Economic research on innovation has long discussed which policy instruments best foster innovativeness in individuals and organizations. One of the instruments easily accessible to policy-makers is innovation contests; however, there is ambiguous empirical evidence concerning how such contests...

Many of us take it for granted that we ought to cooperate to tackle climate change. But where does this requirement come from and what does it mean for us as individuals trying to do the right thing? Although climate change does untold harm to our fellow humans and to the non-human world, no one...

The cognitive science of innovation tools / Arthur B. Markman and Kristin L. Wood -- On "out-of-the-box" thinking in creativity / Robert W. Weisberg -- "Putting blinkers on a blind man" : providing cognitive support for creative processes with environmental cues / Bo T. Christensen and Christian...

1. Innovation and creativity : statement of the issues / Filip De Beule and Ysabel Nauwelaerts -- 2. International trade in disembodied technology : trends, patterns and comparisons for European and OECD countries / Nathalie Avallone, Séverine Chédor and Jean-Louis Mucchielli -- 3. A snapshot...