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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine mobile technology as being a key apparatus and interface for collaborative innovation, which allows organisations to develop their information ecology. Design/methodology/approach: The qualitative research was performed by in-depth interviews, observations and field notes. The eight main interviews are supported by an interdisciplinary narrative literature review of knowledge management and associated fields. Findings: This study validates the following propositions: mobile technology can offer users timely information, mobile technology can foster collaboration beyond physical and organisational boundaries, in general, mobile technology enables a wider amount of interactions between people. Thereby, this paper draws some implications about the knowledge management of creative (and non-creative) workers. Research limitations/implications: The collected data sheds light on how organisations and individuals positioned themselves about mobile technology co-creative practices before the COVID era. Therefore, it shall be pertinent to further investigate these findings through a quantitative approach to better ascertain path models and to strengthen the new results with another qualitative perspective, in the post-COVID era. Practical implications: The study highlights how mobile devices are facilitating collaborative innovation practices by improving management decisions, enabling new business and/or operating models, developing a flow of ideas inner/outer an organisation and fostering the ability to make innovation. Social implications: Mobile technology transforms the way to work (knowledge creation and/or conversion) and it changes the relations between collaborators in a working environment (beyond physical boundaries). This study deciphers how a creative and/or decision-making person can change their work schedule and/or routines based on the use of mobile devices. Originality/value: The added value of this transdisciplinary study is that it improves research on collaborative innovation and collective knowledge by revealing three pertinent characteristics of mobile technology: enabling quick decision; connecting with a glocal network and fostering collective creativity. It also creates a bridge between the fields of education and business.

The paper defines a complex of manager's qualities based on theoretical and methodological analysis and synthesis methods, available national and world literature, research papers and publications. The complex approach methodology was used, which provides an innovative view of the development of modern manager's qualities. The methodological background of the research are theoretical and methodological analysis and synthesis methods of available national and world literature, conceptual analysis of issue-related research papers and publications; study and generalization of both national and foreign developments and introduction of projects regarding actualization of manager's effective activity; the use of generalization, comparison, forecasting methods. The carried out research made it possible to distinguish a number of factors, which will have the major effect on managers' innovative entrepreneurial activities in the coming decade. Management as a social and economic phenomenon is under constant development--going to the future, and every efficient manager should accordingly improve himself. Therefore, today not only the level of professional training but such components of the profession as innovations and creativity, which are business advantages, important economic recourse and intensive economic development condition, become characteristic of manager's activity. They're defined as abilities to reveal and encourage employees' creative and innovative ideas. These aspects are reflected in the development of innovative business model of modern manager, each component of which is a key and independent element. Special attention is paid to the creative and innovative component of the suggested model. The suggested model might be used in order to create a manager's unique image and lead the company he manages to a long expected result.

Ethnic diversity in the advertising industry could be a solution for culturally insensitive advertising. Insights from advertising professionals, obtained via in-depth interviews, reveal minorities are hindered by bias, resulting in low hiring ratios and lack of retention. Large segments of minorities may not consider advertising for a career. Findings suggest that advertising educators might mitigate some of these factors through teaching tips and curriculum suggestions to engage minorities. Viewing ethnic diversity as a creative/business solution as opposed to a public relations problem could motivate meaningful change in the advertising industry.

In rural Valdres, Norway, the traditional regional dialect, called Valdresmål, has become an important resource for popular style and local development projects. Stigmatized through much of the twentieth century for its association with poor, rural, "backward" farmers and culture, Valdresmål has been thoroughly revalorized, with particularly high status among local youth and those involved in business and tourism. While today's parents and grandparents attest to historical pressures to adopt normative urban linguistic forms, many in Valdres now proclaim dialect pride and have re-embraced spoken Valdresmål in various forms of public, interdialectal communication. In addition, Valdres natives also make abundant and creative use of dialect on social media, the primary locus for written Valdresmål and for emergent orthographic norms representing local speech, including strategies of maximal sociolinguistic distinction. This innovative use of written Valdresmål has been taken up by local businesses as a marketing strategy in recent years, as well, further normalizing and legitimating nonstandard forms. In the ongoing revalorization of traditional Valdresmål, it is also, inevitably, transformed--linguistically, socially, and ideologically--as it enters and circulates within new and innovative cultural domains: while widespread written Valdresmål challenges the normal sociolinguistic order, in such a process the dialect is also refunctionalized and, perhaps, increasingly standardized.

