Radical challenges for innovation managements. Editorial

Abstract

[EN] The challenge of innovation has never been more keenly felt. With the constraints imposed by a deep financial crisis coming soon after major concerns about energy and resource availability there is a strong imperative for continuous improvement (CI) – doing what we do more efficiently and sustainably. But, at the same time, we face dramatic new problems requiring radical solutions – we need urgent and different responses to deal with climate change, with feeding an increasingly hungry population, with providing clean water and access to basic facilities and delivering healthcare.