Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ferreira, João J. M.; Dejardin, Marcus; Fernandes, Cristina I.; Raposo, Mário L.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Research interest in the service sector has boomed in recent years as deindustrialisation became entrenched. Instead of being regarded as merely supplementary to traditional industry and manufacturing, services have generated progressively rising levels of growth in developed economies while at the same time coming to be recognised as major drivers of innovation.

Among the factors which have helped service companies notch up swifter growth rates than all other sectors are the outsourcing of such services by other sectors, including the development of information and communication technologies, and changes to the regulatory, legal and market frameworks as well as globalisation and internationalisation. The result is a cluster of highly innovative firms which can loosely be grouped under the heading of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS). Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness charts the development of these firms and explores their success through four mutually linked parts: KIBS and industrial dynamics; KIBS and their context; KIBS and their contribution to regional competitiveness and economic development; and finally, KIBS and public policy.

This book is suitable for researchers and policy makers interested in the rise of these influential actors and their influence on regional competitiveness.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317509585
• Artikelnr.: 49354011

Autorenporträt

João J. M. Ferreira is Associate Professor in Management at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal. Mário L. Raposo is Professor of Business and Economics, University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal. Cristina I. Fernandes is a Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal. Marcus Dejardin is Professor of Economics at the University of Namur, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Knowledge intensive business services and regional
competitiveness: an overview João J. Ferreira, Mário Raposo, Cristina
Fernandes and Marcus Dejardin Part I KIBS and industrial dynamics 1.
Knowledge intensive business services research: a bibliometric study of
leading international journals (1994-2014) Alexandra Braga and Carla
Marques 2. KIBS and the dynamics of industrial clusters: a complex adaptive
systems approach Benoit Desmarchelier, Faridadh Djellal and Faiz Gallouj
3. Bad News travels fast: The role of informal networks for SME-KIBS
cooperation Daniel Feser and Till Proeger Part II KIBS and their Context
4. Does the geographic distribution of knowledge intensive business
services affect the use of services for innovation? Empirical evidence from
Quebec KIBS manufacturers David Doloreux and Richard Shearmur 5.
Institutions and spin-offs: determining factors for establishment and early
market entry success of innovation based spin-offs from KIBS-firms Kjersti
Vikse Meland and Tatiana A. Iakovleva 6. Survival of knowledge intensive
business service firms: the role of agglomeration externalities Sam
Tavassoli and Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol Part III KIBS and their
Contribution to regional competitiveness and economic development 7.
Entrepreneurship and KIBS: Key factors in the growth of territories
Joaquín Alcazar, Norat Roig-Tierno, Alicia Mas-Tur and Belén
Ribeiro-Navarrete 8. Contribution of knowledge intensive activities to
regional competitiveness: production function approach Anna-Leena Asikainen
and Giovanni Mangiarotti 9. KIBS as a factor in meetings industry
competitiveness creation in Krakow, Poland Krzysztof Borodako, Jadwiga
Berbeka and Michä Rudnicki 10. Interactive relationships, development
effects and knowledge Intermediaries among KIBS firms and their clients: a
comparison of the Hsinchu and Tainan regions,Taiwan Tai-Shan Hu, Chien-Yuan
Lin and Hung-Nien Hsieh 11. Regional competitiveness and localised
knowledge intensive business services: the case of the Gold Coast
(Australia) Vanessa Ratten Part IV KIBS and public policy 12. Skills,
competitiveness and regional policy: knowledge-intensive business services
in the West Midlands, UK John R. Bryson and Peter W. Daniels 13. Prospects
and policies in the development of knowledge-intensive business services in
Europe Marja Toivonen and Antonella Caru