Co-innovation by KIBS in Environmental Services: A Resource-based View

Carolina Castaldi, Jan Faber () and Maikel Kishna

No 10-05, Working Papers from Eindhoven Center for Innovation Studies

Abstract: This paper investigates the ability of knowledge intensive business firms (KIBS) to engage in co-innovation with client firms. Co-innovation relates to KIBS competitive advantage as knowledge creators and sources of innovation. We propose a resource-based model where knowledge-related resources and capabilities explain why certain KIBS firms are able to co-innovate. We explore the model on a sample of Dutch environmental investigation firms. Our exploratory results confirm the expected dominant role played by the learning capabilities of KIBS firms in explaining their ability to co-innovate.

Keywords: KIBS; co-innovation; resource-based; knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-03, Revised 2010-03
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