advantage depends less on technology alone than on organizational systems that repeatedly reconfigure strategic action.
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