TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridgework ahead! Innovation ecosystems vis-à-vis responsible innovation
AU - Foley, Rider
AU - Wiek, Arnim
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on an earlier version of this article. This research was undertaken with support by CNS-ASU, funded by the National Science Foundation (cooperative agreement nos. 0531194 and 0937591). This research was initially presented at the AAAS conference in Boston, MA, and the authors would like to thank the judges, fellow scholars, and visitors that strengthened this work with their comments and critiques. The findings and observations contained in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - Public funding agencies largely support academic research as an effort to stimulate future product commercialization and foster broader societal benefits. Yet, translating research nurtured in academic settings into such outcomes is complex and demands functional interactions between government, academic, and industry, i.e., “triple helix,” organizations within an innovation ecosystem. This article argues that in the spirit of responsible innovation, research funding should build bridges that extend beyond the triple helix stakeholders to connect to peripheral organizations. To support that argument, evidence from agent network analysis gathered from two case studies reveals strong and weak connections, as well as gaps within innovation ecosystems in Switzerland and metropolitan Phoenix, USA. This article offers insights on how innovation ecosystems are aligned or misaligned with responsible innovation.
AB - Public funding agencies largely support academic research as an effort to stimulate future product commercialization and foster broader societal benefits. Yet, translating research nurtured in academic settings into such outcomes is complex and demands functional interactions between government, academic, and industry, i.e., “triple helix,” organizations within an innovation ecosystem. This article argues that in the spirit of responsible innovation, research funding should build bridges that extend beyond the triple helix stakeholders to connect to peripheral organizations. To support that argument, evidence from agent network analysis gathered from two case studies reveals strong and weak connections, as well as gaps within innovation ecosystems in Switzerland and metropolitan Phoenix, USA. This article offers insights on how innovation ecosystems are aligned or misaligned with responsible innovation.
KW - Boundary spanning
KW - Emerging technologies
KW - Innovation ecosystem
KW - Nanotechnology
KW - Responsible innovation
KW - Shared learning
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U2 - 10.1007/s11051-017-3770-5
DO - 10.1007/s11051-017-3770-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85013634003
SN - 1388-0764
VL - 19
JO - Journal of Nanoparticle Research
JF - Journal of Nanoparticle Research
IS - 2
M1 - 83
ER -