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AI Innovation in Business: How Artificial Intelligence Can Create Value for Organizations
Author(s): Jonny Holmström (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: May 18, 2026
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 120 pages
- ISBN-10: 1041227752
- ISBN-13: 9781041227755
Book Description
Unlike many AI books that take a purely technical or cheerleading angle, this book bridges strategy, management, technology, and policy to demystify the AI revolution and tackle the urgent question facing today’s leaders: How can we truly unlock value from AI?
Championing an ecosystem approach, Jonny Holmström reveals that capturing AI’s full value is not just a technical hurdle but a strategic and organizational challenge that demands new ways of thinking and collaborating beyond the walls of any single company. Readers will discover how an ecosystem approach – coordinating efforts across departments, companies, and even industries – can turn isolated AI experiments into transformative business value. Blending real-world case studies, cutting-edge research, and pragmatic frameworks, the book provides a roadmap to sustainable AI innovation, from preparing your organization for AI (“AI readiness”) to forging data strategies and addressing ethical dilemmas.
For business leaders, IT professionals, and policymakers alike, this is essential reading for those looking to harness AI’s potential responsibly and strategically―not merely as a tool, but as a catalyst for reinventing the future of business.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The margin between AI hype and substance is extremely thin. But AI Innovation in Business cuts right through the AI hype and offers a clear, practitioner-ready playbook. Timely, grounded, insightful, and immediately useful―Jonny Holmström wrote the concise guide managers need to create sustainable value from AI.” Jan Recker, Professor, University of Hamburg
“A sharp and inspiring take on the AI-first paradigm, Holmström’s book positions AI as a ‘generative engine’ reshaping how organizations think and act. Through the Organizational, Relational, and Ecosystem views, it captures the profound shift toward an AI-first world where intelligence drives every layer of value creation, where machine learning is at the core of business strategy.” Carl Piva, CEO, The Swedish Internet Foundation
“As an accomplished digital innovation researchers and close collaborator with industry leaders, Holmström has over the past decade developed cutting-edge knowledge about the opportunities and challenges afforded by AI. His recent book AI Innovation in Business presents the key insights from these efforts, in an easy to read and comprehensive form that professionals, entrepreneurs and executives will find engaging, provocative and useful. It is a must read.” Lars Mathiassen, Professor, Georgia State University
About the Author
Jonny Holmströmis a renowned scholar and advisor at the forefront of digital innovation and AI management. He serves as a Professor of Informatics at Umeå University in Sweden, where he co-founded and directs the Swedish Center for Digital Innovation (SCDI), a leading interdisciplinary research center that collaborates with industry to advance digital transformation knowledge. Over a career spanning two decades, Dr. Holmström has built an international reputation for bridging academic insights with real-world impact.
