Creativity, Innovation and the Cultural Economy

Pratt (urban cultural economy, London School of Economics, UK) and Jeffcutt (management knowledge, Queen's U., UK) present 12 case studies quantitatively and qualitatively examining relationships between and practices of creativity and innovation in the cultural and creative industries. A dozen paired chapters look at advertising in the UK, the music industry in Scotland, the British film industry, web designers in Canada and the Netherlands, the design industry in Canada and Sweden, and the "pure arts" sector in the forms of British theater and German art museums and galleries. The core questions of the multidisciplinary studies concern the similarities and differences between the cultural and creative industries and the ontologies of creativity and innovation. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Andy C. Pratt has been researching and writing about the cultural and creative economy for more than a decade. He has advised policy makers at urban, national and international levels: most recently UNCTAD and UNESCO. Andy is a Reader in Urban Cultural Economy in the Department of Geography and Environment, and Director of the Urban Research Centre at the London School of Economics.

Paul Jeffcutt is Professor of Management Knowledge and the founding Director of Queen’s University’s interdisciplinary Centre for Creative Industry. He is a published poet and has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, (FRSA).