1. One thing in common to all this topics is the presence of extremely high expectations towards the outcome of the proposed research and/or innovation project. The large enthusiasm at the inception of the project prompted the undertaking of very risky decisions, which opened the road towards tremendously high innovations. Some of them led to dynamic societal progress and structural changes, others captured the imagination of large societal groups and proceeded along a roller-coaster of rising expectations, steep growth and spectacular downturns, while their potential future benefits are still uncertain;Gisler;The investigation of other examples of major inventions should strengthen this point: the Human Genome project,2008
2. The Causes and Consequences of Recent Financial Market Bubbles: An Introduction;U Bhattacharya;The Review of Financial Studies,2008
3. Call for Papers: Special Issue on Comovement and Contagion in Financial Markets