Lars Bo Jeppesen
Professor
Telephone
Office: +4538152948
Departments
Department of Strategy and Innovation
Room: KIL/14.A-2.82
Innovation
Digitalisation
Technology
Environment
Primary research areas
Innovation Search
My research explores innovation in the digital economy, examining how firms use digital communities, platforms, and AI to tap into external sources—crowds, communities, and collaborations—to advance innovation.
Innovation
The role of crowds in innovation
Digitization
The role of digital platforms and AI in innovation and strategy
Technology
Environment
The research helps understand the search for, development, and adoption of innovation and technology
My research focuses on innovation in the digital economy. I am interested in digital platforms, AI,
crowd-based innovation, crowdfunding, user communities.
Recent research projects
Artificial Intelligence as a Platform Technology
We analyze how AI—especially generative large-language models—resembles and operates as a technology platform.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5349634
Crowdfunding for Youth Entrepreneurship in Tanzania (C4YET)
C4YET examines how crowdfunding can overcome youth-financing barriers in Tanzania.
Systems of Use Innovation: Products plus Behaviors
We introduce the concept of “system of use innovation” where products and user behaviors combine to achieve a goal.