This study was guided by the desire to advance whether concerted effort could enhance the creativity and innovations of women towards empowerment. Other purposes include: establishing the level of empowerment towards attaining good growth in building the informal sector economy and enhancing the status of women in Oke Ogun zone of Nigeria; determining the problems facing the creative abilities of women in improving their knowledge and skills through training. This study adopted descriptive survey design of ex-post facto type. Proportionate and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 128 women entrepreneurs as participants from four (4) purposively selected skills. Women Creativity and Innovations for Empowerment Questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.86 was used as the main instrument to elicit responses from participants while 4 Focus Group Discussion sessions (FGDs) complemented the Questionnaire. The study indicated that there is a significant combined effect of women's socio-empowerment and women's economic empowerment on women's creativity and innovations (F (2,111) = 3.349; R = 239, R[superscript 2] = 0.057, Adj. R[superscript 2] = 0.040; P = 0.05). However, the Nigerian government is yet to advance a committed political will towards enhancing the efforts of women through the creation of good supportive measures, and an enabling environment to reduce poverty, create job opportunities and develop her human resources. It is recommended that the Nigerian government should demonstrate a good political will in poverty alleviation programmes, women's social groups and business organizations should be geared towards pulling labour and resources together to maximize labour productivity, information and social network which will lead to good growth of the informal sector.

The objective of this study was to test the effect of far-field industrial (i.e., man-made) versus biological analogies on creativity of business professionals from two organizations engaged in the idea generation phase of new product development. Psychological effects, as reflected in language use, were measured via computerized text analysis of transcribed audio recordings of ideation sessions. Effects on quality of product concepts generated by participants were measured via analysis of 15 judges' multidimensional creativity ratings. Though psychological effects were undetectable, results suggest presenting new product development professionals with biological analogies as ideation stimulus increases novelty and may increase elegance of solutions generated. Presenting far-field industrial analogies increases relevance and effectiveness of solutions generated. This study serves as a source of evidence that biomimicry (design by analogy to biology) is an effective approach to product innovation. It also shows that there is an important role for far-field industrial analogies in stimulating ideas during new product development. A strategically designed brainstorming session should prime innovators with both far-field industrial and biological analogies to generate maximally creative ideas.

We examine the relationship between enterprises' use of employee training (or education) as a method to stimulate new ideas or creativity among their staff and enterprises' innovation activities. A data set of 5204 Norwegian enterprises is used. Based on correlation coefficients, we find a positive relationship between enterprises' use of employee training and their innovation activities. This relationship is not found significant for innovative enterprises that developed the innovations mainly by themselves or together with external partners if we control for enterprises' use of brainstorming sessions and/or work teams to stimulate new ideas or creativity among their staff. Training can, however, be argued to be indirectly related to innovation strategies, as it is combined with other human resource practices.

Promoting entrepreneurialism, enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviour is a goal shared by many governments. European policy rhetoric strongly supports the promotion of entrepreneurial, creative and innovation skills in all disciplines and the cultivation of entrepreneurial mindsets. The transformation of society from an industrial society into a knowledge economy has made the production of knowledge an important factor. In Denmark, the government has mandated the teaching of entrepreneurship at higher education institutions. In this paper, we examine how particular constructions of entrepreneurialism, enterprise and entrepreneurship conflict with at least some practices of entrepreneurship education. We focus the ethnographic lens on a group of entrepreneurial academics whose task it is to educate students in entrepreneurship. We argue that these academics use a particular vision of the entrepreneurial university coupled with the practice of entrepreneurship education as an opportunity to introduce radically new modes of knowing and learning that connotes to classical ideas of critique, self-organization, activism and emancipation. This discussion has relevance for what we as educators do and how we set our students up--as passive receivers of "knowledge" on the one hand, or as active participants capable of shaping their own learning, on the other.

Purpose: This study seeks to provide empirical evidence of relationships between organizational trust, knowledge transfer, creation and innovativeness at the firm level. It aims to hypothesize a mediational model implying that organizational trust is related to knowledge transfer, which will, in turn, enhance knowledge creation, thereby facilitating higher innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected using a telephone survey from a cross-section of industries. A total of 202 surveys were carried out among Polish companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Hypotheses were tested using mediation analysis with multiple regression and structural equation modeling. Findings: This paper presents the role of trust as a mechanism facilitating transfer and creation of knowledge within the company, so it can be more innovative. Results indicate that: knowledge creation partially mediates the relationship between trust and innovativeness; and knowledge transfer partially mediates the relationship between trust and knowledge creation. Research limitations/implications: Cross-sectional data were collected in Poland. It would be highly valuable to consider replicating this study in different settings using longitudinal designs. Practical implications: The findings accentuate to managers that both knowledge transfer and creation require organizational trust, which taken together result in innovations. Originality/value: This paper is the first attempt to find empirical support for the role of organizational trust in knowledge creation. Further, analyzing how organizational trust, knowledge transfer, knowledge creation, and innovativeness are related to each other is also an important contribution. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)

