Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Release date:	May 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Joao J.M. Ferreira • Mario L Raposo • Cristina I Fernandes • Marcus Dejardin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-85936-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Promotions
LSN:	1-138-85936-2
Barcode:	9781138859364

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