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Innovation and productivity in knowledge intensive business services
Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009This paper studies empirically the relationship between the sources of knowledge, innovation and productivity in Knowledge Intensive Business Services using French micro data and sheds some new light on the production of knowledge and on effects of innovative output on firm productivity.
MUSOLESI, Antonio, Jean Pierre Huiban
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Knowledge-intensive business services in time of crisis: the coronavirus pandemic
foresight, 2021Purpose Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms focus on applying their expert knowledge to help solve the business problems of their clients: these clients confronted major new problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy measures such as social distancing and travel restrictions, designed to reduce the rapid spread of the illness ...
Miles, Ian Douglas +3 more
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Knowledge-intensive service activities in software business
International Journal of Technology Management, 2008In this study we focus on knowledge-intensive services used by small and medium-sized companies in the software industry. Our study explores the sources, use and perceived importance of different types of knowledge-intensive services in software business.
Risto Rajala +3 more
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Knowledge protection in knowledge‐intensive business services
Journal of Intellectual Capital, 2013PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of knowledge protection in knowledge‐intensive business services (KIBS). In particular, it addresses four research questions: do KIBS firms perceive the necessity to protect their knowledge? If so, do they protect it? What method (or combinations of methods) they typically use?
BOLISANI, ETTORE +2 more
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Knowledge intensive business services: innovation and occupations
foresight, 2019Purpose The literature on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) shows them to be major innovators; this is confirmed with recent data, which the authors use to examine the various types of innovation that KIBS undertake. The implications for employment and work in highly innovative industries are important topics for analysis, not least because
Miles, Ian Douglas +2 more
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Regional Concentration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Europe
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2014This paper analyses the location patterns of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in Europe in line with the most recent literature. Our main contribution is to provide new evidence about the location patterns of KIBS considering the European continent, as opposed to individual countries, as the unit of analysis.
Xavier Vence Deza +1 more
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Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2013
It is well established that knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) firms can be innovators in their own right. It is also well established that KIBS can contribute to innovation in their client firms. This role of KIBS has been theorised, and some of the processes by which KIBS contribute to innovation have been scrutinised by way of case studies.
Shearmur, Richard, Doloreux, David
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It is well established that knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) firms can be innovators in their own right. It is also well established that KIBS can contribute to innovation in their client firms. This role of KIBS has been theorised, and some of the processes by which KIBS contribute to innovation have been scrutinised by way of case studies.
Shearmur, Richard, Doloreux, David
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Knowledge intensive business services: prospects and policies
Foresight, 2005PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine knowledge intensive business services, or KIBS for short. KIBS are one of the fastest growing areas of the European economy, and are increasingly important contributors to the performance of the sectors who are their clients.Design/methodology/approachKIBS are distinguished from other services and ...
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Collaborative Business Service Modelling in Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises
International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy, 2016Nowadays, knowledge-intensive enterprises, which offer knowledge-based products and services to the market, play a vital role in the knowledge-based economy. In the global networked age, collaborative business services have raised as one of the most important knowledge-intensive services that help enterprises to gain the competitive advantage.
Thang Le Dinh, Thanh Thoa Pham Thi
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Internationalisation and innovation in the knowledge-intensive business services
Service Business, 2013This paper aims to analyse the link between the distinct degree of internationalisation and the innovation activities of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBSs). The empirical results suggest that there are differences between the groups of KIBS analysed, particularly with regards to their characteristics, innovation activities, use of source of ...
David Doloreux, Anika Laperrière
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