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The Role of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Innovation System: The Case of China

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Part of the book series: Translational Systems Sciences ((TSS,volume 6))

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This chapter examines the relationship between KIBS and manufacturing industries. It uses an input-output framework and a curve estimation to explore the relationship between KIBS input and manufacturing innovation in China. The results indicate that the KIBS input is positively related to innovation in manufacturing industries. Drawing on the innovation system theory and the knowledge-based view, the chapter argues that KIBS act not only as coproducers but also as disseminators of knowledge-based resources. The results extend the KIBS literature to the analysis of innovation systems and suggest that the influence of KIBS on manufacturing industries may determine the role of KIBS in the innovation system of China.

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  1. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Jiang Wei

  2. Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China

    Dan Zhou

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Industry

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Manufacturing industries

Food, beverages, and tobacco; textiles; wearing apparel, dressing, and dyeing of fur; wood products and furniture; paper, paper products, and printing; refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel; industrial chemical and drugs; nonmetallic mineral products; fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment; metal products; machinery and equipment n.e.c.; transports excluding shipbuilding; electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c.; electrical apparatus and computing machinery and radio, TV, and communication equipment; office and instruments; other manufacturing

KIBS

Information and communication; financial activities; renting and business activities; scientific research and development; technical services; arts, entertainment, and recreation

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Wei, J., Zhou, D. (2016). The Role of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Innovation System: The Case of China. In: Toivonen, M. (eds) Service Innovation. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 6. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54922-2_12

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