Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are intermediary firms which specialise in knowledge screening, assessment … perceived by many as the natural by-product of modern knowledge economies within which increasing specialisation induces the … need for professional agents in the markets for external knowledge. This paper addresses critically a conceptual flaw in …

This paper explores knowledge services clusters (KSCs) as a distinct and increasingly important form of geographic … global demand for increasingly commoditized knowledge services. Based on prior research on clusters and services offshoring … commoditization of knowledge work on KSC growth: It is proposed that KSCs attract most projects if service commoditization is medium …

promoted access to knowledge for millions of people — increased the innovation output of recipient towns. To identify the … scientific knowledge and opportunities to interact with fellow patrons are possible mechanisms …

The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data … talent is a central ingredient for the production of knowledge. Second, such talented individuals born in low- or middle …-income countries are systematically less likely to become knowledge producers. Our findings suggest that policies to encourage …

The development of knowledge-intensive business services in recent decades can be interpreted as one of the indicators … of a transformation from an industrial economy into a knowledge-based one. Not only do quantitative measures, whether in … knowledge throughout the economy. This article presents an analysis of the KIBS sector based on a literature review. In the …

Introduction -- Knowledge and learning -- Creating knowledge : transfer, exchange and gifts -- Development of economic … knowledge : paradigms & new ideas -- Knowledge exchange in networks : within-firm analysis -- Knowledge exchange between firms … : economic geography of high-tech firms -- The knowledge base of an economy : what contributes to its entropy? -- A dynamic …