), and different forms of trust (knowledge-based trust, social trust, trust towards public services and political …

growth. In contrast, we find that HGFs are overrepresented in knowledge-intensive service industries, i.e., service …

national innovation systems. The study also analyses the factors behind this industry's poor productivity growth. A scenario …

. The business services industry has an important role in the national innovation system and in knowledge spillovers to … other industries. The innovation contribution of business services to the rest of the economy may countervail the effect of … strengthening its role in knowledge spillovers to client industries. …

the perpetual discovery and use of productive knowledge. A key element in this process is the competence bloc, a nexus of … institutional framework determines the incentives for these individuals to acquire and utilize knowledge. We identify a number of …