ABSTRACT

We investigate opening up, a crucial aim of responsible innovation, in the situation of companies initiating sector-wide change in order to take societal responsibility. Two case studies in agriculture were conducted, using a framing perspective that enlightens how issues are (re-)defined and acquire meaning in conversations. For both industry-led innovation initiatives, this showed when and how the initiatives’ issue frames opened up and closed down. The results suggest that the inclusion of actors is not the panacea for opening up the innovation processes, given that responsiveness seemed more relevant. Furthermore, we confirm that closing down may occur simultaneously with opening up and as such is an inherent part of responsible innovation processes. Hence, in addition to the advocated opening up, the question of how to balance it with closing down in order to arrive at collaborative action deserves full attention.

摘要

我们调查在公司发起全行业变革以承担社会责任的情况下的开放，这是负责任创新的关键目标。使用框架视角进行了两个农业案例研究，该视角启发了问题如何（重新）定义并在对话中获得意义。对于这两个行业主导的创新计划，这表明了计划的议题框架何时以及如何打开和关闭。结果表明，考虑到响应性似乎更相关，将参与者包括在内并不是开放创新过程的灵丹妙药。此外，我们确认关闭可能与打开同时发生，因此这是负责任的创新过程的固有部分。因此，除了主张开放外，