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

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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.
Copyright:
2016

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781317509585
Related ISBNs:
9781315717302, 9780367872038, 9780367872038, 9781138859364, 9781138859364
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Jo
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
João J. Ferreira
Edited by:
Mário L. Raposo
Edited by:
Cristina I. Fernandes
Edited by:
Marcus Dejardin

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