The study was initially intended to use quantitative methods, but the pilot study indicated the need for mixed methods so as to explore other elements of responsiveness that were not captured by the closed questions within the quantitative survey.
To measure the perceived importance of the elements of responsiveness, the study participants (both users and providers), were asked to indicate how important they felt the WHO elements or aspects were on a scale from 0 (not at all important) to 10 (very important).
As the action element of RRI, responsiveness mobilises the societal input into explicit actions in innovations, so that the innovation becomes better aligned with societal needs (Flipse et al., 2015; Owen et al., 2013).
Putative promoter regions of senescence-associated WRKY genes contained several cis-element-like sequences suggestive of responsiveness to both senescence and stress signaling pathways.
Without the responsibility of responsiveness, you come upon your own self without the relief of distraction.
Over-expression of Arabidopsis AtERF4 represses the expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes such as basic chitinase and beta-1,3-glucanase genes and genes containing a GCC-box [ 30], the core sequence element of promoters required for responsiveness to ethylene [ 31].
Inspired by limitations of mutual responsiveness, we first propose process-responsiveness: an elaboration of responsiveness as the action-element of RRI that triggers attention to societal uncertainties, which particularly call for R&D-level opening-up.
This promoter region was chosen since the light responsive element of the per2 gene was found within this region [25], and also the AP1 elements suggested to mediate light responsiveness of the cry1a and wee1 genes are located within these boundaries [24].
The TGFβ response element of the CCN2 promoter has several components, including a Smad element and a GAGGAATGG element, that together are capable of conferring TGFβ-responsiveness to a heterologous promoter [ 9].
This perspective introduces three elements into the discussion: firstly, the presence and the type of stimuli or drivers; secondly, the degree of responsiveness that characterises the organization; and thirdly, a firm's motivations.
