Editor(s): Ferreira, Joao J. M.; Raposo, Mario L.; Fernandes, Cristina I.; Dejardin, Marcus. Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy. Num Pages: 350 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 61 black & white tables, 33 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; KCD; KJF; KNS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 656. . 2016. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1138859362
ISBN 13: 9781138859364
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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

Jo�o J. M. Ferreira is Associate Professor in Management at the University of Beira Interior (UBI), Portugal.

M�rio 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.

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