Thematic topics included innovation processes in robotics, artificial intelligence, and societal transformation. Seven research papers were presented from the working group: Jessica Birkholz presented on "Do not judge a business idea by its cover: a machine learning approach to retrieve the impact of innovative and non-innovative business idea content on their incorporation success". Katharina Friz presented her paper on "A question of regulation or motivation? Green innovation activities in transition economies" and chaired the corresponding session. Ann Hipp presented a paper in collaboration with Martin Kalthaus (University of Jena) on "Firm Entry, Value Chain Position and Industry Dynamics" and chaired the corresponding session. She also presented a paper with Thore-Sören Bischoff and Petrik Runst (University of Göttingen) on "Trust and innovation in German regions". Matheus E. Leusin presented the paper "The impact of AI Techniques on Relatedness and Complexity of Corporate Inventions - Evidence from a Matched Pair Analysis of Multinational Enterprises (2011-2019)". Björn Jindra presented on "Measuring AI adoption and diffusion in the private sector" and chaired the corresponding session. Mariia Shkolnykova presented her paper entitled "Assessing the importance of proximity dimensions for the diffusion of radical innovations in German biotechnology."

The research papers presented at the conference are mostly part of the cumulative dissertation or habilitation projects of the presenters and are understood as contributions to Schumpeterian economic research. The presenters thank for the many valuable comments and discussions during the international conference.