Innovation in crisis: The role of ‘exaptive relations’ for medical device development in response to COVID-19

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dc.contributor.authorJames, Steffan
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Zheng
dc.contributor.authorStephens, Victoria
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Gareth R. T.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T15:32:28Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T15:32:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-15
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in huge disruption to the healthcare sector. In response to this, there have been collaborative efforts between many different public and private organizations to foster medical innovations. The effect of crisis upon innovation, particularly medical innovation, remains a debatable subject. In addition, the role of inter-personal relations is becoming more widely acknowledged as a critical feature of innovation. Drawing upon exaptation literature, the study aims to understand the nature of the micro-relations within medical innovations that are undertaken in response to COVID-19. The findings of this paper contribute to the limited literature that examines the performance of medical innovation in response to crisis. In addition to confirming the importance of exaptive pools, exaptive events, and exaptive forums in fostering serendipitous developments, the study makes a contribution to theory by identifying a further form of serendipitous encounter that is ‘exaptive relations’.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationJames S, Liu Z, Stephens V, White GRT. (2022) Innovation in crisis: The role of ‘exaptive relations’ for medical device development in response to COVID-19. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 182, September 2022, Article number 121863en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0040-1625
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121863
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18252
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectInnovationen_UK
dc.subjectExaptationen_UK
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_UK
dc.subjectmedical innovationen_UK
dc.titleInnovation in crisis: The role of ‘exaptive relations’ for medical device development in response to COVID-19en_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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