Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy

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Synopsis

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 industries (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 cultural industries within the cultural
economy, paying attention to the dynamics of context, organisation 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 organisation, management, labour markets and economic
geography. It will be of particular interest to geographers, planners, economists and
sociologists concerned with the localisation of cultural production.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Studies in Global Competition
Author:
Paul Jeffcutt, Andy C. Pratt
ISBN:
9780415419758
Publisher:
Routledge
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-02-01
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2009
Copyright by:
Paul Jeffcutt, Andy C. Pratt 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Nonfiction