The Evolution of AI in Business: A Topic Model Analysis of Research Trends — Bohr (2025)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming business practices, with large language models (LLMs) at the forefront of this change. While AI adoption is increasing, the process by which firms develop capabilities to leverage these technologies remains unclear. Here we apply structural topic modeling to over 5,000 research abstracts to map the thematic evolution of AI in business research from 2017 to 2023. We identify four primary themes—Customer Service, Future of Business, AI Adoption, and Ethics—and show an increasing emphasis on Customer Service and AI Adoption, while interest in…
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