The aim of this article is to encourage a greater emphasis on creativity across and between varied fields of endeavour. It has been written to underline the interdisciplinary significance of creativity and the role of creativity in truly enhancing achievement. There is a reinvigorated awareness of the need for "big thinking", a global concern that the Australian Government (April 2008) profiled in its 2020 Summit. Essentially, "big thinking" involves being a connection-maker together with being a creative problem-finder and problem-solver. It is imagination and originality valued within a social context. While welcoming and exploring the powerful vision of the 2020 summit, the article also aims to encourage its application to daily life. While creativity is included as one of the 'General Capabilities" in the new National Curriculum for Australia (ACARA, 2010), it needs to be kept in focus to ensure that creativity is pervasive throughout the curriculum, and not just an 'add-on" activity.

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the factors that influenced seven graduates in the creative and digital industries to start their own businesses in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK--an area with lack of employing establishments and locally registered businesses. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews identified the constraining and enabling factors graduates may encounter when attempting to start a business, and explored the impact of support provided. Findings: Perceived constraining factors were: lack of general business knowledge, contradictory advisory support from external agencies, lack of sector-specific mentors, lack of finance, and experience of familial entrepreneurship. Perceived enabling factors were: co-mentoring from business partners, course content, financial gain, creativity and innovative ideas, control and risk taking, and the overarching package of support. Linkages between internal and external support could be improved. Research limitations/implications: The study provided insights into constraints and enablers to self-employment for a small cohort of recent graduates looking to start-up in the creative and digital industries. Further studies are required to explore the suggested effect of the "creative identity", and of sector-specific family entrepreneurial background. Practical implications: The support provided by universities can facilitate the transition from early stage ideas to actual graduate business start-up. Issues such as provision of specialist advice and links with external parallel and follow-on support need to be considered. Originality/value: University start-up units provide an important contribution to the development of graduate entrepreneurs and their role in the growth of national and global economy. Suggestions for improvements in performance, such as closer links with external business development agencies and support providers, are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.)

Accelerating threats to a sustainable relationship between economic growth and the capacity of the global social-ecological system to support it require that the implications of competitiveness be reassessed. Today, the capacities that underlie economic competitiveness must also be brought to bear on policy and pedagogy to prepare the coming generation to face an unprecedented and dangerous global future. This article argues that the bureaucratic "industrial", standards-driven model of schooling currently fails to release the talents of students either for the competitiveness or collaboration that will be crucial in facing the demands of the decades ahead. It argues for policies, schools and pedagogies that promote creativity and a human capacity for innovation, not the relentless pursuit of externally imposed measurable standards. The types of necessary learning experiences are explored and examples are provided of principles and practices that teachers and schools need to develop further. Education for economic competitiveness on one hand and education for sustainable development on the other both require similar open minds, creative skills and teaching methods to prepare students for the transformations and innovations ahead. In answering the question "what do competitiveness and sustainable development require from schools and teachers?" We conclude that most elements of appropriate pedagogies are available but they need to be extended. Managing their extension on a large scale to transform complex education systems is a major challenge for policy-makers and educators at all levels.

Organizational creativity, in the model that follows, is subcategorized according to the type of creativity demanded by the industry in which a firm competes. Industries that demand the constant creation of new products are referred to as "creativity-centered" while others, which benefit from creative refinements to current services, are referred to as "creativity-enhanced". Creativity is further subcategorized according to whether a given industry or market demands "aesthetic" or "technological" creativity. The two dimensions are combined in a four-quadrant model yielding four types of firms described as "Technical Artists, Artists, Inventors," and, more broadly, "Distributors and Adaptors". Implications for organizational structure and inter-organizational relationships are then discussed. (Contains 5 tables.)

