Innovation Interactions Between Knowledge-Intensive Business Services And Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises: An Analysis in Terms of Evolution, Knowledge and Territories

The book investigates the meaning, nature and consequences of innovation interactions between small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS).
It focuses on the concept of a virtuous circle linking KIBS' and SMEs' innovation capacities in Germany and France. A particular emphasis is given to the question of the role and nature of the knowledge base of the firm in an evolutionary perspective. The integration of the spatial dimension str...