business services (KIBS) as leading vehicles for technological progress, of innovation as well as economic growth, all of which … on knowledge, they are located in urban areas and are considered as an essential element of the innovation system of big … cities. These stand simultaneously as suppliers of innovation capacity for small companies and for those companies where I …

Using data from a survey of 769 firms, this paper provides empirical evidence of the nature of innovation and its … are clear differences in the innovation profiles of the three sectors, which suggest that KIBS cannot be analysed as an …