The paper departs from a seemingly disagreement between theoretical propositions stressing the importance of the KIBS sector as an innovation agent, and empirical results from quantitative innovation surveys. KIBS are increasingly seen to have a strategic role in stimulating innovation...

This paper examines the actors and activities and the institutional--spatial dynamics that characterize innovation and knowledge processes within the aquaculture industry and its support organizations in the coastal region of Quebec, Canada. It aims to identify the main features and components...

This paper explores geographical variations in innovation activity in Norwegian manufacturing industry, and examines in particular the characteristics of innovation activity in the most peripheral parts of the country. This is an important topic when innovation is regarded as a territorial...

This report is the result of six industrial studies performed for the RITTS Oslo project (Regional Innovation Infrastructure and Technology Transfer Systems in the Oslo region). The project was initiated by Oslo and Akershus Business Council in 1998, with financial support from the Commission of...

Bakgrunnen for dette prosjektet er den økende betydning av kunnskap og kompetanse for utviklingen i næringslivet og framveksten av det ofte betegnes som ‘nye kunnskapsbaserte næringer’. Disse er blant annet kjennetegnet ved at en stor andel av de sysselsatte har et høyt kunnskapsnivå og...

Denne rapporten viser resultater fra en evaluering av SIVA gjennomført fra januar til september 2000. SIVAs hovedmål er å bidra til økt verdiskaping og sysselsetting i distriktene. SIVA har delvis fått og delvis tatt på seg tre hovedoppgaver i arbeidet med å oppnå denne målsettingen....

This paper analyses the role of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) as innovation agents for other firms and industries with empirical evidence from the capital region of Oslo, Norway. It focuses in particular on the role of two sectors (software industry and organisational consultants)...