The OZ Creative Thinking Network is a volunteer group of Du Pont Corporation employees devoted to educating themselves and others concerning creativity and innovation. This network, organized in 1986, has a current membership of over 600 employees and has produced a book that couples essays expressing concepts in creativity and innovation with cartoons. (Author/DB)

This interview with a founding partner of a consulting firm specializing in product and process innovation discusses the need for American businesses to rethink their one-shot approach to innovation and implement instead a systems approach to supporting and managing innovation. A strong collaborative effort that reaches throughout the organization over the long term is recommended. (JDD)

The paper presents examples of corporations (Intel Corporation, 3M, and the Saturn Corporation) which are making their environments more creative and innovative in order to compete in the global marketplace. Such workplace innovation requires development of an idea-nurturing environment, acceptance of failure, and emphasis on creative problem solving. (JDD)

Today, the Metaverse consists of various platforms, including digital twins of the physical world as well as virtual and blended digital-material environments that offer immersive experiences for individual users. By going beyond solely physical or virtual realms, these platforms unlock new possibilities for exploration, experimentation, and interaction. This makes it possible to transcend the limitations of innovation processes confined to physical locations, so the Metaverse is thus poised to drive groundbreaking innovations. This article explores the Metaverse as an innovation platform, its opportunities and challenges, including the role of generative AI in it. It discusses how the Metaverse, as a collaboration, creativity, and technological platform, supports innovation potential. By embracing the possibilities and challenges offered by the Metaverse and leveraging the capabilities of generative AI within it, a future in which individuals can truly explore novel synergies between the physical and digital realms, thriving various kinds of innovations. It is crucial to achieve holistic sustainability impacts both within the Metaverse innovation platform and as its outputs.

This study examines the dynamics of entrepreneurial businesses, focusing on innovation and risk management as catalysts for economic development. Through a survey, we analyzed entrepreneurs' perceptions on creativity, opportunity identification, risk tolerance, management skills, and adaptability. Results indicate a strong recognition of creativity and innovation, with a majority considering their businesses highly innovative. Most respondents are confident in recognizing and seizing opportunities, though some acknowledge the need for improvement. Attitudes towards risk vary, with a segment willing to embrace significant risks for potential rewards. Generally, management skills are rated positively, but some see room for growth. The study highlights entrepreneurs' capability to navigate complex business landscapes, emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurial traits in promoting economic vitality.

Utilizing innovative and creative strategies to enhance English language teaching is one of the most significant factors that English teachers should consider. This review paper focuses on the significance of the innovative and creative teaching strategies that educators should adopt. These strategies will create an engaging and motivating learning environment to help college EFL/ESL students improve their problem solving and critical thinking skills. This paper elucidates how technology, lesson planning, student-centered approach, and teaching flexibility contribute to enhancing teachers’ skills to implement innovative and creative teaching strategies in the classroom. As a result, a conceptual framework was developed by integrating Vygotsky’s social constructivism theory to cultivate innovative and creative English language teaching strategies. These strategies include a student-centered approach, cooperative learning, and flexibility in teaching, which contribute to more holistic learning.

The aim of the article is to analyze the impact of the process of intellectualization on the innovative development of entrepreneurial activity of economic entities in turbulent conditions. According to the results of the carried out study, it is found that intellectualization plays an important role in the formation of an innovative environment and ensuring competitive advantages for the active development of economic entities. The article analyzes an aggregate of approaches to the definition of the concept of «intellectualization». On the basis of the carried out analysis, the author’s own definition of the concept of «intellectualization» is formed as follows: it is the process of effective use of the intellect of an individual or a group of individuals through the production of innovative knowledge, the use of a creative approach and the introduction of creative technologies for the formation of effective tasks aimed at achieving the tactical and strategic goals of development of economic entities. A scientific and practical approach to determining the level of influence of the process of intellectualization on the innovative development of entrepreneurial activity of economic entities through the prism of the main functions of entrepreneurship is proposed. On the basis of the analysis, it is determined that the process of intellectualization should be considered in the analysis of not only the innovation function, but also other functions of entrepreneurship. With the help of the analysis, it is found that intellectualization should be considered in symbiosis with the concepts of «creativity» and «motivation». For this purpose, the creative aspects of the process of intellectualization, which affect the development of economic entities, were considered in detail. Separately, the ways of development of the innovative and creative environment of economic entities have been studied and suggested. The study emphasizes the importance of developing intellectualization, creativity, creatively oriented corporate culture by economic entities to ensure high productivity, efficiency and competitiveness in the global market environment. Through the development of intellectualization and creativity, economic entities can adapt to the challenges of the modern environment, develop the potential abilities of staff and become more competitive in domestic and foreign markets.

