Given the exceptional, positive role of innovation for economic and social progress, the underlying normative complexity has received only limited attention so far. Rather, a favourable view that considers innovation, mostly implicitly, as something good per se dominates the general understanding both in business and politics as well as in innovation research. In three independent publications, this dissertation explores the opportunities of responsible innovation and enables a more differentiated appraisal of the normative dimensions of innovation. In the face of increasingly complex ramifications of innovation and intensifying societal tensions, the dissertation contributes to the urgent re-politicisation of the concept.
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Given the exceptional, positive role of innovation for economic and social progress, the underlying normative complexity has received only limited attention so far. Rather, a favourable view that considers innovation, mostly implicitly, as something good per se dominates the general understanding both in business and politics as well as in innovation research. In three independent publications, this dissertation explores the opportunities of responsible innovation and enables a more differentiat...
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