While innovation should be about socioeconomic transformation of society, concerns have been raised about its negative externalities including growing disparities within and between regions. Arguably, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) offers a potential solution to address these concerns. However, in theory, its conceptualization and operationalization remain ambiguous. Further, in practice, this makes its application to regional development difficult. Accordingly, this study first conducts a systematic literature review of conceptual papers on RRI. It identifies themes and categorizes them into four domains: drivers, tools, outcomes and barriers. Second, these domains are applied to regional innovation studies. The paper contributes to an increased understanding of RRI and its applications to sustainable regional development as well as how RRI and regional innovation studies can benefit from each other. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Pipe components such as elbow, tees, and weldolets are produced at various places in the world. Although the component is produced in accordance with standard ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) B16.9, measurements show variation in geometry. In piping component design, the geometries are assumed as perfect in accordance with the producer's specifications. This is a conservative approach in design that results in incorrect dimensioning of the components. Moreover, components made of duplex materials can have failure due to Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HISC) especially in subsea installations. In this article, a series of measurements were taken for ASME B16.9 long radius elbows, utilizing an ultrasonic thickness gauge. The results are compared with the nominal straight pipe dimensions in ASME. The deviation is taken as a basis for Finite Element analysis. A model of the elbow is developed using SolidWorks and simulated using ANSYS. The results compare the strength of the pipe fittings against their straight pipe counterparts with regard to internal pressure. This gives an overview of the deviations and utilization based on the measurements taken against the standard ASME B16.9 geometry.

Digital innovations integrated with Responsible innovation (RI) offer great potential to address complex societal challenges in the healthcare and welfare sector but depend on how well firms can manage the innovation process to ensure socially desirable solutions. However, there is a lack of empirical studies examining whether RI principles can be integrated into a firm’s innovation development process. This paper aims to fill this gap through longitudinal case studies of six digital start-ups in the healthcare and welfare sector from 2016 to 2019. We followed innovation development in these firms, observing the stakeholder inclusion, pivotal moments and the emergence of new solutions based on the need-solution interactions. We found that stakeholder inclusion is critical. Therefore, we suggest that managers and entrepreneurs consider including a diversity of stakeholders and users from the design phase throughout the innovation process.