New perspectives on knowledge-intensive services and innovation

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 89 B, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 45-58

  Aslesen, Heidi Wiig ^a   Isaksen, Arne ^b  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Innovation; KIBS; KISA; Knowledge bases; Knowledge intensive services

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 35748940735     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2007.00259.x     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. ASHEIM, B.T. and GERTLER, M. (2005): 'The geography of innovation: regional innovation systems', in FAGERBERG, J., MOWERY, D.C. and NELSON, R.R., (eds): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 291-317.
2. ASLESEN, H.W. (2004): Knowledge Intensive Service Activities and Innovation in the Norwegian Aquaculture Industry. STEP report 05-2004, STEP-Centre for Innovation Research, Oslo.
3. ASLESEN, H.W. and ISAKSEN, A. (2005): 'Kunnskapsintensive tjenester - en drivkraft for storbyenes næringsliv?', in VATNE, E., (ed.): Storbyene i kunnskapsøkonomien. Arena for kunnskapsdeling og nyskaping. Scandinavian Academic Press, Oslo, pp. 199-225.
4. BATHELT, H., MALMBERG, A. and MASKELL, P. (2004): 'Clusters and knowledge: Local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation', Progress in Human Geography 28 (1): 31-56.
5. BOSCHMA, R. (2005): 'Aroximity and innovation: a critical assessment', Regional Studies 39 (1): 61-74.
6. BROCH, M. and ISAKSEN, A. (2004): Knowledge intensive service activities and innovation in the Norwegian software industry. STEP report 03-2004, STEP-Centre for Innovation Research, Oslo.
7. BRYSON, J.R., DANIELS, P.W. and WARF, B. (2004): Service Worlds: People, Organisations, Technologies. Routledge, London.
8. COHEN W.A. and LAVINTHAL, D.A. (1990): 'Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation', Administrative Science Quarterly 35 (1): 128-152.
9. COOKE, P., BOEKHOLT, P. and TÖDTLING, F., (eds) (2000): The Governance of Innovation in Europe: Regional Perspectives on Global Competitiveness. Pinter, London.
10. DANIELS, P.W. and BRYSON, J.R. (2002): 'Manufacturing services and servicing manufacturing: Knowledge-based cities and changing forms of production', Urban Studies 39 (5-6): 977-991.
11. FELDMAN, M.P. (2000)T 'Location and innovation: the new economic geography of innovation, spillovers, and agglomeration', in CLARK G.L., FELDMAN, M.P. and GERTLER, M.S., (eds): The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 371-394.
12. FISCHER, M.M., REVILLA DIEZ, J. and SNICKARS, F. (2001): Metropolitan Innovation Systems. Springer, Heidelberg.
13. FORSSÉN, M.-K., HEIKKONEN, M., HIETALE, J., HÄNNINEN, O. and KONTIO, J. (2004): 'Knowledge-intensive service activities facilitating innovation in the software industry. Final report of the KISA-SWC Finland Project (Step 3)'. Software Business Research Group and Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki.
14. GERTLER, M. (2004): Manufacturing Culture: The Institutional Geography of Industrial Practice. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
15. GRANOVETTER, M. (1985): 'EconomicTaction and social structure: the problem of embeddedness', American Journal of Sociology 91 (3): 481-510.
16. GREGERSEN, B. and JOHNSON, B. (1997): 'Learning economies, innovation systems and European integration', Regional Studies 31 (5): 479-490.
17. HERTOG, P. DEN (2002): OCo-producers of innovation: on the role of knowledge-intensive business services in innovation', in GADREY, J. and GALLOUJ, F., (eds): Productivity, Innovation and Knowledge in Services: New Economic and Socio-economic Approaches. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 233-255.
18. HOWELLS, J.R.L. (2002): 'Tacit knowledge, innovation and economic geography', Urban Studies 39 (5-6): 871-884.
19. ISAKSEN, A. (2004): 'Knowledge-based cluTters and urban location: the clustering of software consultancy in Oslo', Urban Studies 41 (5/6): 1157-1174.
20. LUNDVALL, B.-Å. and JOHNSON, B. (1994): 'The learning economy', Journal of Industry Studies 1 (2): 23-42.
21. LUNDVALL, B.-Å. and BORRÁS, S. (1997): The globalising learning economy: Implications for innovation policy. Report from DG XII, Commission of the European Union, Brussels.
22. MALMBERG, A. and MASKELL, P. (2002): 'The elusive concept of localization economies: Towards a knowledge-based theory of spatial clustering', Environment and Planning A 34 (3): 429-449.
23. MASKELL, P. and MALMBERG, A. (1999): 'The competitiveness of firms and regions: Ubiquitification and the importance of localised learning', European Urban and Regional Studies 6 (1): 9-25.
24. METCALFE, J.S. and MILES, I., (eds) (2000): Innovation Systems in the Service Economy: Measurement and Case Study Analysis. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
25. MILES, I. (2005): 'Innovation in services', in FAGERBERG, J., MOWERY, D.C. and NELSON, R.R., (eds): The Oxford Handbook of Innovation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 433-458.
26. NORGES FORSKNINGSRÅD (2003): Det norske forsknings-og innnovasjonssystemet - statistikk og indikatorer 2003. Norges Forskningsråd, Oslo.
27. OECD (2001): OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2001 - Towards a Knowledge Based Economy. OECD, Paris.
28. OECD (2004): Knowledge intensive serviTes in innovation: the changing role of KISA in the innovation system. Interim report. DSTI/STP/TIP (2004) 8. Working party on innovation and technology policy, 7-8 June, OECD, Paris.
29. POLANYI, M. (1967): The Tacit Dimension. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.
30. PORTER, M.E. (1990): The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Macmillan, London.
31. PUTNAM, R.D. (1993): Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
32. RAGIN, C.C. (1994): Constructing Social Research. Pine Forge Press, Thousand Oaks, CA.
33. REVE, T. and JAKOBSEN, E.W. (2001): Et verdiskapende Norge. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo.
34. SMITH, K. (2000): 'What is the "knowledge economy"? Knowledge-intensive industries and distributed knowledge bases', Paper presented at the DRUID Summer Conference, Rebild, 15-17 June.
35. STORPER, M. (1997): The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy. Guilford Press, New York.
36. SFORPER, M. and VENABLES, A.J. (2004): 'Buzz: face-to-face contact and the urban economy', Journal of Economic Geography 4 (4): 351-370.
37. TÖDTLING, F., LEHNER, P. and TRIPPL, M. (2004): 'Knowledge intensive industries, networks, and collective learning', paper prepared for the 44th European Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Porto, 25-29 August.
38. TOIVONEN, M. (2004): Expertise as Business: Long-term Development and Future Prospects of Knowledge-intensive Business Services (KIBS). Doctoral dissertation series 2004/2, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo.
39. TORDOIR, P.P. (1994): 'Transactions of professional business services and spatial systems', Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geographie 85 (4): 322-332.
40. UZZI, B. (1997): 'Social structure and competition in interfirm networks: The paradox of embeddedness', Administrative Science Quarterly 42 (2): 35-67.
41. WOOD, P., (ed.) (2002): Consultancy and Innovation: The Business Service Revolution in Europe. Routledge, London.
42. WOOD, P. (2005): 'A service-informed approach to regional innovation - or adaptation?', The Service Industries Journal 25 (4): 429-445.
43. YIN, R. (1994): Case Study Research. Design and Method. Sage, London.