The rapid growth of the creative economy has garnered significant attention from the government. The Kelom Geulis industry evolved its designs, incorporating airbrush and batik elements. Despite achieving recognition nationally and internationally, artisans struggled to diversify their designs, sustain innovation, adapt to changing consumer preferences, and standardize pricing. This research investigates the influence of creativity and innovation on competitive advantage through price within the Kelom Geulis Creative Industry in Gobras Village, Tasikmalaya City. An explanatory research approach was employed to elucidate causal relationships among variables through hypothesis testing. The study used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis to analyze the data. Data was collected from a purposive sample of 200 customers who purchased Kelom Geulis products. The findings demonstrate that creativity (t = 3.071, p = 0.002) significantly influences competitive advantage. Similarly, innovation (t = 8.177, p = 0.000) significantly affects competitive advantage. Additionally, price (t = 4.268, p = 0.000) plays a substantial role in shaping competitive advantage. Indirectly, creativity significantly influences competitive advantage through price (t = 2.299, p = 0.022), while innovation also significantly influences competitive advantage and Price as a mediating variable (t = 3.403, p = 0.000).

This paper provides a theoretical explanation for the “black box” between “going green” and organizational performance and links individual-level behaviors with organizational-level outcomes. We argue that the adoption of an environmental sustainability strategy and high involvement green human resources management practices will have the intended impact of increasing employee green creativity and the unintended impact of increasing employee general creativity. As well, we suggest that employee green values moderate these relationships. Furthermore, the positive effects on employee creativity (green and general) are theorized to increase organizational innovation, which positively impacts organizational performance. This paper extends the research by providing a possible explanation for how the “black box” between “going green” and organizational performance is impacted by intended and unintended behaviors that are shaped by green human resources management practices.

Purpose - The provision of rewards to employees for their innovative ideas and creative ideas acts as a motivational factor, encouraging them to sustain their efforts in developing novel and innovative solutions. The objective of this research is to examine the effects of employee rewards and work environment on employee creativity and innovation. Design/Methodology/Approach - This research used a quasi-experimental approach (specifically, an explanatory design). This inquiry relied on secondary sources. The collection of secondary material was conducted by using multiple online search platforms and specialist journals. Research Findings - Employees' ability to be creative and innovative is bolstered by all three types of rewards: intrinsic rewards, which have a positive effect on intrinsic motivation, extrinsic non-financial rewards, and extrinsic financial rewards, which can either encourage or discourage employees' efforts to be creative and innovative. Organizational environments that promote and cultivate employee creativity and receptiveness to novel ideas are more inclined to cultivate a culture that fosters creativity and then innovation. Originality - The significance of this research study adds value to the existing corps of information about understanding the effects of employee rewards with the aid of the work environment on employee creativity and innovation. Practical Implications - Drawing from the findings of this study it has been proven that in the corporate world employees are different with various types of needs. Hence to successfully motivate them to be creative and innovative organizations must provide employee rewards that are comprehensive and at the same time must balance the employee rewards they offer with the conducive work environment with employees' individual needs.

In this study, we analyze new ways of conceptualizing improvements in firms’ innovation by implementing the “right-factors configuration,” illustrated through an analog of a recipe and its ingredients. Specifically, we research the multiple combinations of three ingredients (creativity, innovation networks, and resources) required to accomplish the innovation recipe. Using a sample of firms from a Spanish science and technology park, we apply qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)—specifically, fuzzy-set QCA (fsQCA)—to test the importance of each component in technological and non-technological innovation. First, the results suggest a map of combinations of innovative ingredients with eight possible patterns. Second, they show that the only ingredient needed is the combination of a creative climate and creative intensity. Finally, the methods of obtaining technological and non-technological innovations differ. The implications for management and policymakers are discussed, and directions for future research are highlighted.

This paper examines the concept of edupreneurship and its impact on the education system. Edupreneurship is an innovative approach that combines elements of entrepreneurship and education, aiming to transform and improve the learning process. The paper highlights the main characteristics of edupreneurship, including initiative, creativity, risk-taking and entrepreneurship. The benefits of edupreneurship in terms of developing key 21st century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration are also analysed. A relevant case study is also presented, illustrating how edupreneurs are contributing to the transformation of education systems in Romania. The paper highlights the importance of support and collaboration between education, business and government to promote edupreneurship. By implementing edupreneurship, we can create an educational system adapted to the needs of society and prepared for the challenges of the future.

