Innovation Processes and the Role of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS)

The knowledge-intensive service industry is one of the most dynamic components of the service sector in Europe and in most highly industrialised countries. This dynamic growth can be seen no longer as a simple outsourcing phenomenon. It is an reflection of deep changes in production and organisational structures and it shows the increasing linkages and networks between economic activities.

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