Knowledge-intensive business services: does dual embeddedness matter?

Does Size Matter in the Use of Knowledge Intensive Services?

Knowledge intensive services (KIS) have a key role in the creation and commercialisation of new products, processes and services. They are fundamental as carriers and creators of both technological and organisational innovation. Furthermore, the availability to firms of KIS in their surroundings positively affects their ability to innovate and contribute to regional development. Nevertheless, l...

Viewing Knowledge-Intensive Business Services as Systems

This paper proposes that a general systems perspective may be used as a framework for viewing the KIBS offering. It is proposed that a system view to KIBS should recognize the main dimensions of service concept, service process, and service resources and infrastructure. In this light initial findings of a case research project are reported. Key findings are that in the KIBS service concept the ...

Branding of knowledge-intensive business services

Knowledge Intensive Business Services as Co-producers of Innovation

In the unfolding knowledge-based economy, services do matter. But while they are increasingly seen to play a pivotal role in innovation processes, there is little by way of a systematic view of this role. This essay presents a four dimensional model of (services) innovation, that points to the significance of such non-technological factors in innovation as new service concepts, client interface...

Service customisation and standardisation in combinatory knowledge-intensive business services

The trade-off between customisation and standardisation in service offerings has been widely debated in the literatures on service in general and on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) specifically. Moving beyond this trade-off, this paper introduces a new type of service offering, called combinatory KIBS, distinguished by their capability to combine customisation and standardisation. ...