AbstractThis research paper investigates the enablers of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) leadership among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in South Asian nations using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM). The study focuses on identifying the factors that facilitate SDG leadership in SMEs, including shared vision, long-term perspective, co-creation, shared responsibility, empowering people, eco-centric values, creativity and innovation, bonding and trust, knowledge sharing, strategic adaption, and progressive culture. The research findings show that these factors are interrelated, and their integration can help SMEs to achieve sustainable development and become SDG leaders in their respective industries. The study contributes to the existing literature by providing insights into the enablers of SDG leadership among SMEs in South Asian nations and proposing a framework for their successful implementation. The proposed framework can be used as a guide for policymakers, managers, and entrepreneurs to promote sustainable development in their organizations and the region.

AbstractThe aim of this study is to determine what changes wedding vendors had to make to survive the global COVID-19 pandemic. Specific focus was placed on how wedding vendor entrepreneurs use creativity, innovation, networking and advertising as a competitive advantage. Qualitative research was conducted which reflects individuals’ perspectives, beliefs, attitudes and experiences. Semi-structured interviews took place electronically through online voice calling due to the global pandemic. The individual participants, each representing their own business, were interviewed to gain a better understanding of entrepreneurship in the wedding industry. It is evident that all the vendors adapted during the global COVID-19 pandemic, and that dealing with future opportunities by linking these to loyalty and creativity are essential aspects of entrepreneurship in the wedding industry. The global pandemic proved the importance of how the wedding industry is dynamic where individuals are required to wear different hats and be flexible, as businesses were forced to adapt and reposition themselves during and after COVID-19 as a method of survival. It is recommended that vendors ensure the utilisation of existing resources and branch off into new avenues—not necessarily entering into new markets or new industries, but rather focusing on complementary products or services.

Abstract This article aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the existing literature on the hackathon phenomenon to offer scholars a common ground for future research and managers and practitioners research-based guidelines on best planning and running a hackathon. A review of the most relevant literature on hackathons was conducted to serve as the research basis for our integrative model and guidelines. This article synthesizes the research on hackathons to offer comprehensible guidelines for practitioners while also providing questions for future hackathon researchers. We differentiate between the different design characteristics of hackathons while noting their advantages and disadvantages, discuss tools and methodologies for successful hackathon setup and execution step-by-step, and provide recommendations to encourage project continuity.

In contemporary literature, entrepreneurship is increasingly attracting attention by emphasizing new observation angles of innovation and creativity. Creativity is exactly the initial impulse that can encourage entrepreneurs to realize an entrepreneurial venture. Finding niches in the market, noticing needs that others have not, as well as different activities, circumstances or events characterize the uniqueness that represents creativity. Entrepreneurial activity generates sustainable economic growth and a better standard of living through innovation and comparative advantage. The innovativeness of an entrepreneur is reflected through a new focus of seeing things, that is, the courage to try something new and different from the existing one. It is precisely in this segment that we can talk about the career of an entrepreneur, which includes a tendency to take risks, enthusiasm for adopting new ideas, accepting new business methods, and, finally, implementing innovative strategies in the business he is engaged in. In the empirical research that was conducted for this work on 168 entrepreneurs, all from the territory of the Republic of Serbia, the connection between innovation, creativity, and career was analyzed.

This paper analyzes the influence of creativity and disruptive innovation on entrepreneurial intention, considering the subjective social norms and personal attitude of the Theory of Reasoned Action, and through a structural equation model. The empirical study was applied to a sample of potential entrepreneurs in two countries: Mexico and Spain, to identify behavioral actions within the relationships of the proposed model. The main results obtained indicate that entrepreneurial intention is influenced by personal attitude towards entrepreneurship, which in turn is shaped by subjective social norms, and by the self-perception of their creative abilities. While Mexican present a greater relationship with the influence of entrepreneurial attitude on entrepreneurial intention, Spanish entrepreneurs are more confident in their creative abilities to develop their projects. It is concluded, that there is a need to develop communication and training campaigns aimed at Mexican and Spanish society to promote a better opinion of the entrepreneurial process as well as to generate actions to develop and include creativity and disruptive innovation as part of the entrepreneurial process.

