Much has been published recently about Creative Economy, Creative Industries and Cultural Industries. The broader term – Creative Economy – was widened even further in recent publications such as articles in Business Week, whose cover page of August 1st, 2005 was “Get Creative!” setting a clear sign for the belief that changes in business concepts will from now on be heavily influenced by the so-called Creative Economy.

In accordance with Bruce Nussbaum and Robert Berner in Chicago, and Diane Brady in New York, all on the staff of the above weekly publication, “The Knowledge Economy as we know it is being eclipsed by something new – call it the Creativity Economy”.

The Forum “Beyond 2005” held in Singapore in November, 2005 and the “Shanghai International Creative Industry Week”, held in China in December, 2005, effectively evidenced this movement, not to mention the International Creative Industries Forum, organized at government level, which in April, 2005 decided to host the International Creative Industries Center in Salvador, in the State of Bahia.

In this page you will also find several bibliographic references on the subject, as well as commented articles on Creative Economy concepts.