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Dr. Susan Besemer has published, alone and with coauthors, the following articles and reference works on creativity:   

O’Quin, K & Besemer, S. P. (2006). “Using the creative product semantic scale as a metric for results-oriented business,” Creativity and Innovation Management 15:1, p. 31-41.

Besemer, S. P. (2006).  Creating products in the age of design.  Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press. order from

Besemer, S. (2006).  Tarz Cağinda Ürünler Yaratma. Istanbul, Turkey: Morpa Kültür Yayinlari.order from

Besemer, S. P. (2000).  “To Buy or Not to Buy:  Predicting the Willingness to Buy from Creative Product Variables.”  Korean Journal of Thinking & Problem Solving 10:2, p. 5-18. 

Besemer, S. P.  (2000). “Creative Product Analysis to Foster Innovation.”  Design Management Journal 11:3, p. 59-64. available online

Besemer, S. P.  &  O'Quin, K.  (1999).   "Confirming the three-factor Creative Product Analysis Matrix model in an American sample.” Creativity Research Journal 12:4, p.287-296.

Besemer, S. P.   (1998).  "Creative Product Analysis Matrix: Testing the model structure and a comparison among products - Three novel chairs," Creativity Research Journal 11:4, p. 333-346.

O'Quin, K.  &  Besemer, S. P.  (1998).   "Creative Products," in M. A. Runco & S.  Prizker (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Creativity, San Diego, CA:  Academic Press.

Besemer, S. P.  "Creativity Training in Academic Libraries,” in Academic Libraries and Training.  Maryruth Glogowski, Ed. Greenwich, Connecticut, JAI Press, 1994, p. 123-137.

Besemer, S. P.  & O'Quin, K. (1994), Assessing creative products:  Progress and potentials.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Creativity Research, Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp. pp. 331-349.

Besemer, S. P. & O'Quin, K. (1991).  "Creative Product Analysis: Development of a Model and a Scale,” in Creativity and Innovation: Learning from Practice, Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Creativity and Innovation, Innovation Consulting Group TNO, Delft, The Netherlands pp. 87-89.

O'Quin, K. & Besemer, S. P. (1989).  The development, reliability, and validity of the revised Creative Product Seman­tic Scale.  Creativity Research Journal, 2: 4, 267-278.

Besemer, S. P. & O'Quin, K. (1987). Creative product analysis:  testing a model by developing a judging instrument."  In Frontiers of Creativity Research:  Beyond the Basics.  Buffalo, New York: Bearly Limited, pp.  341-357.

Besemer, S. P. & O'Quin, K. (1986).  Analyzing creative products:  Refinement and test of a judging instrument.  Jour­nal of Creative Behavior, 20, 2, 115-126.

Besemer, S. P. & Besemer, J. "Raising a creative kid." G/C/T, 9: 3, 1986, pp. 6-9.

Besemer, S. P.   "How do you know it's creative?"  G/C/T, 7: 32, 1984, pp. 30-35.

Besemer, S. P.   "The evaluative analysis of creative products" in Vogl, O. J.  SAVE Proceedings. Irving, Texas, Society of American Value Engineers, Inc., (volume XVIII, pp. 190-195.) 1983.

Besemer, S. P.  &  Treffinger, D. H. (1981).  Analysis of creative products: review and synthesis.  Journal of Creative Behavior 15: 3, 158-178.