Background: Entrepreneurial activity in an efficiency-driven economy is fundamental to economic growth, yet its sustainability and opportunities are concerning. Both entrepreneurial bricolage and design thinking could enhance opportunity development, but their effectiveness and incorporation into an integrated approach to opportunity advancement require further investigation. Aim: This study explores design thinking and entrepreneurial bricolage as facilitating constructs for entrepreneurial opportunity development, employing the design-centred entrepreneurship perspective and the conceptual framework offered by various authors; it investigates the effectiveness of the theoretical frameworks mentioned; and lastly it explores the potential of amalgamating these frameworks into a more comprehensive structure for entrepreneurial opportunity development. Setting: The sample consisted of entrepreneurs in South Africa. Methods: Fourteen semi-structured interviews with founders of small and medium entrepreneurial ventures in various South African industry sectors were conducted. Results: Current frameworks pertaining to bricolage and design thinking proficiencies were appropriate for opportunity development and could be effectively integrated. However, some contributory factors should be included, such as organisational culture, business partners and a non-linear rather than a methodical approach. Conclusion: Entrepreneurial bricolage has a significant influence on developing and establishing opportunities. The value of design thinking was confirmed with a specific focus on a human-centred approach, creativity and innovation. However, contradictory to design thinking authors, entrepreneurs described the design thinking process as non-linear and disordered. Contribution: This study provides empirical evidence to enrich the understanding of the elusive entrepreneurial opportunity development process by integrating the design-centred entrepreneurship framework with the entrepreneurial bricolage perspective into a single, more comprehensive framework.

Orientation: This qualitative study follows a process of inductive theory development. Research purpose: Focussing on recent ‘pop icon’ musicians, the aim was to weave systemic insights into a holistic model that identifies some characteristics of creative development. Motivation for the study: Within the diverse literature on creativity, what seems missing is an integrative perspective of similarities in the creative path-dependent development process. Research design, approach and method: Following an in depth review of publicly available data about iconic Anglophone musical artist-musicians of the period spanning the 1960s–1980s, including Dylan, Cohen, Young and Springsteen, bibliographic and life turning-point analysis was applied to derive propositions about a path-dependent process of creative development. Main findings: The study finds that such individuals typically trace a ‘path-dependent’ trajectory of creative transition across seven stages. Sequentially, these are the stages of: (1) Pathology, (2) The Rage to Master, (3) Authenticity, (4) Perseverance, (5) Practice, (6) Perspective and (7), Accessing Flow. Drawing insights from Gardner’s theory of creative asynchrony, after which asynchronies that seem to characterise a process of negotiation and transition of conflicts across these stages was derived. Practical/managerial implications: The model derived provides useful insights into how to enable creative development for those in similar contexts. Contribution/value-add: The study provides a conceptual ordering of key biographical milestone stages and intrinsic influences explaining aspects of creative development. Thus, the study builds on previous work on the creative career development of individuals in a music industry genre and extends the literatures related to biographical analysis including personality, individual differences and turning points.

This article aims to demonstrate that innovation, which encompasses creativity, value creation, as well as a company's ability to find new solutions, requires innovation-oriented leaders who are demanding of subordinates and ready to support them. In order to succeed in stimulating their creativity, these innovation leaders must carry out a series of actions that are related to the material and immaterial aspects of the work environment, such as allowing a certain autonomy to creative people, recognizing creative capabilities, bringing sufficient pecuniary , human. and physical resources. New ideas can lead to programs that are superior to those already running or planned in the organization that would have been abandoned or never started if a better program or idea had come along. The mission of every leader should be to constantly pursue ideas and programs superior to those the organization is committed to pursuing.

Entrepreneurial leadership and innovation are needed for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to survive and grow. Entrepreneurial leaders must unlock and use their employees’ creativity to innovate. Moreover, they should foster creativity, risk-taking, and teamwork to secure business growth and success. Therefore, this study analyzes the link between entrepreneurial leadership, creativity, and innovation among SMEs. The aim is to identify the traits that lead to entrepreneurial leadership which helps in fostering creativity and innovation among SMEs in Saudi Arabia.The study is based on primary data from employees, managers, and owners of SMEs in the capital region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Two hundred and eighty-one responses were collected. However, only two hundred and forty-eight responses were left for the final analysis. The results of the study indicate that entrepreneurial leadership positively influences organizational innovation and employee creativity among SMEs, where the coefficient was found to be significant. Next, no mediation relationships involving creativity were noted between entrepreneurial leadership and organizational innovation. However, entrepreneurial leadership has been identified as a critical driver of innovation and employee creativity in SMEs. Furthermore, the study suggests that SMEs need to foster a culture of innovation to unleash employee creativity. Finally, the study can have important implications for practitioners and academic scholars. AcknowledgmentThis project was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University under the research project (PSAU-2022/01/20421).

