Innovation And Knowledge-intensive Service Activities
Publisher: OECD
Published: March 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789264022737
Subjects: Development - Economic Development; International - Economics; Business & Economics; Business/Economics
Description: From research and development to legal and marketing services, a wide range of knowledge-intensive service activities (KISAs) enables firms and public sector organisations to better innovate. This publication examines the contribution of knowledge-intensive services to the acquisition and growth of innovation capabilities in firms and public sector organisations. It focuses on KISAs in four industy sectors: software, health care, tourism and leisure, and resource-based industries such as mining technology services, aquaculture and forestry. The analysis derives from a series of surveys and case studies undertaken in nine OECD countries: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway and Spain.