ABSTRACT
Consultancy and Innovation links two important aspects of European economic development in the past thirty years: the pace of technical and management innovation, and the growing significance of technical and business consultancy. This book includes detailed studies of consultancy activities or 'knowledge intensive services' (KIS) in eight EU countries, written by national experts in the field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Business consultancy growth and innovation: a European perspective
chapter 2|37 pages
European consultancy growth: nature, causes and consequences
Nature, causes and consequences KIS supply patterns and trends
chapter 3|19 pages
How may consultancies be innovative?
Specifying the innovative contribution of consultancy
part |2 pages
PART II National and regional variations in knowledge-intensive service development
chapter 11|28 pages
Spain: knowledge-intensive services: a paradigm of economic change
Knowledge-intensive services: a paradigm of economic change The national context
chapter 12|21 pages
Knowledge-intensive services and innovation
The diversity of processes and policies