Pinho, Luis Fé de2012-03-042012-03-042011-12PINHO, Luis Fé de - Creative Business Entrepreneurship : the Portuguese creative business incubators. International Journal Transitions and Innovation Systems. ISSN 1745-008X. 1:4 (2011) 367-382. DOI 10.1504/IJTIS.2011.0448911745-008X10.1504/IJTIS.2011.044891http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/601Biographical notes: Luis Manuel Fe de Pinho is a Coordinator Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship in the School of Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Santarem (Portugal) as well as an Associate Professor of Tourism Marketing at the University Lusiada of Lisbon. He has a PhD in Economics and Business from the University of Huelva (Spain) and an MBA in Management from the UNL/Wharton Business School. He is the author of the book Corporate Strategy: The case of the wine sector in Portugal. His research areas are Entrepreneurship, Corporate Strategy, Marketing and Tourism. He is a consultant in Corporate Strategy and Marketing ManagementThe paper presents the findings from a survey of Portuguese creative business incubators, as a strategy to promote and support the development of the creative industries at city-regional level. Incubators can create values in the incubation process through its entry and exit procedure and by providing startups with facilities, knowledge and networks. The shifting definitions of the creative industry and sectors adopted are discussed in the context of theory review. Case studies of ABC-Obidos e INSerralves are presented, and show two different approaches of business incubators to support the creative business development. These are non-profit incubators with a regional level model, both related to universities. ABC-Obidos is promoted by the town of Obidos and INSerralves is promoted by the Cultural Foundation of Serralves, in the city of Oporto.engBusiness incubationCreative industriesCreative placesCreative clustersCreative entrepreneurshipPortuguese incubatorsLocal development strategyPortugaljournal article