This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms' capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is such that the knowledge involved in their creation is likely...

For more than twenty-five years auditing research has examined whether knowledge spillovers or synergies exist from the joint provision of audit and non-audit services as well as whether the audit client benefits from knowledge spillovers. However, empirical evidence on knowledge spillover...