A review of research in creativity and innovation

Abstract

Consulta en la Biblioteca ETSI Industriales (Riunet)

[EN] The main objective of this thesis is to explore in literature the work on creativity and innovation, particularly their definitions, dimensions with which they can be assessed and influences. To approach this goal, definitions of creativity and innovation are going to be extracted from literature. The next objective is to understand and look for similarities in these definitions. Another objective is review the dimensions of creativity and innovation, and their analysis. Breaking down the concept will give a better understanding of creativity and innovation. The last objective of this thesis is to review various influences that can foster or detriment creativity and innovation. These influences from literature will be classified depending on the strength of the validation, and then they will be classified depending the nature of these influences. Another important issue that is going to be reviewed in this thesis are the influences that foster and inhibit creativity and innovation. In current literature, many influences are shown and is important to review them to know what has been done in the field. This will help companies or individuals that want to increase the innovation and creativity in their fields. It is also important to have an overview of the relative strength of these influences. Often, no validation is performed to support the views of the author in ascertaining the strength of an influence. It is important for the scientific community to recollect these influences because it will give an overview about was has been done in the field, and will further help to improve these concepts.