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ArticleTechnological forecasting and social change2022

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

Steffan James, Zheng Liu, Victoria Stephens, Gareth R T White

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Article in Technological forecasting and social change, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Steffan JamesSouth Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Llantwit Road, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK.
Zheng LiuCardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Western Ave, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UK.
Victoria StephensSouth Wales Business School, University of South Wales, Llantwit Road, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK.
Gareth R T WhiteCranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.

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Abstract

The 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'.

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COVID-19ExaptationInnovationMedical innovation

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PMID35855691
PMCPMC9276712

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