AI capabilities and circular intellectual capital
Exploring the role of AI capabilities in developing circular intellectual capital: A multi-dimensional perspective
Abbas, J., Fazal, A., Ferraris, A., & Rozsa, Z. (2026). Exploring the role of AI capabilities in developing circular intellectual capital: A multi-dimensional perspective. Journal of Intellectual Capital. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-02-2026-0087
In brief. The study examined how technological, human, organisational and data capabilities related to AI contribute to circular intellectual capital – human, structural and relational. It analysed 210 responses from middle and senior managers in Pakistan (SEM). AI technological capabilities influenced all dimensions; organisational and data capabilities strengthened structural and relational capital, but not human capital.
Implications.
- AI helps institutionalise circular routines and transparency but does not by itself change people's mindset.
- Investments in AI should go hand in hand with developing employees' skills.