Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness (Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy)

ISBN 10: 1138859362 / ISBN 13: 9781138859364

Published by Routledge, 2016

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pp. 352.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness (Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138859362
• ISBN 13: 9781138859364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.