On the Contributions of Knowledge-Intensive Business-Services Multinationals to Laggard Innovation Systems

Fischer, Bruno Brandão

doi:10.1590/1807-7692bar2015140070

Cited by 16 publications

(14 citation statements)

References 35 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Markusen [1997] modelled the operations of MNCs with respect to international production paying much attention to "knowledge-intensive producer services". FDI in KIBS also play an important role in increasing the capacity of economies and boosting their international trade through knowledge spill-overs of manufacturing and service MNCs in host economies [Brandao Fischer, 2015]. Although the economic theory tries to model and explain cross-border flows of services and international investment in services, the results, especially when it comes to the role of MNCs, are still not satisfactory.…”

Section: Theoretical Background On Abs and The Global Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Advanced business services in the global economy and the Visegrád Group economies

Klimek¹

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Advanced business services in the global economy and the Visegrád Group economies The paper aims to present recent trends in global trade and investment in advanced business services (ABS). Special attention is given to the position of Visegrád countries in international movements of services and associated activities. The research method applied in the study is the statistical analysis of aggregate data on trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). The data were extracted from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) databases. The main finding is that services are still less traded than merchandise. Still, knowledge-intensive services are gaining importance as their share in trade of services reaches 15%. As a result of the study, major problems with data regarding services were identified. The results confirm the global importance of the services based on knowledge. This is significant, as ABS create a narrow group of specialized services. Importantly, ABS are quite inclusive and many emerging economies become global providers of such services.

show abstract

Section: Theoretical Background On Abs and The Global Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Advanced business services in the global economy and the Visegrád Group economies

Klimek¹

2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…support for improved process or knowledge-intensive tasks) and innovations sources (i.e. co-production of innovation) (Hertog, 2000; Fischer, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficiency assessment of knowledge intensive business services industry in Italy: data envelopment analysis (DEA) and financial ratio analysis

Campisi

Mancuso

Mastrodonato

et al. 2019

MBE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose Within the service sectors, Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) play an important role in local and regional economies as sources of competitive advantages and providing knowledge-intensive inputs to the business process of small and medium-sized enterprises. This study aims to analyze the changes in financial performance of KIBS industry in Italy over the period from 2012 to 2017. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the efficiency of the KIBS firms by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compute the Malmquist Productivity Index for the period under investigation. The DEA-based Malmquist productivity analysis is applied at firm level using a sample consisting 1.674 companies, representative of the Italian KIBS sector and related to three different NACE activity code (72-computing services; 73-research and development; 74 other professional business activities). The efficiency measures are then used to characterize KIBS firm financial performance through the analysis of average productivity patterns grouped by Italian geographical regions. The Malmquist productivity measures are decomposed into two components: efficiency change and technical change index. The overall analysis is coupled with a financial ratio analysis approach, selecting return on equity (ROE) and leverage ratio as descriptor to validate the results and better characterize differences in efficiency patterns among geographic-based groups of KIBS companies. Findings Over the period 2015-2017, the results show that the average annual growth of the overall Malmquist productivity index was positive in nine Italian regions that represent only 17 per cent of the total KIBS firms selected. On the other side, a decrease of the average performance measure is observed for the five geographic areas that contribute to 75.7 per cent of the total sample. In general, the technological change component, as a measure of innovation, strongly limits the productivity growth behavior of KIBS industry for all geographic regions. The use of selected financial ratio does not provide additional insight to the performance investigation and further in-depth studies are needed to better evaluate the correlation between average productivity results and regional business dynamics. Practical implications The study investigates the applicability of DEA-based Malmquist indices to the analysis of the productivity behavior of KIBS industry at regional level. It will be of value to provide first evidence to the policymakers to understand industry growth pattern in time frame selected and relate them to additional business factors to detect specific industry constraints. Originality/value The analysis in this paper contributes to the existing body of knowledge on industry performance measurement by applying specific analytical techniques to the productivity of Italian KIBS companies. The paper also contributes to the limited body of academic literature investigating KIBS industry at national level proposing a methodological framework that constitutes a first attempt to track average productivity behavior at regional level.

show abstract

“…Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) like consulting, external R&D, software design, have long been recognized for their potential to generate and foster innovation in national and regional innovation systems (Figueiredo, Neto, Quelhas, & de Matos Ferreira, 2017; Fischer, 2015; Hertog, 2000; Miles, Kastrinos, Flanagan, Bilderbeek, Den Hertog, Huntink, & Bouman, 1995; Miozzo, Desyllas, Lee & Miles, 2016). The intensive interaction among the parties during the development and implementation of these services enables the exchange of knowledge, information and ideas (Lehrer, Ordanini, DeFillippi, & Miozzo, 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge-intensive business services and innovation performance in Brazil

Santos¹

2019

INMR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the way different economic sectors in Brazil use knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) and explore which features of KIBS use are associated with better innovation outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Clusters and regression analyses were used to analyze data from the national innovation survey (PINTEC) from 2014. Findings The results show that most of the 55 sectors of the Brazilian economy studied make little use of KIBS, but industries in which firms that interact with KIBS providers also have better innovation performance and offer more innovative offerings. The relationship with higher education institutions and research institutes proved particularly relevant, while the interaction with consultancy firms seems to be a strategy that leaves firms “stuck in the middle”. Originality/value The outcomes confirm the arguments of the literature that the use of KIBS has positive outcomes for customer firms. More importantly, however, the paper complements the existing literature by showing that the type of KIBS used in each country is relevant to understand firms’ innovation performance. The outcomes can guide firms and public policy initiatives oriented at the articulation of the national innovation system.

show abstract

On the Contributions of Knowledge-Intensive Business-Services Multinationals to Laggard Innovation Systems

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Advanced business services in the global economy and the Visegrád Group economies

Advanced business services in the global economy and the Visegrád Group economies

Efficiency assessment of knowledge intensive business services industry in Italy: data envelopment analysis (DEA) and financial ratio analysis

Knowledge-intensive business services and innovation performance in Brazil

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About