What we should know about knowledge-intensive business services

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• 作者：Emmanuel Muller ; David Doloreux
• 关键词：Knowledge-intensive business services ; KIBS ; Knowledge ; Innovation ; Spatial proximity
• 刊名：Technology in Society
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：February 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：31
• 期：1
• 页码：64-72
• 全文大小：175 K

文摘

The term “knowledge-business intensive services” (KIBS) has been in use for more than 15 years, but has recently become an important subject of analysis and empirical investigation. Beginning with a literature review, this paper presents and discusses the features of KIBS and their role in innovation systems. The following questions are considered: (1) how are KIBS defined? (2) how have KIBS been investigated empirically? and (3) how have the dimensions of knowledge, innovation, and spatial proximity been integrated into analysis?