This paper focuses on the diffusion of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) in relation to information and … communication technology-based innovations and their effect on productivity growth. Intermediate purchases of KIBS by any other … industry determine the extent of KIBS diffusion. This diffusion is seen as part of the broader process of organisational …

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 …

The importance of knowledge and innovation in modern economies justifies the in-creasing interest that scholars are … taking in studying knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The objective of this paper is to track the evolution of the … issues are addressed: (1) how KIBS are defined in the litera-ture; (2) how KIBS have been investigated empirically by …

are clear differences in the innovation profiles of the three sectors, which suggest that KIBS cannot be analysed as an …Using data from a survey of 769 firms, this paper provides empirical evidence of the nature of innovation and its … determinants within knowledge intensive business services (KIBS). The aim of the paper is to analyse how KIBS innovate and whether …

The aim of this paper is to verify whether there are idiosyncratic innovation dynamics in the satellite regions …. Firstly, we verify if is possible to isolate regional differences between satellite regions with respect to innovation …

This paper examines innovation among very small firms and provides new insights into both internal and external … for the period 2000–2006, the following facts emerge: (i) in contrast to larger firms, innovation in micro firms with 1 … innovation among micro firms compared to other firms, (iii) affiliation to a domestically owned multinational enterprise group …

Announcements as a measure of innovation, we find that industries dominated by small firms prove consistently and significantly more …

Innovation-led performance improvement in the construction industry is significantly influenced by the innovation … performance of small firms. There is a dearth of research investigating innovation from the perspective of the small construction … stress the important role that owners of firms play in successful innovation. The type of innovation undertaken, and the …