By Richard Owen, John Bessant, Maggy Heintz
ISBN-10: 1119966361
ISBN-13: 9781119966364
Science and innovation have the ability to rework our lives and the realm we are living in - for higher or worse – in ways in which frequently go beyond borders and generations: from the innovation of advanced monetary items that performed such a huge position within the contemporary monetary hindrance to present proposals to deliberately engineer our Earth’s weather. The promise of technology and innovation brings with it moral dilemmas and affects that are frequently doubtful and unpredictable: it's always just once those have emerged that we believe capable of regulate them. How will we adopt technology and innovation responsibly lower than such stipulations, in the direction of not just socially appropriate, yet socially fascinating targets and in a fashion that's democratic, equitable and sustainable? dependable innovation demanding situations us all to consider our tasks for the longer term, as scientists, innovators and voters, and to behave upon these.
This e-book starts off with an outline of the present panorama of innovation and in next chapters bargains views at the rising notion of accountable innovation and its ancient foundations, together with key components of a in charge innovation process and examples of functional implementation.
Written in a optimistic and available means, Responsible Innovation comprises chapters on:
- Innovation and its administration within the twenty first century
- A imaginative and prescient and framework for liable innovation
- Concepts of future-oriented accountability as an underpinning philosophy
- Values – delicate design
- Key issues of anticipation, mirrored image, deliberation and responsiveness
- Multi – point governance and regulation
- Perspectives on accountable innovation in finance, ICT, geoengineering and nanotechnology
Essentially multidisciplinary in nature, this landmark textual content combines learn from the fields of technology and expertise experiences, philosophy, innovation governance, company reports and past to deal with the query, “How can we make sure the in charge emergence of technology and innovation in society?”
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References Adams, W. and Jeanrenaud, S. (2008) Transition to Sustainability: Towards a Diverse and Humane World, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Allen, T. (1977) Managing the Flow of Technology. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press. Anderson, C. (2004) The Long Tail. New York, Random House. Bason, C. (2011). Leading Public Sector Innovation. London, Policy Press. Benner, M. J. and M. L. Tushman (2003). Exploitation, exploration, and process management: the productivity dilemma revisited. The Academy of Management Review 28(2): 238.
But we extend this ambition to the practice of science. Much science is curiosity-driven, producing knowledge and understanding that is not intentionally directed at value creation in a narrower sense. It could be argued that there is less justification for applying such a framework in such circumstances, at least initially. , in the fields of quantum mechanics and molecular 30 Responsible Innovation biology) have been, and continue to be, an important catalyst for innovation. Recognizing this, the potential (beneficial) impact – economic and social – of even curiosity-driven research is now an increasingly important funding consideration.
2 The extreme conditions posed by this market forced the search for new approaches and involved the transfer of concepts originating in the fast food industry, which in turn came from the mass production ideas of Henry Ford (Tidd and Bessant, 2009). Extreme conditions are also found in crisis situations where humanitarian agencies are forced to solve problems quickly and creatively. , 2010). Another aspect of opening up the involvement space is the considerable untapped potential of employees within the organization.