Creativity, Innovation, and the cultural Economy Edited by Andy C. Pratt and Paul Jeffcutt What is creativity, and how can we understand innovation? Are they one and the same? Are cultural and creative industries the lodestone of the knowledge economy? This edited collection discusses the interrelationship between creativity and innovation, and the cultural and creative industries. Working through a range of international industry specific case studies, the book examines the nature of a range of cultural and creative industry (such as film, new media, theatre, galleries, music, design, and advertising) and the important similarities and differences between them. It raises the question of whether it is valid to see the cultural and creative industries as the 'leading edge' of innovation and creativity in the contemporary economy, and whether the cultural and creative industries are as innovative and creative as the rest of the economy. The book highlights the role of particular industries within the cultural economy, paying attention to the dynamics of context, organization and labour process issues. It is particularly critical of the concept of innovation and creativity as a 'magic bullet' in the contemporary economy; the collection offers an alternative conception of the 'field of innovation and creativity' that is embedded in place, and in social and economic networks. This collection brings together international experts to consider key issues and debates from across this developing arena of the global knowledge economy. The book will be useful to students and researchers in the cultural and creative industries, business, organization, management, labor markets and economic geography. It will be of particular interest to geographers, planners, economists and sociologists concerned with the localization of cultural production. Andy C. Pratt has been researching and writing about cultural and creative economy for more than a decade. He has advised policy makers at urban, national and international levels: most recently UNCTAD and UNBESCO […] Paul Jeffcutt is Professor of Management Knowledge and the Founding Director of Queen's University's interdisciplinary Centre for Creative Industry […]