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The greek philosopher Heraclitus (ca. 500 B.C.) wrote the famous words ‘panta rhei kai ouden menei’ (1). Which can be translated as: everything changes and nothing remains as it is. Indeed, we live in a world of change, natural change and change induced through human action. Even if situations appear constant at first sight they will show change on a closer, if necessary on a microscopical look. We are therefore justified to write down a very general transformation equation, viz.
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Eekels, J. (1988). The Role of Normative Information in Innovation Management. In: Colemont, P., Grøholt, P., Rickards, T., Smeekes, H. (eds) Creativity and Innovation: towards a European Network. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2827-5_12
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