Abstract
Abstract The international scientific community considers Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) as one of the main themes related to innovation and economic development. This article presents a review based on Scopus and ISI Web of Knowledge databases, on the KIBS topic in the world, considering the period 2000-2017. The study aimed to understand the role of KIBS in regional development, and they were considered in their roles as innovations’ attributes and resources, methodologies and tools for innovation management, transfer, knowledge diffusion and networks. They concentrate in the areas of business, management and economics, developing approaches to seek innovation, competitiveness and economic development.
Highlights
Over the last decade, an increasing number of contributions questioned the traditional view of service firms as unable to create innovations and businesses
This caused a wide discussion on the evolution of KIBS (Knowledge Intensive Business Services) and their approach in international literature, both from a theoretical perspective, to a lesser extent, and from an empirical view (Miles et al, 1995)
The definition of the type of research requires the alignment with its objective, which is to understand the role of KIBS in economic development
Summary
An increasing number of contributions questioned the traditional view of service firms as unable to create innovations and businesses. This caused a wide discussion on the evolution of KIBS (Knowledge Intensive Business Services) and their approach in international literature, both from a theoretical perspective, to a lesser extent, and from an empirical view (Miles et al, 1995). In Brazil, KIBS have recently become a research topic in studies by Almeida (2004), Jesus (2005), Freire (2006) and Kubota (2006), and their results show that they account for 39% of the service sector revenue, 27% of the salaries, 19% of the companies and 13% of the personnel employed Prod., São Carlos, v. 26, n. 4, e4356, 2019 transmission systems (Den Hertog, 2000; Muller & Zenker, 2001; Miles, 2008) and innovation (Cooke & Leydesdorff, 2006; Miles, 1999; Leiponen, 2001).
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