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| Authors: | Anmari Viljamaa Jari Kolehmainen Jari Kuusisto |
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| Institution: | 1. Sein?joki University of Applied Sciences, Business School, Entrepreneurship , Sein?joki , Finland anmari.viljamaa@seamk.fi;3. Research Unit for Urban Regional Development Studies (Sente) , University of Tampere , Sein?joki , Finland;4. Department of Industrial Management , Lappeenranta University of Technology , Lapua , Finland |
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| Abstract: | Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) are a key sector in any knowledge economy, and as such they are subject to multiple policy influences. This article considers the inadvertent impacts of policies on KIBS, using examples drawn from the policy setting in Finland. The key elements of the policy environment are described, with particular attention to innovation policy and small and medium enterprise support policies. The direct and indirect effects of public policies on KIBS are explored with particular attention to effects on innovativeness. The role of research and training organisations as a semi-competitor of KIBS is highlighted. The examples analysed suggest that policy has simultaneously both positive and negative impacts on the innovativeness of KIBS industries. |
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| Keywords: | KIBS innovation policy economic development public services |
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