and innovation. KIBS are generally understood as depending, driving and thriving on knowledge exchanges and therefore …Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are widely perceived as being important drivers of technological progress … paper investigates how the innovation performance and processes of KIBS firms are related to their distance from the nearest …

knowledge spillovers and other positive externalities. In such a stimulating environment, firms become more prone to be … interaction of distinct knowledge and related problem-solving abilities increases productivity and secures export success. In this … to 250 employees) benefit most from externalities and especially from knowledge spillover. There is weak evidence …

, Engineering and Mathematics - workers and the level of the firm and firm- and city-/regional-level innovation in Germany. It also … creative workers to innovation is limited to the boundaries of the firm, whereas that of STEM workers is as associated to the … generation of considerable innovation spillovers. Hence, attracting STEM workers is more likely to end up making German cities …