Operationalizing responsible research & innovation in industry through decision support in innovation practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Flipse ◽  
K.H. Van Dam ◽  
J. Stragier ◽  
T.J.C. Oude Vrielink ◽  
M.C.A. Van der Sanden
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Scenario Development ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Project Quality ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
Quality Assessments ◽  
Responsible Research

This paper presents a tool that can help innovators to operationalize responsible research & innovation (RRI) in industry and offers decision support in their innovation project management. This tool is based on an earlier method of project quality assessment to identify innovative project success-related key performance indicators (KPIs). Based on real-world data and using structural equation modelling, a model is developed that relates the KPIs to one another and provides innovators with the opportunity to compare quality scores of current projects to a database of earlier successful and less successful project quality assessments. Building on this model, using a rapid prototyping approach based simulation and modelling, a scenario development tool has been developed that can predict success chances of current projects based on changing KPI score parameters. By highlighting the value of the KPIs in relation to RRI, and by elucidating what could be done to increase values of low scoring project KPIs, innovators who use the tool can evaluate possible actions they can deploy to increase the quality of their innovative projects, while simultaneously innovating in a more socially responsible way.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Collaborative Innovation Project Performance: The Case of China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7380
Author(s):  
Hong Liu ◽  
Zhihua Liu ◽  
Yongzeng Lai ◽  
Lin Li
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Benefit Distribution ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
The Incentive Mechanism ◽  
The Impact

This study conducted a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the influencing factors for collaborative innovation project (CIP) performance. First, a theoretical framework model was constructed, and then a structural equation model (SEM) was used for an empirical analysis of 199 CIPs. Furthermore, we divided the factors into tangible and intangible categories and considered the impact mechanism of nine typical factors on project performance. The results are as follows: (1) All nine factors had a significant positive impact on the performance of collaborative innovation projects, among which benefit distribution and collaborative innovation capability were the most important. (2) Benefit distribution, resource dependence, organizational climate, and collaborative innovation affected project performance, both directly and indirectly. (3) Effective communication, leadership support, knowledge sharing, and collaborative innovation ability only had a direct influence, while the incentive mechanism played only an indirect role. Finally, three suggestions were put forward on the idea of high-quality, sustainable development.

Food “buycott” as an ethical choice against mafia in Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Rivaroli ◽  
Arianna Ruggeri ◽  
Roberta Spadoni
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Type Systems ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Marketing Ethics ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
Critical Choice

Purpose As indicated in the Italian law (No. 109-1996), agri-food co-operatives can also play a role in combatting mafia-type systems by choosing to grow their food products in lands confiscated from mafia-type organisations. These food products provide individuals with a new opportunity to fight criminal organisations on the marketplace. The purpose of this study is to explore how people react to a social marketing initiative devoted to promoting food “buycotting” to counteract mafia-type organisations in Italy. Design/methodology/approach The data were obtained from a convenience sample of 339 Italians, and the study adopted a model inspired by the general theory of marketing ethics. A structural equation model was applied to estimate both the parameter and coefficient functions. Findings Individuals recognise the ethical value of “buycotting”. However, they perceive this form of critical choice as not yet being fully effective in counteracting mafia-type systems in Italy. Practical implications The results suggest that promotional and psychological approaches from marketing literature can be effectively used to influence the consumer’s ethical judgement by selectively communicating and emphasising the benefits of the critical consumption investigated. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to address consumers’ ethical judgments and their reactions towards buycotting food as a critical choice to reward socially responsible corporations.

scholarly journals Contextualizing Security Innovation: Responsible Research and Innovation at the Smart Border?

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Klimburg-Witjes ◽  
Frederik C. Huettenrauch
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Border Security ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Security Technologies ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Responsible Research

AbstractCurrent European innovation and security policies are increasingly channeled into efforts to address the assumed challenges that threaten European societies. A field in which this has become particularly salient is digitized EU border management. Here, the framework of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has recently been used to point to the alleged sensitivity of political actors towards the contingent dimensions of emerging security technologies. RRI, in general, is concerned with societal needs and the engagement and inclusion of various stakeholder groups in the research and innovation processes, aiming to anticipate undesired consequences of and identifying socially acceptable alternatives for emerging technologies. However, RRI has also been criticized as an industry-driven attempt to gain societal legitimacy for new technologies. In this article, we argue that while RRI evokes a space where different actors enter co-creative dialogues, it lays bare the specific challenges of governing security innovation in socially responsible ways. Empirically, we draw on the case study of BODEGA, the first EU funded research project to apply the RRI framework to the field of border security. We show how stakeholders involved in the project represent their work in relation to RRI and the resulting benefits and challenges they face. The paper argues that applying the framework to the field of (border) security lays bare its limitations, namely that RRI itself embodies a political agenda, conceals alternative experiences by those on whom security is enacted upon and that its key propositions of openness and transparency are hardly met in practice due to confidentiality agreements. Our hope is to contribute to work on RRI and emerging debates about how the concept can (or cannot) be contextualized for the field of security—a field that might be more in need than any other to consider the ethical dimension of its activities.

