Innovation and knowledge-intensive business service: the contribution of knowledge-intensive business service to innovation in manufacturing establishments

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 751-774

  Shearmur, Richard ^a   Doloreux, David ^b  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

contribution of KIBS; innovation; KIBS users; manufacturing establishments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890436903     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2013.786581     Document Type: Article

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