How much does KIBS contribute to the generation and diffusion of innovation?

Service Business

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-212

  Mas Verdú, Francisco ^a   Wensley, Anthony ^b   Alba, Martin ^a   Álvarez Coque, José María García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embodied knowledge; Innovation diffusion; KIBS

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052061682     PISSN: 18628516     EISSN: 18628508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11628-011-0110-1     Document Type: Article

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