Business services as actors of knowledge transformation: The role of KIBS in regional and national innovation systems

Research Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1501-1516

  Muller, Emmanuel ^a   Zenker, Andrea ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interaction; Knowledge diffusion; Knowledge transformation; Knowledge intensive business services (KIBS); Regional innovation system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035629787     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(01)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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