Foreword: Law, Medicine and Socially Responsible Research

1998 ◽  
Vol 24 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 153-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rebecca Holmes-Farley ◽  
Michael A. Grodin
Keyword(s):  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Research

scholarly journals THE LINKS AMONG CHARACTERISTICS, CONTROLS AND PERFORMANCE OF INTER-FIRM INNOVATION PROJECTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850015 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA CADIZ DYBALL ◽  
ANDY FENGFEI WANG
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Asset Specificity ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Social Controls ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
And Performance

This study aims to explore the effects of: (1) the project characteristics of asset specificity, uncertainty and complexity on the performance of, and, the use of formal and social controls in inter-firm innovation projects, and, (2) the use of formal and social controls on the performance of inter-firm innovation projects. In addition, the mediating role of the use of formal and social controls in the relationships between the characteristics and performance of inter-firm innovation projects is also examined. Survey data from 75 organisations in innovation–active industries in Australia were analysed using the structural equation modelling with the Partial Least Square technique. The results show that uncertainty and complexity affected performance of inter-firm innovation projects, but in opposite directions. Higher levels of uncertainty were associated with less use of social controls but higher levels of complexity were partnered with a greater use of both formal and social controls. The use of formal and social controls individually impacted on inter-firm innovation project performance. Finally, the use of formal and social controls played a partial mediating role in the relationships of uncertainty and complexity with inter-firm innovation performance. Responding to gaps in research, this study clarifies that asset specificity may be irrelevant whilst uncertainty and complexity may be highly relevant in the performance of, and, the use of controls in inter-firm innovation projects. The study offers valuable insights into how a complementary use of controls contributes to the performance of inter-firm innovation projects.

Perceptions of stakeholder pressure for supply-chain social responsibility and information disclosure by state-owned enterprises

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1027-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Garde Sánchez ◽  
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar ◽  
Antonio M. López Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Stakeholder Pressure ◽  
The Public Sphere

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of perceptions of pressure from stakeholders on the managers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) regarding the need to implement socially responsible policies in the supply chain and to disclose corporate social responsibility (CSR) information. The authors also analyse the benefits perceived by public managers from applying CSR in the supply chain and from the greater disclosure of CSR information. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire was developed, based on a set of items related to aspects of CSR, and taking into account previous research in this field. The authors also propose a theoretical model with which to analyse relations among the variables studied. This model was verified using structural equation modelling. Findings The results obtained are consistent with the proposed model and show that stakeholder pressure has a direct influence on the CSR policies applied by public managers regarding suppliers and information disclosure. The authors also find that public managers believe that applying socially responsible policies in their dealings with suppliers will benefit their business. Originality/value Although the question of CSR has been widely debated in the context of private business, very little research has addressed this question in the public sphere, especially in that of SOEs, regarding the practice of socially responsible management with suppliers. Aspects of social responsibility towards suppliers are of considerable importance and some complexity, particularly in public enterprises, which are sometimes the main or only consumer. A better understanding of the connections between these constructs will allow corporate decision makers, particularly those in public companies, to devise appropriate strategies for social responsibility in the supply chain and for the disclosure of CSR information, and thus incorporate stakeholders’ expectations into the design of these strategies.

scholarly journals Socially responsible research processes for sustainability transformation: an integrated assessment framework

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Daedlow ◽  
Aranka Podhora ◽  
Markus Winkelmann ◽  
Jürgen Kopfmüller ◽  
Rainer Walz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Sustainability Transformation ◽  
Responsible Research

scholarly journals The linkage of information quality to an executive decision support framework for the financial service sector of a developing economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Visvanathan Naicker ◽  
Denisha Jairam-Owthar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Maximum Likelihood Estimates ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Decision Support Framework ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

Background: Executives are steering organisations in our most turbulent economic times, whereby market disrupters are becoming the norm that are eradicating entire value chains of organisations. It is for this reason that decision support mechanisms for executives have become more critical than ever before. We have seen many leading organisations being reduced to market followers. This leaves many critical questions: What could the executives of those prior leading organisations have done to prevent this? Does the information that is being presented at various senior committees for decisions in an organisation contain information quality and is information quality linked to decisions made by executives?Objectives: This article presents mathematical evidence that information quality does form part of an executive decision support framework (EDSF) and confirms that information quality should form part of an EDSF.Method: A mixed method research approach was then followed where semi-structured interviews were held with chief information officers. The semi-structured interviews thereafter informed the survey questionnaires design. The survey questionnaires were statistically analysed using structural equation modelling and the maximum likelihood estimates method, to mathematically prove if information quality does form part of an EDSF.Results: This research provides evidence that information quality is linked to an EDSF and that information quality should form part of an EDSF.Conclusion: It is clear, therefore, that information quality is mathematically linked to an EDSF. Although information quality is made up of other latent variables that affect it, there is a strong correlation between information quality and an EDSF.

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