Introduction

International audienceContemporary economies are inescapably service economies, innovation economies andsustainable development economies. The articles included in this issue of the Journal of Inspiration Economy are devoted(independently or in an interlinked way) to these three themes which have obvious relationshipswith the inspiration issue: i) services and particularly cultural and creative services, ii) innovationand entrepreneurship in their various forms (technological and non-technological innovation,business and social entrepreneurship) and iii) sustainable development, particularly in itsenvironmental dimension