Strategies for Responsible Innovation

Auteur

André Martinuzzi is founder and Director of the Institute for Managing Sustainability and Associate Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. For more than 20 years, he has co-ordinated EU projects on corporate social responsibility, sustainability management, Responsible Innovation, and the circular economy.

Florian Findler was a postdoctoral researcher and project manager at the Institute for Managing Sustainability at WU Vienna, Austria. His research focused on corporate sustainability, Responsible Innovation, and sustainability in higher education. He is currently manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Germany, focusing on sustainability in transactions.

Alexander Graf was a postdoctoral researcher and project manager at the Institute for Managing Sustainability at WU Vienna. His research focuses on responsible sourcing, mining policies, and the circular economy. He is currently senior consultant at Kumi Consulting Ltd., focusing on mandatory due diligence.

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Focusing on business opportunities and how Responsible Innovation can be successfully implemented in practice, this book captures experiences and insights from key decision-makers in business, politics and academia, to illustrate how responsible business can work in the highy competitive area of innovation.

Résumé

How can responsible business work in the highly competitive areas of innovation? Focusing on business opportunities and illustrating how Responsible Innovation can be successfully implemented in practice, this book captures experiences and insights from key decisionmakers in business, politics, and academia, to answer this question. In addition to interviews with leading thinkers in the field, Strategies for Responsible Innovation describes the experiences of eight EU projects and provides tools for Responsible Innovation in the business sector.

The examples in this book illustrate how to move from a vague societal aspiration to a business case for Responsible Innovation, and provide a compelling argument for collaboration at the important intersection between government, business, and academia. In this way, Responsible Innovation transcends a singular market-based approach to deliver value at many levels, co-creating in a truly inclusive manner. The book sheds light on the strategic benefits of applying the concept of Responsible Innovation in practice and offers concrete tools for its implementation.

Aimed primarily at managers of innovation processes in organizations, and consultants and facilitators working on Responsible Innovation and sustainability management, the book also provides insight into the logic and principles of Responsible Innovation management for academics, policy-makers, and civil society organizations, helping them better communicate their requirements to business.

Contenu

Part A: Insights and challenges A1. European values and the global race for innovation A2. Why Europe needs system-wide innovations A3. An innovation vision for Europe's business sector A4. Responsibility and transformational change in innovation systems A5. Sustainability innovations in industry-academy collaborations A6. A decade of Responsible Research and Innovation A7. Responsible Innovation in our future homes A8. Responsible Innovation and artificial intelligence A9. From science to fiction and back A10. Innovation and Virtual Reality Part B: Projects and experiences B1. RESPONSIBLE INDUSTRY: First Steps Towards the Inclusion of Responsible Research and Innovation in Industry B2. COMPASS: Small and Medium Sized Enterprises on course to Responsible Innovation B3. PRISMA: A standard to go beyond the status quo and roadmaps to innovate responsibly B4. I am RRI: Roles of Responsible Research and Innovation Keys in the Additive Manufacturing Webs of Innovation Value Chains and Business B5. SISCODE: Responsible Research and Innovation operationalization in ecosystems through co-creation B6. SeeRRI: Bridging the gap between Responsible Innovation and Environmental Economics B7. RRI2SCALE: Responsible Research and Innovation ecosystems at Regional Scale B8. DigiTeRRI: Responsible Innovation in industry territories Part C: Tools and methods C1. Exploring the business case for Responsible Innovation: How to shift the perception of Responsible Innovation from risk to opportunity C2. Co-Creating Innovations: How to engage with users and citizens in Responsible Innovation C3. Responsible design thinking: How to integrate responsibility and sustainability into design thinking processes C4. Real life inclusion: How to innovate with low socio-economic status families C5. Inclusive Workshops: How to Facilitate Workshops with Blind and Visually Impaired Participants