The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises

Thomas B. Long, Vincent Blok, Steven Dorrestijn, Phil Macnaghten

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Abstract

Innovation leads to new products, business models and even changes to socio-economic systems. However, it is important that innovation has the ‘right impacts’. Responsible innovation can help to achieve this; however, it is unclear how to introduce responsible innovation to real-world, competitive, industry settings. We explore this challenge in the context of sustainability orientated start-up enterprises, developing innovations within agriculture, food or energy. We develop a tool that provides innovators with a systematic way to identify socio-ethical issues. Using the concept of experiential learning, we track the impact of the tool across 12 cases. For the tool to install responsible innovation, we propose that a full learning cycle must be completed. We find evidence that the tool can enable a full learning cycle and provide a method to identify socio-ethical factors. We contribute by articulating and operationalising an approach to introduce responsible innovation principles into real-world contexts.
LanguageEnglish
Pages1-31
JournalJournal of Responsible Innovation
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 16 May 2019

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Long, Thomas B. ; Blok, Vincent ; Dorrestijn, Steven ; Macnaghten, Phil. / The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises. In: Journal of Responsible Innovation. 2019 ; pp. 1-31.
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Long, TB, Blok, V, Dorrestijn, S & Macnaghten, P 2019, 'The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises', Journal of Responsible Innovation, pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2019.1608785

The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises. / Long, Thomas B.; Blok, Vincent; Dorrestijn, Steven; Macnaghten, Phil.

In: Journal of Responsible Innovation, 16.05.2019, p. 1-31.

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Long TB, Blok V, Dorrestijn S, Macnaghten P. The design and testing of a tool for developing responsible innovation in start-up enterprises. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 2019 May 16;1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2019.1608785

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