The concept of mutual responsiveness is currently based on little empirical data in the literature of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). This paper explores RRI’s idea of mutual responsiveness in the light of recent RRI case studies on private sector research and development (R&D). In RRI, responsible innovation is understood as a joint endeavour of innovators and societal stakeholders, who become mutually responsive to each other in defining the ‘right impacts’ of the innovation in society, and in steering the innovation towards realising those impacts. Yet, the case studies identified several reasons for why the idea of mutual responsiveness does not always appear feasible or desirable in actual R&D situations. Inspired by the discrepancies between theory and practice, we suggest three further elaborations for the concept of responsiveness in RRI. Process-responsiveness is suggested for identifying situations that require stakeholder involvement specifically during R&D. Product-responsiveness is suggested for mobilising the potential of innovation products to be adaptable according to diverse stakeholder needs. Presponsiveness is suggested as responsiveness towards stakeholders that are not (yet) reachable at a given time of R&D. Our aim is to contribute to a more tangible understanding of responsiveness in RRI, and suggest directions for further analysis in upcoming RRI case studies.

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创作张力：适应私营部门研究与发展的相互反应

相互响应的概念目前基于“负责任的研究与创新”（RRI）文献中的经验数据很少。本文根据有关私营部门研究与开发（R＆D）的最新RRI案例研究，探索了RRI的相互响应概念。在RRI中，负责任的创新被理解为创新者和社会利益相关者的共同努力，他们在定义创新对社会的“正确影响”并引导创新实现这些影响方面变得相互回应。然而，案例研究指出了在实际的R＆D情况下，相互响应的想法并不总是可行或合乎需要的几个原因。受理论与实践之间差异的启发，我们建议对RRI中的响应性概念进行三个进一步的阐述。建议使用过程响应能力来确定需要利益相关者参与的情况，特别是在研发期间。建议使用产品响应能力来调动创新产品的潜力，以根据不同的利益相关者的需求进行调整。建议将响应能力视为对在给定研发时间内尚未（尚未）达到的利益相关者的响应能力。我们的目标是有助于对RRI中的响应能力有更切实的了解，并为即将到来的RRI案例研究提供进一步分析的方向。建议使用产品响应能力来调动创新产品的潜力，以根据不同的利益相关者的需求进行调整。建议将响应能力视为对在给定研发时间内尚未（尚未）达到的利益相关者的响应能力。我们的目标是有助于对RRI中的响应能力有更切实的了解，并为即将到来的RRI案例研究提供进一步分析的方向。建议使用产品响应能力来调动创新产品的潜力，以根据不同的利益相关者的需求进行调整。建议将响应能力视为对在给定研发时间内尚未（尚未）达到的利益相关者的响应能力。我们的目标是对RRI中的响应能力做出更切实的了解，并为即将到来的RRI案例研究提供进一步分析的方向。