What we should know about knowledge-intensive business services

Emmanuel Muller and David Doloreux

Technology in Society, 2009, vol. 31, issue 1, 64-72

Abstract: 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?

Keywords: Knowledge-intensive business services; KIBS; Knowledge; Innovation; Spatial proximity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2008.10.001

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