| Title: |
Balancing Anticipatory and Deliberative Governance in Public–Private Partnerships for Responsible Innovation: The role of corporate innovation capabilities |
| Authors: |
Larkin, David; Jaspersen, Lena; Pandza, Krsto |
| Contributors: |
European Commission |
| Source: |
Organization Studies ; volume 46, issue 9, page 1257-1281 ; ISSN 0170-8406 1741-3044 |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Description: |
Accelerating technological change is expanding the role of corporations in public–private partnerships for responsible innovation. While existing research emphasizes the importance of deliberative processes for responsible innovation, little is known about how corporate innovation capabilities impact such processes. Through an in-depth case study of Quayside, a Canadian smart city project, we examine how established corporate innovation capabilities shape public deliberation for responsible innovation. Our findings expose intricate challenges that arise when public entities grant corporations significant authority over innovation processes intended to be deliberative. We critically assess the effectiveness of widely embraced approaches to open innovation and human-centric design, showing that, without reflexivity, these capabilities can give rise to an imbalance between two critical modes of governance for responsible innovation: anticipatory and deliberative. Corporate self-referentiality and business interests drive anticipatory governance, reinforcing corporate expertise and promoting the instrumental use of resources and capabilities to engage citizens as consumers. When corporations lack the reflexivity needed to align this approach with expectations for meaningful public participation in a democratic context, this can derail rather than inform responsible innovation processes. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1177/01708406251336023 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406251336023; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01708406251336023; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/01708406251336023 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9F01306B |
| Database: |
BASE |