Look who's talking: responsible innovation, the paradox of dialogue and the voice of the other in communication and negotiation processes

Journal of Responsible Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-190

  Blok, Vincent ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

communication; responsible innovation; responsiveness; stakeholder dialogue; wicked problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962171346     PISSN: 23299460     EISSN: 23299037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2014.924239     Document Type: Article

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