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Received: 2022-11-11  |  Accepted: 2023-01-30  |  Published: 2023-03-30

Title

Creativity in times of war and pandemics


Abstract

The paper analyzes issues of creativity in times of war and pandemics, its concepts, origins, and possible development, together with the techniques and features it can be characterized by. It describes the potential present in each of the examined cases brought by the times of unrest. The scope for defining creativity in times of war and pandemics is broad and results in many manifestations. The discussion turns around the concept of creativity in everyday life and its applicability. The authors investigate whether and how to prove the interrelation of creativity to war and pandemics. They also discuss the emergence of creativity in war and pandemics because of provoked human imagination and the urgent necessity to act.


Keywords

crisis, creativity, businesses, pandemics, war


JEL classifications

M30 , M31 , M37


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1074


DOI


Pages

399-419


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Išoraitė, Margarita
Vilniaus kolegija / Higher Education Institution, Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.viko.lt
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Alperytė, Irena
Vilniaus kolegija / Higher Education Institution, Vilnius, Lithuania https://www.viko.lt
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

10


Number

3


Issue date

March 2023


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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