Regional Development Fueled by Entrepreneurial Ventures Providing KIBS – Case Study on Romania

Vasile Alecsandru Strat (), Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Raluca Mariana Grosu and Ion-Daniel Zgura
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Vasile Alecsandru Strat: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Raluca Mariana Grosu: Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Ion-Daniel Zgura: Bucharest University of Economic Studies

The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, 2016, vol. 18, issue 41, 55

Abstract: The main goal of the current research paper is to analyze the evolution of the knowledge intensive business services sector from Romania, for the period 2008-2014, from a territorial point of view and to assess its impact in the general economic development. Using a time series of Gini coefficients and other quantitative instruments, the paper provides clear evidences that, during the 2008-2014 period, the domain has increased its concentration, Bucharest and the 10 most attractive counties being responsible for over 88% from the field’s activity at national level, in 2014. Another important fact is that Bucharest which is responsible for almost 66% of the field’s activity, in 2008, is diminishing constantly its importance during the analyzed period. Using panel regression, the presented research brings clear evidence that the main characteristics of the field (KIBS sector): number of companies, total turnover and number of employees can be used, as independent variables, in econometric models designed to estimate the size of the economy of the Romanian counties.

Keywords: knowledge intensive business services (KIBS sector); regional disparities; panel regression; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L84 O18 P48 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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