TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of national culture on responsible innovation
T2 - A case of CO2 utilisation in Indonesia
AU - Setiawan, Andri D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Findings support the influence of a formal setting to the stakeholders' responsiveness. Most of the participants in the discussion pivoted their opinions toward a formal authority figure; in this case, the government's participants. Indonesia's high score on the power distance dimension is also compatible with the finding that stakeholders from business and academia waited for policy and decisions on CO2 utilisation by the government authority before making their moves. Such behaviour was shown at the time participants were asked to explore and suggest recommendations for accelerating CO2 utilisation development. According to a participant from an oil and gas company, “We are expecting a government direction regarding CO2 utilisation for EOR. So far, there has been no specific regulation on it”. A participant from government responded that the government support for accelerating CO2 utilisation development would include “regulation, fiscal incentives, and supported incentives for EOR, which is also part of CCS implementation”. Corresponding with findings on the influence of power distance on anticipation, most participants acknowledged government regulation as a necessary instrument to accelerate CO2 market deployment. Therefore such a policy intervention is also important for addressing other issues related to CO2 utilisation development. A participant from the food and beverage sector noted, “We are encouraged to reduce CO2 emissions, and our company works along that way by at least utilising CO2 for carbonation of beverages. Though, such an incentive policy from the government could accelerate other types of CO2 utilisation, like dry ice for fisheries”. Research funding and incentives (from government or major players like oil and gas companies) were also needed to address issues such as cost reduction. As noted by an academic, “What is also important to accelerate CO2 utilisation market deployment is reducing the cost of CO2 utilisation, in technological ways this could be through funding research to improve catalysis for CO2 reduction and electrolysis to produce hydrogen. Research funding from government or oil and gas companies is strongly expected and very welcome”.I would like to express my gratitude to the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia for the funding support to this research. I also would like to thank people who participated in the FGD and interviews. I furthermore would like to thank Akhmad Hidayatno, Armand O. Moeis, Aziiz Sutrisno, Ahmad Yusaq Faiz, Reynaldo Giovanni, and Sylvano Christian of Systems Engineering Modelling and Simulation Laboratory, Industrial Engineering Department of Universitas Indonesia who helped me in organizing the FGD. I also want to thank Henny Romijn for valuable inputs and language-editing the manuscript.
Funding Information:
I would like to express my gratitude to the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia for the funding support to this research. I also would like to thank people who participated in the FGD and interviews. I furthermore would like to thank Akhmad Hidayatno, Armand O. Moeis, Aziiz Sutrisno, Ahmad Yusaq Faiz, Reynaldo Giovanni, and Sylvano Christian of Systems Engineering Modelling and Simulation Laboratory, Industrial Engineering Department of Universitas Indonesia who helped me in organizing the FGD. I also want to thank Henny Romijn for valuable inputs and language-editing the manuscript.
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PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Responsible innovation (RI) offers a promising step towards a more responsible adoption of innovations, such as new and emerging technologies. However, how RI would be practised in different cultural contexts and settings is still less studied, especially in the context of developing countries. Taking the utilisation of CO2 in Indonesia as an empirical case, the purpose of this paper is to explore this issue through examining the influence of key characteristics of Indonesia's national culture on core dimensions of RI: anticipation, reflexivity, deliberation, responsiveness and participation. The different RI dimensions are applied in practice in a focus group discussion (FGD) and a round of interviews with different stakeholders that explored CO2 utilisation in the country. Hofstede's classification of national cultural dimensions is used to single out key focus points for attention in these RI processes in the Indonesian context. The results from the experiment illustrate that culture matters in the application of RI dimensions in practice. In the sense that in order for RI to work well, the governance of core RI processes such as participation and deliberation has to be adjusted to social norms of what is considered legitimate, desirable and good behaviour. These norms differ across societies. The findings further suggest ways of applying RI dimensions in practice.
AB - Responsible innovation (RI) offers a promising step towards a more responsible adoption of innovations, such as new and emerging technologies. However, how RI would be practised in different cultural contexts and settings is still less studied, especially in the context of developing countries. Taking the utilisation of CO2 in Indonesia as an empirical case, the purpose of this paper is to explore this issue through examining the influence of key characteristics of Indonesia's national culture on core dimensions of RI: anticipation, reflexivity, deliberation, responsiveness and participation. The different RI dimensions are applied in practice in a focus group discussion (FGD) and a round of interviews with different stakeholders that explored CO2 utilisation in the country. Hofstede's classification of national cultural dimensions is used to single out key focus points for attention in these RI processes in the Indonesian context. The results from the experiment illustrate that culture matters in the application of RI dimensions in practice. In the sense that in order for RI to work well, the governance of core RI processes such as participation and deliberation has to be adjusted to social norms of what is considered legitimate, desirable and good behaviour. These norms differ across societies. The findings further suggest ways of applying RI dimensions in practice.
KW - CO utilisation
KW - Developing countries
KW - Hofstede's cultural dimensions
KW - Indonesia
KW - Responsible innovation dimensions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087328979&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101306
DO - 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101306
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087328979
SN - 0160-791X
VL - 62
JO - Technology in Society
JF - Technology in Society
M1 - 101306
ER -