Does innovativeness of knowledge-intensive business services differ from other industries?

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 734-748

  Ferreira, João J M ^a   Raposo, Mário L ^a   Fernandes, Cristina I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

financial performance; innovative capacity; knowledge intensive business services (KIBS)

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84877807551     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2013.740462     Document Type: Article

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