The Elgar companion to innovation and knowledge creation This Companion provides a comprehensive state of the art overview and critical evaluation of existing conceptualizations and new developments in innovation research. Arguing that innovation research requires inter and trans disciplinary explanations and methodological pluralism at various levels it draws on multiple perspectives of innovation knowledge and creativity from economics geography history management political science and sociology. The Companion provides the definitive guide to the field and introduces new approaches perspectives and developments. The Companion systematically analyzes the challenges problems and gaps in innovation research. Leading scholars reflect upon and critically assess the fundamental topics of the field including: innovation as a concept innovation and institutions innovation and creativity innovation networking and communities innovation in permanent spatial settings innovation in temporary and virtual settings innovation entrepreneurship and market making innovation governance and management. Innovation researchers and students in economics economic geography industrial sociology innovation studies international business management and political science will find the Companion to be an essential resource. It will also appeal to practitioners in innovation and policy makers in economic development public policy and innovation policy Contents: Preface 1. Innovation and knowledge creation: challenges to the field Harald Bathelt Patrick Cohendet Sebastian Henn and Laurent Simon Part I. innovation as a concept 2. A conceptual history of innovation Benoit Godin 3. Concepts and models of innovation Patrick Cohendet and Laurent Simon 4. Science and innovation Jean Alain Héraud 5. Reverse innovation Thierry Burger Helmchem and Caroline Hussler 6. Broadening the concept of open innovation Wim Vanhaverbeke 7. Measurement of innovation Stephane Lhuillery Julio Raffo and Intan Hamdan Livramento Part II. innovation and institutions 8. Institutional context and innovation Johannes Glückler and Harald Bathelt 9. Innovation in practice Deborah Dougherty 10. Domesticating innovation Designing revolutions Yellowlees Douglas and Andrew Hargadon 11. Innovation and lock in Uwe Cantner and Simone Vannuccini 12. Patents and open innovation Julien Pénin Part III. innovation and creativity 13. Managing knowledge creativity and innovation Patrick Cohendet Guy Parmentier and Laurent Simon 14. Urban diversity and innovation Pierre Desrochers Samuli Leppala and Joanna Szurmak 15. Innovation and the cultural economy Andy C. Pratt 16. Innovation and cultural industries Deborah Leslie and Norma M. Rantisi 17. Services and innovation Johannes Glückler 18. Design theories creativity and innovation Pascal Le Masson Armand Hatchuel and Benoit Weil 19. The dark side of creativity David H Cropley Part IV. Innovation networking and communities 20. Social networks and innovation Michel Ferrary and Mark Granovetter 21. Community creativity and innovation Joanne Roberts 22. Industrial clusters in global networks Elisa Giuliani 23. The user innovation phenomenon Cyrielle Vellera Eric Vernette and Susumu Ogawa 24. Horizontal learning Pengfei Li 25. Innovation versus technological achievement Dominique Foray Part V. Innovation in permanent spatial settings 26. Geography of innovation proximity and beyond Alain Rallet and Andre Torre 27. Urban bias in innovation studies Richard Shearmur 28. National and regional innovation systems Harald Bathelt and Sebastian Henn 29. National innovation systems and globalization Bengt Åke Lundvall 30. Innovation regional development and relationality Arnoud Lagendijk Part VI. Innovation in temporary and virtual settings 31. Trade fairs and innovation Harald Bathelt 32. Innovation through trade show concertation Francesca Golfetto and Diego Rinallo 33. Knowledge collaboration in virtual communities Gernot Grabher and Oliver Ibert 34. Performativity and the innovation replication dilemma Luciana DAdderio 35. Coworking and innovation Janet Merkel Part VII. Innovation entrepreneurship and market making 36. Markets marketization and innovation Michel Callon 37. Market formation and innovation systems Ulrich Dewald and Bernard Truffer 38. Innovation and entrepreneurship Ed Malecki and Ben Spigel 39. Transnational entrepreneurs and global knowledge transfer Sebastian Henn and Harald Bathelt 40. Institutional entrepreneurship and innovation in Alzheimers Nina Geilinger Stefan Haefliger Georg von Krogh and Fotini Pachidou Part VIII. Governance and management of innovation 41. Relational geographies of knowledge and innovation James R. Faulconbridge 42. Innovation governance and place Maryann Feldman and Nicola Lowe 43. The dynamics of organizational structures and performances Giovanni Dosi and Luigi Marengo 44. Learning through governance Neil Bradford and David Wolfe 45. Global value chains and innovation Ari Van Assche 46. Innovation development and global destruction networks Andrew Herod Graham Pickren Al Rainnie and Susan McGrath Champ 47. Innovation and the global eco industry Bernard Sinclair Desgagné Index.