[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"external-wf-715":3},{"payload":4,"id":7,"user":8,"level":14,"course":15,"activity":16,"activity_slug":17,"title":6,"topic":18,"tone":19,"stats":20,"created":23,"score":24,"is_favorite":25,"public":26,"is_external":25},{"text":5,"title":6},"Periods of economic difficulty are often associated with fear, caution and reduced spending. Yet history suggests that crisis can also be a powerful driver of (0) CREATIVITY. When resources become scarce, businesses are forced to rethink their priorities and search for more (1) .......... (EFFICIENCY) ways of operating. This pressure can lead to remarkable (2) .......... (INVENT) in products, services and business models.\n\nDuring a downturn, companies may no longer be able to rely on old habits or expensive routines. As a result, they often become more (3) .......... (ADAPT) and willing to experiment. In some cases, financial limits encourage the (4) .......... (DEVELOP) of simpler technologies that are cheaper and easier to use. Consumers, too, may change their behaviour, creating demand for more (5) .......... (AFFORD) alternatives.\n\nOf course, not every response to crisis is successful. Some ideas are too risky, while others fail because of poor (6) .......... (EXECUTE). However, difficult conditions can increase the (7) .......... (LIKELY) that organisations will question accepted practices. In that sense, economic crises can act as an (8) .......... (EXPECT) source of progress rather than merely a period of decline.","Innovation in Hard Times",715,{"id":9,"username":10,"first_name":11,"last_name":12,"image":13},21949,"bejenaru-alexandru","Bejenaru","Alexandru","https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLEfT94mQjdTYKsjmOKyOz7WELGupzbSWQF1f1WKNbfENvPog=s96-c","C1","Reading","Word Formation","word-formation","Create an exercise about how economic crises influence innovation","Standard",{"times_played":21,"num_favorites":22},7,0,"2026-05-11T05:09:37",null,false,true]