Innovation, Uncertainty and Relational Governance
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- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Industry and Innovation
- Vol. 13 (2) , 127-133
Abstract
What is relational governance (RG)? What problems is it meant to solve? Under what conditions is it effective? The question posed by the editors of this issue is a welcome occasion for reflection on a widely used but multiple meaning concept and on its virtues and limits. In particular, I shall address the question of what properties RG precisely has in governing innovation. Answering this question leads to distinguishing four types of RG with different capacities of dealing with uncertainty.Keywords
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