Innovations and constant change are inevitable parts of our everyday lives. It is not only because advanced technologies are more effective, but mostly because in the 21st century more and more realise that scarce resources – among them the safe and clean environment as such - necessitate a paradigm change and intense innovation. This revolution is easily trackable in the organisational and (supra)national policies. However, innovation, and its necessary prerequisites are seldom investigated from the individuals’ point of view.It is easy to understand that inter-organisational trust is inevitable on both the consumers’ and the providers’ (innovators’) side, however, it has to be made clear that an innovative organisation has to create a trusting environment within the company, in order to foster collaboration, the generation of new ideas, creativity and finally innovation.The present paper endeavours to call attention to the notion of trust and its antecedents and consequences in relation to innovations. The aim is to provide assistance in understanding how to develop trust in each other and hence foster further innovations and development.

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创新：信任的作用

创新和不断变化是我们日常生活中不可避免的部分。这不仅是因为先进技术更有效，而且主要是因为在 21 世纪，越来越多的人意识到稀缺资源——其中包括安全和清洁的环境——需要进行范式转变和强烈创新。这场革命在组织和（超）国家政策中很容易被追踪。然而，很少从个人的角度研究创新及其必要的先决条件。很容易理解，消费者和提供者（创新者）双方的组织间信任是不可避免的，但是，它有明确指出，创新型组织必须在公司内部创造一个相互信任的环境，以促进协作、产生新想法，创造力，最后是创新。本文致力于引起人们对信任概念及其与创新相关的前因和后果的关注。目的是帮助理解如何建立彼此的信任，从而促进进一步的创新和发展。