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Special issue call for papers from On The HorizonBoth arenas, Innovation and Creativity have, until recently been encouraged and developed outside of The Academia. Consulting organizations have worked with the private sector and much has been written about “Skunk Works” developing surprising products and services within the business communities.With the recent emphasis on startups, and the need for job-seekers to be entrepreneurial, there has been a surge of programs and courses outside the traditional areas of engineering, art, architecture and design. This includes MBA and business programs, education, humanities and social studies arenas.Workshops, seminars, conferences have emerged, almost overnight and have started to draw cross-overs between education and the private sector. Greater emphasis on problem solving has included programs in K-12 as well as universities. Publications have been dusted off and new materials prepared both for self-directed learning and for use in programs and courses. (...)Lire la suite : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/writing/calls.htm?id=4968Deadline: March 15, 2014