INNOVATIVE INSTRUMENTS FOR STIMULATING CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING Abstract: The creation of knowledge, the advanced research in strategic directions, the increasing of economic competitiveness and the transfer of knowledge in the economy are priorities of economic policies. They are based on research, development and innovation activities, which although take various shapes, have something in common: they relate to problem solving. Strategies, methods and techniques used in order to find solutions for problems are based on problem solving techniques taken from psychology. This paper, which creates a bridge between the field of economy and that of psychology, proposes innovative tools to stimulate creativity and the problem solving ability. The tools suggested are based on analogy, the fundamental operation of thinking and creative imagination, and can be applied in various business functions

Octav Dumitru Dafinoiu
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Octav Dumitru Dafinoiu: University of Bucharest, Romania

EcoForum, 2015, vol. 4, issue Special Issue 1, 19

Keywords: analogy; creativity; innovation; invention processes; problem solving. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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