Innovation and the arts : the value of humanities studies for business

We live in the Age of Knowledge but we are heading towards the Age of Imagination. However, our current education systems still divide arts and business, juxtaposing them as different worlds, apparently ignoring the essential truth that imagination is the springboard of innovation. For business to c...

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Other Authors Formica, Piero (Editor), Edmondson, John (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781789738872
9781789738858
DOI10.1108/9781789738858
Physical Description1 online resource (248 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • 1. Business, innovation and the arts : the golden encounter / Piero Formica
  • 2. The golden path toward the arts in/with business / Tatiana Chemi
  • 3. Teaching intangibles - uncertainty and imperfection and the institutional challenge of the unmeasurable / John Edmondson
  • 4. On regarding the value of aesthetics for entrepreneurship / Jay Mitra
  • 5. The true value of 'doing well' economically / Morten Tønnessen
  • 6. Beyond the 'great derangement': will the humanities lead ecological transition? / Fabio Montagnino
  • 7. Move slow and nurture things: wise creativity and human-centred values in a world that idolizes disruption / Danah Henriksen and Punya Mishra
  • 8. How businesses can benefit from collaborating with the arts / Peter Robbins
  • 9. The arts as an economic driver in an era of exponential technologies: a Silicon Valley entrepreneur's perspective / Sheridan Tatsuno
  • 10. Leadership in business, innovation and art : lessons learnt from an orchestra conductor / Edna Pasher, Roni Porat, Yaara Turjeman-Levi, Mor Harir and Yael Caspi.