Creativity is becoming an increasing source of competitiveness for countries’ economies in a global context. This has led to the need to develop a methodological instrumentarium for assessing and analyzing creativity as a system of innovative entrepreneurship in both global and local contexts. The article examines the essence of innovative entrepreneurship as a key element of the creative management system, which ensures its effectiveness and commercialization opportunities. The categories of «creative management» is defined as a type of management activity aimed at creating an appropriate socio-psychological climate in teams together with the adaptive innovation infrastructure that will ensure an efficient process of development, generation and implementation of innovations. A classification of types of creativity is carried out as follows: technological, economic, artistic, and cultural. The methods of evaluation along with international indicators for rankubg creative activity are considered in detail: Global Creativity Index; Creative Productivity Index; Global Innovation Index; Index of Creativity of Cities; Hong Kong Creative Index. The development issues of the creative economy are highlighted in international rankings in various aspects and depend on the goals and priorities of researchers, as well as the factors identified for analysis. However, all indices share the same conception of creating an ecosystem to encourage more creativity. The factors that form the structural elements of the creative ecosystem can include the following: human resources; innovative infrastructure; institutional and legal environment; creative results; social capital and the degree of tolerance. In combination, this powerful intangible interaction of factors generates a phenomenon of creativity, which manifests itself in social and economic effects, creates values for the business environment and serves as the basis for innovative development of countries in the long term. The directions of further research are the analysis and development on the basis of international rankings of methods for assessing and stimulating the manifestations of creativity at the macro and micro levels

This research develops an exploratory study on the impact of brainstorming on students' creativity and innovation. Therefore, the purpose of this research study is to advance on: how much the creativity and innovation of students increases with the use of brainstorming; how contextual variables influence creativity and innovation when brainstorming is applied, and; how the legitimacy given by students to the brainstorming methodology influences the results achieved in creativity and innovation. The results show that the application of brainstorming, among a sample of 89 students of the technology and operations management course, leads to significant increases in creativity and innovation. They also show that there are no significant differences according to age, study background and gender. Finally, it demonstrates the importance of the degree of acceptability and desirability of brainstorming in the teaching and learning process to improve student outcomes. Having legitimacy is positive because it conveys confidence to students, encouraging learning. Future research could analyse the role of legitimacy of teaching methods on student outcomes. Resumen En esta investigación se desarrolla un estudio exploratorio sobre el impacto del brainstorming en la creatividad y la innovación de los estudiantes. Nuestro propósito es avanzar sobre: cuánto aumenta la creatividad y la innovación de los estudiantes con la utilización del brainstorming; cómo influyen las variables contextuales sobre la creatividad y la innovación cuando se aplica el brainstorming y; cómo influye la legitimidad otorgada por los estudiantes a la metodología del brainstorming sobre los resultados alcanzados en la creatividad y la innovación. Los resultados evidencian que la aplicación del brainstorming, entre una muestra de 89 estudiantes de la asignatura de tecnología y dirección de operaciones, conduce a incrementos importantes de la creatividad y la innovación. También muestran que no existen diferencias significativas en función de la edad, estudios de procedencia y género. Por último, se demuestra la importancia del grado de aceptabilidad y deseabilidad del brainstorming en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje para mejorar los resultados de los estudiantes. Tener legitimidad es positivo porque transmite confianza a los estudiantes, favoreciendo el aprendizaje. Futuras investigaciones podrían analizar el papel de la legitimidad de los métodos de enseñanza sobre los resultados de los estudiantes.

Abstract The main objective of this study is to propose a theoretical model to understand the importance of disruption—in three of its dimensions, thinking, creativity, and innovation—developed and applied in the thinking and exercise of entrepreneurship and, at the same time, highlight the relationship of the disruption with competitiveness. Being competitive is one of the most demanding goals that entrepreneurs can and should set themselves; however, unlike established or traditional companies, usually the entrepreneur cannot promote competitiveness in the same way that they do. Taking these into account, it is necessary to use unconventional tools, or a different perspective methodology, for promoting creativity and innovation beyond the entrepreneurial activity itself. Through a qualitative methodology, with an emphasis on documentary research and inferential and deductive reasoning, a theoretical model is proposed. The model seeks to illustrate how disruptive currents can help entrepreneurs to be more competitive and, at the same time, boost their entrepreneurial spirit.

Entrepreneurial interest is believed to be the most powerful solution in solving labor problems among students. However, the phenomenon that occurs in UNESA Economic Education Study Program students is still not optimal in interpreting this solution. This study identifies the influence of motivation, creativity, innovation and venture capital on interest in entrepreneurship. The data analysis technique used multiple linear regression and descriptive statistics. A sample of 60 students used purposive sampling technique. The results of the study show that motivation, creativity and venture capital partially significant effect on entrepreneurial interest. Only innovation shows that there is no significant influence on entrepreneurial interest.