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Universities and Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) as Sources of Knowledge for Innovative Firms in Peripheral Regions [PDF]

open access: yesRegional Studies, 2013
Universities and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) as sources of knowledge for innovative firms in peripheral regions, Regional Studies. Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) make a crucial contribution to regional innovation. Their relevance is potentially higher in peripheral territories, assisting small and medium-sized enterprises
Pinto, Hugo   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Mapping interaction patterns of German IT and engineering services for automotive applications [PDF]

open access: yesGeographica Helvetica, 2020
This study explores how technical services for automotive applications organize their value-added activities. It does so from the background of a market transition towards electric vehicles and vehicle connectivity. Conceptually, the article combines the
J. Schwabe, M. Hassler
doaj   +1 more source

Closed Clubs and Inclusive Interaction: Acquiring Digitalization Knowledge Through Learning‐by‐Interacting in a Peripheral Innovation System

open access: yesGrowth and Change, Volume 57, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In contrast to traditional perspectives, recent research has highlighted advantages of peripheral environments for innovation, such as enabling certain types of innovation and trust‐based cooperation. Yet, most of this research is of systemic nature, tending to overestimate structural conditions, whereas the characteristics of firms and their ...
Anne‐Sophie Kagel, Lukas Haefner
wiley   +1 more source

The role of knowledge intensive business services in economic development: a bibliometric analysis from Bradford, Lotka and Zipf laws

open access: yesGestão & Produção
The international scientific community considers Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) as one of the main themes related to innovation and economic development.
Ronnie Figueiredo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Innovation Configurations in Knowledge-Intensive Business Services

open access: yesForesight and STI Governance, 2017
Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) industries demonstrate some of the highest levels of innovation in most developed economies. However, these industries are very heterogeneous.
Ian Miles   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does distance really matters? Assessing the role of KIBS proximity in firm´'s servitization capacity: evidence from the Basque Country

open access: yesInvestigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2020
Servitization strategy is increasingly recognized as a key source of value with important competitive and economic potential across the globe. Over the years, it has been proven to contribute to territorial performance through the provision of services ...
Marco Opazo-Basáez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial concentration of Indian service industries in rural and urban areas: A micro-unit-level analysis

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2023
This paper explores the spatial concentration of 120 service industries in India’s rural and urban areas, covering 33.60 million establishments using Economic census (2013) data at the district level.
Sugam Agarwal, Smruti Ranjan Behera
doaj   +1 more source

Company Websites: A New Measure of Disclosure

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 81-125, March 2026.
Abstract We propose a new measure of firms' disclosure based on company websites, which are widely available and contain a wealth of information. For a sample of U.S. public firms, we construct our disclosure measure using historical website data, validate it by correlating it with extant measures of disclosure and information asymmetry, and explore ...
ROMAIN BOULLAND   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Location choice of foreign direct investment in technical KIBS in China: impact of human capital and intellectual property rights protection [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Asian Business and Economic Studies
Purpose – This study considers the “technology creation” characteristic of technical knowledge-intensive business services (T-KIBS) and examines how human capital and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection affect the location choice of foreign ...
Shijie Li
doaj   +1 more source

Is the Knowledge‑intensive Business Services Sector Crisis‑robust or Crisis‑resilient? A Comparative Study of European Union Countries

open access: yesComparative Economic Research, 2023
The paper examines the crisis robustness and resilience of the knowledge‑intensive business services (KIBS) sector. The hypothesis is tested that the KIBS sector is crisis‑robust rather than crisis‑resilient.
Joanna Wyszkowska‑Kuna
doaj   +1 more source

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