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How are large language models changing the way we study innovation? As LLMs shift from data extraction to generation, new questions around the validity and representativeness of their use in research arise. What can model-generated simulations actually reveal about real firms and markets, and their innovation activity? These are the questions shaping the 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: validating LLM-based measurement of innovation, technology adoption, and organisational characteristics from web data 𝗟𝗟𝗠𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗮: simulating firms, markets, and economic agents, and probing the limits of synthetic data and generative inference 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗔𝗜: autonomous, tool-using pipelines for large-scale web crawling and knowledge extraction 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲: what LLM-mediated evidence can and cannot tell us about real economic systems 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: green and digital transitions, technology diffusion, regional development, and institutional economics Submissions for presentation are now open. Submit your abstract before 𝟭𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 for a chance to present your work. No paper to present but keen to join the discussion? Register as a participant. 𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: 9 November 2026, Mannheim and online. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: https://lnkd.in/eK2uMnYt #marketintelligence #istari #webai #innovationresearch