Governance of new product development and perceptions of responsible innovation in the financial sector: insights from an ethnographic case study

Journal of Responsible Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-30

  Asante, Keren ^a   Owen, Richard ^a   Williamson, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Fidelity Investments   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

financial innovation; governance; new product development; responsibility; responsible innovation; stage gating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989802125     PISSN: 23299460     EISSN: 23299037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2014.882552     Document Type: Article

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